DEADLINE TO APPLY: December 15th 2023

Any artist working in community settings will encounter young people who have been affected by trauma. While teaching artists rarely have details access to a participant’s personal history, there are tools they can use to identify a young person who is potentially trauma-impacted and strategies that they can employ to accommodate and engage that young person.    

Structure of the Training: Over the course of six weeks, a cohort of up to 40 teaching artists will deeply engage in rigorous presentations by leaders in trauma-informed practice and its application in a range of artistic disciplines.   Mirroring our live trainings, the course for teaching artists is divided into five sections; each section is designed to be completed in approximately a week at the participant’s chosen pace and schedule. Just like our live trainings, online participants will receive a course handbook and a slate of supplementary readings and videos to ground their learning as they move through instructional videos, sample activities, and assignments that will bring trauma-informed theory into practice. Each online cohort will also have the opportunity to come together as a community on a live discussion board that is moderated by a TIP facilitator who will support the cohort along the way.

To take the online pilot, Teaching Artists must commit to completing the training in six weeks. The online course will open on January 22nd and close March 4th, 2024.  Participants will not have access to the course after March 4th, so you must complete all course work by March 4th to receive your certificate. 

Additionally, pilot attendees will be asked to complete two surveys about their experience with the online course format, and will be asked to attend one of two one-hour feedback sessions over Zoom to to be held on Thursday, March 7th at 7:00pm EST, and Monday, March 11th at 12pm EST.

Note: While it’s our hope to accommodate all who are interested, we want to ensure that the pilot cohort comes from a broad range of disciplines, backgrounds, and geography and there are limited spots available. 

What you will learn

       Upon completion of the training, teaching artists recognize:

• The neurological and psychological nature of trauma.
• How trauma affects the brain, behavior, ability to trust, and ability to forge healthy relationships.
• How trauma can affect self-image, and lead to shame and fear.
• Behavior in students that indicates potential trauma, fear, shame or stress.
• What a trauma-impacted student does (and doesn’t) need to successfully participate and learn in a workshop setting.
• How arts can be healing, and what particular skills can help to heal trauma.
• The signs of secondary or vicarious trauma in themselves or in teaching partners.

Upon completion of the training, teaching artists can:

• Provide moments of consistency, ritual, and choice-making in their workshop culture.
• When a moment of trauma arises, provide students with a series of  options that can help them release and regulate themselves through that  moment.
• Adapt their lesson plans into a trauma-informed model.
• Adapt their facilitation practice into a trauma-informed model.
• Responsibly address trauma by creating moments of positivity and healing in their workshops.
• Find moments to guide students through personal reflection about  themselves, to help them recognize and acknowledge positive traits.
• Follow a safety plan for themselves and regularly incorporate self-care into their lives.

Your Commitment to the Training

• Complete the training in six weeks, moving through each of the five main sections in approximately a week's time. 
• Complete two pilot program surveys about your experience with the online course format.
• Attend one of two one-hour feedback sessions over Zoom to to be held on Thursday, March 7th at 7:00pm EST, and Monday, March 11th at 12pm EST.
• Engage in each session with focus, curiosity and an open mind.
• Participate as an active member of the cohort through regular use of the discussion board.

Course Fee: $150.

Once opened to the public, this course will cost $250.  In recognition of your commitment to give feedback on the pilot, the course fee has been reduced to $150 for pilot participants only. Pilot participants agree to take two surveys about their course experience, and participate in a 1-hour feedback session on Zoom after the training is complete.

Bartol Foundation Commitment to You

• Convene practitioners in the field as presenters and participants who will bring knowledge and commitment to the training.
• Create an organized, supportive virtual environment for learning, including access to a TIP facilitator through the discussion board.
• Listen fully to suggestions to improve the training both in real time and for future cohorts.
• Support the ongoing continuation of a learning community at the conclusion of the training, if desired by the participants.

Timeline

• Pilot Interest Form Opens: Monday, November 6th
• Pilot Interest Form Closes: Tuesday, December 15th at 5pm EST
• Acceptance of Slot: Monday, December 18th

TIP Facilitator: Mae Early (she/genderfluid) is a writer, theatre artist, and educator who believes everyone deserves a supportive, creative environment to explore voice and identity. For twelve years, she was the Director of Education at Philadelphia Young Playwrights, a theatre education organization which uses playwriting as a vehicle to increase students’ comfort with writing, literacy, and creative expression. Currently she is the Program Manager for Bartol's online trauma-informed training initiative, and she is also the creator and lead facilitator of Bartol's 20-hour trauma-informed training for teaching artists and arts administrators. 

Mae regularly facilitates professional development across sectors and ages in the areas of trauma-informed and healing-centered teaching, teaching artistry, arts education pedagogy, creative writing, theatre, and workforce development. She is certified by Lakeside Global Institute as a Trauma-Competent Professional, where she has completed 150 hours of trauma-informed training to date, including classes such as Processing Pain and Facilitating Healing and Enhancing Capacity for Applying Trauma-Informed Principles. 

