Boston Arts Academy Mission The Boston Arts Academy, a pilot school within the Boston Public Schools, is charged with being a laboratory and a beacon for artistic and academic innovation. The Boston Arts Academy prepares a diverse community of aspiring artist-scholars to be successful in their college or professional careers and to be engaged members of a democratic society. |
Institute Overview The Boston Arts Academy (BAA), a Coalition of Essential Schools Mentor School and a Massachusetts Department of Education Compass School, will hold its 6th Annual Summer Institute for Arts in Education June 29th through July 2nd at the school’s campus in Boston’s Fenway area. The four-day program will provide educators with a unique opportunity to learn about this award-winning school and to interact in an intimate setting with the school’s faculty and staff, as well as with other area educators and community leaders.
In addition, the Institute will provide participants with a window on how BAA, a full-inclusion urban high school, is using the arts as a catalyst for school change and to successfully narrow the achievement gap. Since its founding in 1998, the BAA has consistently sent over 92% of graduates on to two and four year colleges. |
Details The 2010 Boston Arts Academy’s Summer Institute for Arts in Education is a 4-day intensive professional development experience for educators interested in school change.
Hosted by Boston Arts Academy, a pilot school in the Boston Public School system, this institute will bring groups of educators together from Boston Public Schools, as well as districts and schools across the state, country and world to share practices and learn from the successes and challenges that BAA has experienced since opening eleven years ago. BAA faculty and other community partners will present workshops and facilitate discussions on using the arts as a modality for school change. The Institute allows educators from schools of all kinds to learn how to use the arts to enhance curricula and to boost student achievement. |
The Institute will have two strands:
- Teaching and Learning - for educators looking for student-centered, art-integrated strategies and techniques to bring into the classroom in both arts and academic settings.
- School Structures - primarily for school leaders looking for organizational models designed to foster greater accountability, to increase resource development and to boost student achievement.
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Who Attends the Summer Institute? The Summer Institute for Arts in Education is for groups of educators from the same school or district office who are interested in school transformation. Elementary, Middle and High School educators are urged to attend in groups of three or more, preferably with school administrators, in order to maximize the opportunity for change upon returning to their home schools. In addition, district-level leaders are encouraged to attend to help facilitate transforming schools on the district level.
Groups will work together with BAA Summer Institute Staff to learn how BAA uses the arts as a modality for school change. Each group will have built-in time with Institute staff to develop an action plan that can be implemented in their own school or district. |
When The 7th Annual Summer Institute for Arts in Education will take place Monday, June 28th through Thursday, July 1st, 2010. |
Where The Summer Institute is held at Boston Arts Academy, 174 Ipswich St. in Boston. |
Professional Development Credit Options
- Participants will have the opportunity to earn up to 3 graduate level credits through Brandman University (formerly Chapman University, a member of the Chapman University System). Participants taking the Institute for college credit will be required to pay an additional fee to Chapman of $50.00 per credit. Registration and payment for the credit option will take place on the first day of the Institute.
- Professional Development Points (PDPs) will be offered at no additional charge.
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Costs Tuition for the 4-day Institute includes breakfast, lunch and snacks each day, as well as many materials to help support school change. Hotel accommodations are available at an additional rate of $185 per night at a local hotel. Information about booking your hotel room will be sent via email after registering for the Institute. |
Early Registration (Feb 1 - April 30) $800 per person; $750 per person for groups of four or more |
Registration (April 30th - June 1st) $900 per person; $850 per person for groups of four or more |
Scholarships are available for Boston Public Schools interested in sending groups of four or more participants to the full four-day Institute. Scholarship priority will be given to BPS schools attending with an administrator. |
For more information Please contact Corey Evans, Summer Institute Coordinator, Boston Arts Academy 174 Ipswich Street Boston, MA, 02215 617-938-4345 |
Director of the Summer Institute, Ramiro Gonzalez, brings a wealth of teaching expertise in both arts and academics.
Ramiro Gonzalez is a thirty-year veteran of teaching. In addition to being certified in Biology, Mr. Gonzalez holds credentials as an Educational Diagnostician as well as training in the education of the exceptional child. Mr. Gonzalez has been teaching at BAA since 1999 where he has been a science teacher, a member of the Governing Board, and a member of the Leadership committee. Prior to teaching at BAA, he taught in Texas. In 1990 he was recognized as Texas Teacher-of-the-Year and in 2003, he received recognition for his teaching by being selected as one of Boston's Teachers-of-the-Year. |
