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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Deadline extended! Earn a Teaching Artist Certificate

A message from the Arts Education department.

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If you’ve ever aspired to use your creative talents to inspire diverse learners, the new Teaching Artist Certificate program is your gateway to a fulfilling and impactful career.

This five-week, in-person summer program offers comprehensive training in justice-oriented arts education pedagogy and teaching best practices.

Program Highlights:

  • Dates: Jun 30 – Aug 1, 2025 (no classes on Jul 3 & 4)
  • Times: Mon – Fri, 9:30AM – 4:30PM
  • Locations:
    • Rutgers University – Newark (110 Warren Pl., Newark, NJ)
    • NJPAC Center for Arts Education (24 Rector St., Newark, NJ)
  • Fee: $2,000

Through a blend of coursework, fieldwork, networking opportunities and reflective evaluation, participants gain the skills to design and deliver creative lessons in classrooms, communities and healthcare settings. Facilitated by leading professionals from Rutgers University – Newark and the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), the program provides a unique pathway for personal and professional growth.

Candidate Qualifications:

  • College students and individuals transitioning careers who have a creative practice.
  • Artists seeking foundational knowledge in education, teaching and business practices.

Application Details:

  • Applications are open through Apr 2, 2025.
  • Acceptance notifications are on a rolling basis.

Have any questions? Join us for a virtual Application Information Session on Jan 29, 2025, at 4PM to learn about the program and get advice on preparing application materials. RSVP here.

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This program is part of NJPAC’s Colton Institute for Training and Research in the Arts

Support for NJPAC Professional Development provided, in part, by Kennedy Center Partners in Education, F.M. Kirby Foundation, Merck Foundation, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Panasonic Foundation, PNC, Prudential Foundation, PSEG Foundation, Richmond County Savings Foundation, TD Charitable Foundation, Turrell Fund, Victoria Foundation, Wolf Trap, The Joan and Allen Bildner Family Fund, Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc., The Office of U.S. Senator Cory Booker, The Arts Education Endowment Fund in honor of Raymond C. Chambers, Jennifer A. Chalsty, Judy and Stewart Colton, Toby and Leon Cooperman, Mimi and Edwin Feliciano, The Izzo Family, Don Katz & Leslie Larson, McCrane Foundation, Inc., care of Margrit McCrane, The MCJ Amelior Foundation, Albert+ and Katharine Merck+, NJ Advance Media, The Pershing Square Foundation, Bill Ackman, and Neri Oxman, David & Marian Rocker, The Sagner Companies/The Sagner Family Foundation and an anonymous donor
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