brooklynmuseum:This year the Teachers Institute at the BrooklynMuseum celebrates a century of progre

brooklynmuseum:This year the Teachers Institute at the BrooklynMuseum celebrates a century of progressive education and teacher-focusedprogramming. The Teachers’ Institute was established when the Board of Educationof NYC asked the Brooklyn Museum if they could host the lectures in theMuseum’s auditorium. Grace Strachan, the District Superintendent, hoped to takeadvantage of the Museum’s connections with Brooklyn schools in addition totheir large auditorium and galleries. The Institute was considered such asuccess that William Henry Fox (the Director of the Museum) decided toreplicate the programing in later years and plan “a co-operative scheme forhooking up the Museum and its splendid exhibits with the educational work ofBrooklyn.”Though the Institute was initiated by the Board ofEducation, it fit well into the Brooklyn Museum’s roster of educationalprogramming. The Museum was part of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts (BIAS) andSciences, which included the Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn Academy ofMusic, and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The BIAS had near constanteducational programming in the early 1900s. Public lectures on a wide range oftopics, from astronomy and engineering to dance and world events, were held ona weekly basis at the BIAS’ various venues. At the turn of the twentieth century, accessible publiceducation was a radical idea. As new compulsory education laws in New YorkState were introduced, public teachers’ roles were being redefined. The 1916Summer Institute seized upon this wave of change, and offered lectures thatfocused on educating students for an uncertain future, and definingexpectations of a public school graduate.In 2017, as weprepare to launch the 100th summer Teachers Institute at theBrooklyn Museum, we call upon this legacy of teacher-focused, radical, andinclusive programming. This year’s Teachers Institute has been reimagined as aFeminist Freedom School. Focusing on AYear of Yes exhibitions, and the Museum’s permanent collection, theInstitute will celebrate the Museum’s legacy of community collaboration andinnovative programming, while keeping a critical eye on the future and thedemands and expectations of public education. Posted by Katie EliotPhoto: Brooklyn Museum: exterior. View of the Grand Staircase andWest Wing from base of the staircase, showing teachers from District 33 and 34sitting on the Grand Staircase during sessions of the Teachers’ Institute,09/11/1916, 1916. Bw negative4x5in. Brooklyn Museum. Quote: McAndrew, William. Letter to Gustave Straubenmuller. September 22, 1916. This year, the Brooklyn Museum is celebrating one hundred years of the Teacher Institute, looking back and reaffirming our commitment—as a public institution, community partner, and innovator—to radical change in education.Our Teacher Institute is open to K–12 teachers of all subject areas and offers  P-credits through the New York City Department of Education. Join us July 5–12 for a 6-day academic course where you will learn how to create a more equitable classroom through object-based lessons focusing on facilitation and questioning techniques.This year’s Teacher Institute has been re-envisioned as a Feminist Freedom School, inspired by the exhibitions that are part of A Year of Yes: Reimagining Feminism at the Brooklyn Museum. Teachers will spend time with Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85, and A Woman’s Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt. Register by Monday, June 26th. $375 course fee. Includes breakfast and lunch, admission to our Teacher Talks Series, and discounted parking.Click here to learn more and view the program schedule. Questions? Email teacher.services@brooklynmuseum.orgPosted by Katherine Kusiak Carey -- source link

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