Alliance Theatre Institute

The Alliance Theatre Institute partners with school districts and schools to deliver professional learning for educators and arts integrated or theater-based instruction for students. Designed to support school curriculum and individual classroom goals across grade levels and content areas, Institute programs include: residencies, student workshops, professional learning events, and after school programs. 

Institute initiatives are aligned with the Georgia Standards of Excellence and Georgia Early Learning and Development Standards and yield proven results in students’ academic achievement and social-emotional growth. Additionally, these offerings provide teachers the opportunity to engage in job-embedded professional development by collaborating with professional teaching artists who embody high quality artistry and utilize their art form to positively impact school communities.

Residencies:

Residencies provide an in-depth learning experience for students and job-embedded professional learning for teachers. With a professional teaching artist, educators co-plan and co-facilitate a standards-aligned unit of study designed to meet each classroom’s specific goals. A residency includes: (1) Orientation, (3-4) Planning Meetings, and (8-12) Classroom Sessions. 

Workshops:

Workshops are customizable, participatory experiences designed to foster student engagement and extend learning across content areas. Typically 1-2 hours in length, each workshop is hand-crafted to serve up to 30 students with a meaningful lesson focused on a specific text, standard, technique, or skill. 

Professional Learning Events:

Professional learning events provide high quality training related to arts integration, STEAM, performing arts (theater, dance/movement, music, dramatic writing), and other related topics for districts and schools. Trainings serve up to 30 educators and are flexible in length.

After School Programs:

Students work with a trained teaching artist to learn the tools of the actor and to build character, confidence, and creativity both on stage and beyond. Sessions end with a final sharing for friends and family. After School programs serve pre-school through high school for a customizable program length.

Disciplines: Music, Dance, Storytelling and Spoken Word, Drama, Media Arts, Puppetry

Grade Levels: Pre-K, K-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12, Professional Development

Core Content Area: English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Health

GCA STEAM Certified

The GCA STEAM-Ready Designation is a partnership with Georgia Department of Education that launched the first-ever Teaching Artist STEAM Ready Designation training course, preparing teaching artists, arts providers, and community partners with high-quality STEAM training and a new designation through the Georgia Council for the Arts. This training took place in 2024, and the designation is valid through 2027.