NJ Wolf Trap: Early Childhood Professional Development

Date and Time: Thursday, April 13, 9:00am-12:00pm & 1:00pm-4:00pm

Location: NJPAC Center for Arts Education (24 Rector Street. Newark, NJ 07102)

SPECTACULAR VERNACULAR: Enriching Vocabulary with Arts Strategies

(9:00am- 12:00pm)

Paige Hernandez, DC/MD/VA Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist

Discover engaging ways to enhance your students’ vocabulary! Participants will get first-hand experience using arts strategies that include hip hop, sign language, and theater games! Creating rich vocabulary learning opportunities doesn’t have to be a daunting task when you rediscover language and literacy skills and give them an interesting twist. Use slang, #hashtags, technology, and more!

KEEP IT MOVING: Using the Arts and Personal Touches for Smooth

Transitions and Smart Classroom Management (1:00pm-4:00pm)

Paige Hernandez, DC/MD/VA Wolf Trap Master Teaching Artist

Explore creative ways to facilitate transitions, establish routines, and enhance daily practices using arts strategies that include dance, poetry, hip hop, and sign language! Participate in and analyze a lesson, with step-by-step examination of structure, transitions, and easy solutions for common class challenges. Participants will create and enhance strategies with their own personal flair, culture, and expertise!

Course includes a Professional Development Certificate (6 credit hours), printed materials, catered breakfast and lunch if attending both sessions.

What is the cost to attend this workshop?

Each individual workshop is $25 pre person. If both workshops are attended there will be a discount of $5 per workshop. A service fee from Eventbrite will be added to the total cost at checkout.

What are my transportation/parking options for getting to and from the event?

For directions and parking, visit www.njpac.org/plan-your-visit/directions. $3 parking validation will be provided when parking in Military Park Garage directly across from NJPAC.

How can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Direct all questions to Natalie Dreyer, Director of Arts Integration at NJPAC at [email protected] or (973) 297-5134

Is it ok if the name on my ticket or registration doesn't match the person who attends?

No. Please make sure the registration name is also the individual attending, in order to ensure accurate documentation of professional development credit.

About the Presenter:

Paige Hernandez is a multidisciplinary artist who is critically acclaimed as a performer, director, choreographer and playwright. As an AEA equity actress, Paige has performed on many stages throughout the country. As a playwright, Paige has been commissioned by the National New Play Network, the Smithsonian’s Discovery Theatre, The Kennedy Center and the Glimmerglass Festival. She recently received an Individual Artist Award from the Maryland State Arts Council as well as two Helen Hayes nominations for choreography and performance. Paige has also been named a “classroom hero” by The Huffington Post, a “Citizen Artist Fellow” with the Kennedy Center and a “Rising Leader of Color” by TCG. With her company B-FLY ENTERTAINMENT, Paige continues to develop and tour original work internationally. www.paigehernandez.com

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

24 Rector St, NJPAC Center for Arts Education, Newark, United States