CREATIVE SCHOOLS

 Joyful Learning.
Empowered Teachers.

KID smART Creative Schools foster an educational landscape of equitable instruction, empowered teachers, and joyful engagement in learning. Boost student learning, energize your educators and increase school morale through our arts-integrated programming.

Want to learn more? Book a free 15-minute call with our Executive Director, Elise

How Creative Schools Work

Collaborative Residency

Bring arts-integrated learning into your classroom with a professional by your side

Create learning experiences that foster deep and joyful learning for all learners with the guidance of our Professional Teaching Artists. Our Professional Teaching Artists will co-plan and co-teach 20 hours a week. You’ll learn to take risks with your teaching methodologies while still meeting existing curriculum standards and improving overall academic success.  

  • • Artist & Teacher collaboratively plan and teach integrated lessons 

    • Teacher is expert in curriculum/Artist is expert in arts pairing

    • Artist is in school full year 10 or 20 hours/wk

Arts Experience In Schools (AXIS)

Discover best practices

Deepen your arts integration knowledge through participation in monthly workshops. Build a portfolio of resources to increase your students' academic growth, emotional intelligence, and critical thinking skills while gaining confidence as an artist.

  • • PD topics exploring SEL, STEAM, literacy, and specialized learning communities; led by local and nationally-recognized presenters such as Ashe Cultural Arts Center and the Kennedy Center

    • Earn CEU hours

    • Stipend for participation and supply/ implementation budget

Personalized Development Opportunities

Transform the learning environment

KID smART offers an additional 12 hours of instruction that can be used for professional development, one-on-one coaching, or family workshops

  • • Up to 12 hours of additional P.D. for Creative School Faculty

    • Artful Families workshops to engage families in art activities to encourage healthy mental and social development

    • Customized coaching opportunities for classroom teachers

When you have teachers that are learning new ways to meet the needs of all students, and students who are having fun while learning, you have higher achievement and higher understanding which ultimately leads to school success.

Teacher, Hynes Charter

Creative School Levels

Choose from two levels to meet your schools needs

Arts Integration
Intensive

Total Value: $88,992

  • Full-Year Collaborative Artist Residency for up to seven classrooms per semester
    $52,222 value

  • AXIS Monthly Arts Integration Professional Development for upto 10 teachers
    $21,270 value

  • 12 hours of in-school professional development, coaching, or two Family Art Nights
    $9,000 value

  • Each AXIS teacher receives a $500 stipend and a $150 implementation budget*
    $6,500 value *based on attendance

Arts Integration Fundamentals

Total Value: $58,381

  • Full-Year Collaborative Artist Residency for up to four classrooms per semester
    $26,111 value

  • AXIS Monthly Arts Integration Professional Development for upto 10 teachers
    $21,270 value

  • 6 hours of in-school professional development, coaching, or two Family Art Nights
    $4,500 value

  • Each AXIS teacher receives a $500 stipend and a $150 implementation budget*
    $6,500 value *based on attendance

 KID smART Creative Schools serve over 3,500 students and 1,000 educators each year

  • Audubon Gentilly

  • Audubon Lower

  • Dr. John Ochsner Discovery Health Sciences Academy

  • Edward Hynes Charter School Lakeview

  • Edward Hynes Charter School UNO

  • Esperanza Charter School

  • Foundation Preparatory

  • International School of Louisiana Dixon

  • International School Of Louisiana Westbank

    International School Of Louisiana Westbank

  • International School Of Louisiana Uptown

    International School Of Louisiana Uptown

  • Kenner Discovery

  • The Leah Chase School

  • ReNEW Laurel

    ReNew Laurel

  • ReNEW Therapeutic Program

    ReNEW Therapeutic Program

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Arts Integration is an approach to teaching in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through an art form. Students engage in a creative process which connects an art form and another subject area and meets evolving objectives in both. Learn more by clicking here.

  • While the total value of our Creative School program is $50,500, KID smART commits to fundraising 70% of the total cost. Meaning your school investment is only $15,000! Your school will receive a full-year artist residency, 9 AXIS sessions, an implementation budget, and 12 additional hours of in-school services.

  • No prior art experience is required.

  • KID smART classroom teachers and teaching artists are partners. They alternate roles as lead teacher, behavioral manager, documentarian, etc. They both use arts and curriculum language during instruction, taking advantage of spontaneous opportunities to reinforce learning.

    Your co-teacher provides 20 hours of in-classroom support each week. Together you’ll plan and teach arts integrated lessons that meet existing curriculum standards.

Meet our Teaching Artists

Get Inspired

Step inside a Creative School classroom