On March 19th, 2009, Horoschak led the "Staying Focused: Working with Students with Learning Disabilities and ADD" LINC Philadelphia workshop.

This handout created by Lynne Horoschak, Chair of the Art Education Department at Moore College of Art and Design, explores alternative strategies to empower students with Learning Disabilities and ADD to stay on task and be successful in arts education programs.

"The Music Teaching Artist's Bible" by Eric Booth offers teaching artists critical information on becoming a mentor, succeeding in school environments, partnering with other teaching artists, advocating for music and arts education, and teaching private lessons. This downloadble pdf is a 20% discount coupon for all LINC Philadelphia artists.

Notes from the Theatre Roundtable on January 26, 2009

Topic: Theatre Retreat Wrap-up and review of survey results, LINC Update, Theatre Alliance Update, Starting a Theatre Teaching Artist Group and Next steps for Theatre TAG

Notes from the Theatre Roundtable meeting.

Topic: Finalize details for Theatre Teaching Artist Retreat in January

The "How Can I Help? Engaging Others to Support the Social and Human Service Needs of Your Students" workshop led by Bia Vieira on November 12, 2008 reviewed the responsibilities a teaching artist when presented with personal or community issues in their work. The discussion reviewed the basic guidelines for engaging others within your organization and community to support children and families dealing with issues that can range from behavioral problems to health care to suspected child abuse.

This document is a resource guide for addressing emergency and social issues of students in South East Pennsylvania.

Topic: Finalizing details for the Theatre Teaching Artist Retreat in January 2009

The "ABC's of Intellectual Property" workshop presented the nuts and bolts of intellectual property laws such as copyrights, licensing, public domain, fair use and other topics.

This handout includes a list of selected web resources.

Topic:

• Continuing to plan for a joint training weekend for theatre teaching artists
• Finalize list of nominees for the retreat
  
• Setup tentative session outlines
  

Notes from the Theatre Educator Roundtable on Wednesday, July 2, 2008.

Topic:

• Continuing to plan for a joint training weekend for theatre teaching artists
• Sharing ideas for a format that would reflect the creative theatre process as the framework for the weekend.
• Identifying areas of common ground for workshop topics

This handout was created by mixed media artist and arts facilitator, Qaadira Allen. On June 15th, She facilitated a hands on workshop providing an opportunity to look at the impact of stress on the teaching artist and their work to identify tools for renewal, relaxation and increased resiliency.