“HOT Leadershops” are day- long workshops collaboratively designed, hosted, and conducted by a Connecticut HOT School and the HOT Schools Program Staff to share best practices in a variety of areas. A limited number of spaces are reserved for non-HOT School participants
• We invite individual educators, teaching artist and arts organizations but recommend that schools send a team that includes principal, parent, and at least one general and one arts classroom teachers.
• Lunch is provided.
• The workshop is free but availability is limited, therefore, we ask that only those serious about attending – register.
The Higher Order Thinking (HOT) Schools program, established in 1994, is a nationally recognized model that works with select Connecticut schools to promote teaching and learning in, about, and through the arts. The HOT Schools is a nationally recognized model program that builds higher order thinking skills in students and prepares them to be successful learners and contributors in the 21st Century through three core components: strong arts, arts integration, and democratic practice. HOT Schools follow state and district-led efforts in implementing Common Core Standards. For 20 years, the HOT Schools Program has provided outstanding professional development and networking opportunities for participating school communities. We are delighted to expand that opportunity to non-participating HOT schools, interested Teaching Artists and representatives from Arts and Cultural organizations and hope you will be able to benefit from this offer.
The Higher Order Thinking Approach to teaching and learning has emerged through a strong network of HOT Schools, serving over 28,000 students in 42+ Connecticut public schools, and the model has been replicated in several states throughout the nation. The HOT Approach fosters learning communities that value academic rigor, and that recognize and celebrate each child’s unique voice. The lessons learned can be adopted and adapted by schools, arts organizations, individual teaching artists, and state and local arts agencies interested in understanding school culture change, curriculum integration, and arts-infused program design.
For more about the HOT Schools program please contact HOT Schools Associate Director for Programming, Amy Goldbas at HOTSchools@wesleyan.edu.