PAIR Program

PAIR is an arts integration program developed by the Education Office of the Springer Opera House, Georgia’s Historic State Theatre. The PAIR Program is a hands-on, gradual release professional development program that teaches arts-based strategies adaptable across content and grade level. The PAIR Program is a teacher-centric program and aims to equip and empower teachers with Arts Integration instruction, which in turn creates creative, curious, and compassionate students.

Typically, PAIR Specialists host after school trainings, followed by personalized classroom visits to model, co-teach or give feedback on PAIR strategies. PAIR Specialists are professional teaching artists in their respective areas of expertise and represent a mixture of certified and non-certified teachers. PAIR Specialists are adaptable to classrooms of any size, demographic, achievement level, or physical capability.

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

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

Core Curriculum: English Language Arts, Math, Social Studies, Science, Computer Science, Health, World Languages

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.