DEADLINE TO APPLY: December 15th, 2023

  Any artist working in community settings will encounter young people who have been affected by trauma. While arts education administrators and teaching artists rarely have details access to a participant’s personal history, there are tools they can use to identify a young person who is potentially trauma-impacted and strategies that they can employ to accommodate and engage that young person.    

Structure of the Training: Over the course of six weeks, a cohort of up to 20 arts administrators will deeply engage in rigorous presentations by leaders in trauma-informed practice and its application in a range of artistic disciplines.   Mirroring our live trainings, the course for administrators is divided into six sections; each section is designed to be completed in approximately a week at the participant’s chosen pace and schedule. Just like our live trainings, online participants will receive a course handbook and a slate of supplementary readings and videos to ground their learning as they move through instructional videos, sample activities, and assignments that will bring trauma-informed theory into practice. Each online cohort will also have the opportunity to come together as a community on a live discussion board that is moderated by a TIP facilitator who will support the cohort along the way.

  To take the online pilot, arts administrators must commit to completing the training in six weeks. The online course will open on January 22nd and close March 4th, 2024.  Additionally, pilot attendees will be asked to complete two surveys about their experience with the online course format, and will be asked to attend one of two one-hour feedback sessions over Zoom to to be held on Thursday, March 7th at 12pm EST, and Monday, March 11th at 7pm EST.

Note: While it’s our hope to accommodate all who are interested, we want to ensure that the pilot cohort comes from a broad range of organizational sizes, disciplines, backgrounds, and geography and there are limited spots available. 

What you will learn

     Upon completion of the training, arts administrators recognize:

• The neurological and psychological nature of trauma.
• How trauma affects the brain, behavior, ability to trust, and ability to forge relationships.
• How trauma can affect self-image, and lead to shame and fear.
• Behavior in students that indicates potential trauma, fear, shame or stress.
• What a trauma-impacted student does (and doesn’t) need to successfully participate and learn in a workshop setting.
• How arts can be healing, and what particular skills can help to heal trauma.
• How to activate the above concepts through administrative and managerial practices.
• The signs of secondary or vicarious trauma in themselves, their staff, or in teaching partners.

Upon completion of the training, arts administrators can:

• Provide moments of consistency, ritual, and choice-making in their workshop culture.
• When a moment of trauma arises, provide students with a series of options that can help them release and regulate themselves through that moment.
• Adapt their curricular structures into a trauma-informed model.
• Adapt their facilitation practice into a trauma-informed model.
• Responsibly address trauma by creating moments of positivity and healing in their workshops.
• Find moments to guide students through personal reflection about  themselves, to help them recognize and acknowledge positive traits.
• Follow a safety plan for themselves and regularly incorporate self-care into their lives.
• Consider how to create space for community care and self-care for themselves and staff.

Your Commitment to the Training

• Complete the training in six weeks, moving through each of the six main sections in approximately a week's time. 
• Complete two pilot program surveys about your experience with the online course format.
• Attend one of two one-hour feedback sessions over Zoom to to be held on Thursday, March 7th at 12pm EST, and Monday, March 11th at 7pm EST.
• Engage in each session with focus, curiosity and an open mind.
• Participate as an active member of the cohort through regular use of the discussion board.

Course Fee: $150.

Once opened to the public, this course will cost $250.  In recognition of your commitment to give feedback on the pilot, the course fee has been reduced to $150 for pilot participants only. Pilot participants agree to take two surveys about their course experience, and participate in a 1-hour feedback session on Zoom after the training is complete.

Bartol Foundation Commitment to You

• Convene practitioners in the field as presenters and participants who will bring knowledge and commitment to the training.
• Create an organized, supportive virtual environment for learning, including access to a TIP facilitator through the discussion board.
• Listen fully to suggestions to improve the training both in real time and for future cohorts.
• Support the ongoing continuation of a learning community at the conclusion of the training, if desired by the participants.

Timeline

• Pilot Interest Form Opens: Monday, November 6th 
• Pilot Interest Form Closes: Tuesday, December 15th at 5pm EST
• Acceptance of Slot: Monday, December 18th

TIP Facilitator: Mae Early (she/genderfluid) is a writer, theatre artist, and educator who believes everyone deserves a supportive, creative environment to explore voice and identity. For twelve years, she was the Director of Education at Philadelphia Young Playwrights, a theatre education organization which uses playwriting as a vehicle to increase students’ comfort with writing, literacy, and creative expression. Currently she is the Program Manager for Bartol's online trauma-informed training initiative, and she is also the creator and lead facilitator of Bartol's 20-hour trauma-informed training for teaching artists and arts administrators. 

Mae regularly facilitates professional development across sectors and ages in the areas of trauma-informed and healing-centered teaching, teaching artistry, arts education pedagogy, creative writing, theatre, and workforce development. She is certified by Lakeside Global Institute as a Trauma-Competent Professional, where she has completed 150 hours of trauma-informed training to date, including classes such as Processing Pain and Facilitating Healing and Enhancing Capacity for Applying Trauma-Informed Principles.