Customized Professional Development Workshops

Professional Development Workshops offer an introduction to MoMA's educational approaches for groups of teachers or administrators. Each workshop is designed to address specific themes and questions that arise in response to modern and contemporary art, and to provide interdisciplinary curricular links. Professional Development Workshops take place at the Museum and may be arranged at any point during the year.

Suggested topics include:

• Strategies for engaging and teaching with objects
• Connecting MoMA's collection to your curriculum

Fees: Half-day workshops (three hours) are $20 per educator. Workshop fee includes instruction, resources, an Educator Pass for unlimited admission to the Museum, and a 10% discount on educational materials at the MoMA Stores.

Limited to twenty-five teachers.

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Weekend Teacher Workshops

MoMA offers a wide variety of professional development opportunities for elementary- and secondary-school teachers. These programs introduce modern and contemporary works in the Museum's collection, explore interdisciplinary curriculum applications, and introduce methods for teaching with art objects.

Teaching with Objects: Exploring The Bauhaus
Saturday, November 14, 2009
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Using the upcoming exhibition Bauhaus 1919–1933: Workshops for Modernity as a foundation, this workshop introduces teachers to a variety of strategies for engaging students with objects, from discussions and guided questions to drawing, writing, and project-based activities. Through a wide diversity of objects, including examples of industrial design, furniture, graphics, film, photography, book design, weaving, theater, painting, and sculpture, we explore the school's approach and apply its curricular strategies to K–12 teaching practice. This workshop is open to teachers of any subject and grade level, but it is most suitable for the art/design classroom. The $50 fee includes all instruction, resources, light breakfast, and lunch.

Download the registration form in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

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Modern Teachers Program

PROGRAM FULL

This program is for teachers interested in leading their own classes in the Museum's galleries. An orientation session is offered twice a year for teachers participating in the program; this session focuses on the logistics of the visit and reviews important security information. Teachers are encouraged to explore the galleries on their own before developing a sequenced plan for their class' visit. Teachers may schedule class visits on Tuesdays, when the Museum is closed to the public, for a fee of $55 per class of thirty students. Teachers who wish to lead their own classes in the galleries must attend this free session from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 17, 2009.

Registration for this session begins on Wednesday, September 2. No registration will be accepted beforehand. Space is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis. This program is offered once per school year. No more than three educators from one school may participate in this program.

Download the registration form in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required)

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Project Pass

Teachers interested in obtaining a class set of high school–student passes to the Museum should submit a request to teacherprograms@moma.org. Please include your name, school, school address, subject, grades taught, and reason for requesting a pass (such as research project, sketching project, etc.). Please note that you will receive these passes automatically if you book a guided gallery visit.

Please remember that MoMA is free to students age sixteen and under.