Professional Institute for Educators
Registration & Discounts
For nonmatriculated students:
Registration is available in Instant Enrollment until the start date of a course section. If you are interested in a course that is full, contact pie@uarts.edu. We will alert you if a seat opens up.
If you are a new student with a discount code to apply to your record prior to registration, contact us at pie@uarts.edu. Discounts must be requested and applied at the time of registration, and cannot be applied retroactively.
Non-Degree Classes & Registration
Take professional development courses for K–12 in-service teachers in the arts, inclusion, literacy, educational technology, and Teaching with Primary Sources. These Act 48-approved courses are for non-degree students.
Graduate Degrees & Certificates
Earn an online MEd in Educational Program Design or Educational Technology, or a 15-credit graduate certificate in the Arts or Educational Technology.
Tuition & Policies
Review tuition and fees for courses, and learn about program policies.
Course Offerings
ETEC 659NM: Google for Education
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Cynthia Willits
Format: Online
Dates: May 26–July 3, 2023
asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
This course serves as a jumping-off point for how Google Apps can integrate seamlessly into the classroom experience for you and your students.
ETEC 672NM: Learning, Cognition and Technology
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Matthew Duvall
Format: Online
Dates: May 26–July 3, 2023
asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Identify principles and perspectives that underlie the construction of modern learning environments.
ETEC 648NM: Digital Communication in the Classroom
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Scott Dugan
Format: Online
Dates: May 26–July 3, 2023
asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Explore the opportunities that digital communication can present in the classroom setting and how digital communication strategies can effectively support and enhance the curriculum.
STET 604NM: Universal Design for Learning
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Natalie Duvall
Format: Online
Dates: May 26–July 3, 2023
asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
You will be given the opportunity to design Universal Design Learning–inspired activities, lessons and courses for maximum effectiveness and accessibility to meet the individual needs of diverse learners.
STIP 601NM: Special Topics: Current Trends and Issues in Special Education
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Elana Betts
Format: Online
Dates: May 26–July 3, 2023
asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
You will have the opportunity to complete individual projects of interest, and at the same time, strengthen your ability to advocate for positive change across multiple areas of special education and related services. .
ETEC 651NM: Creating Websites for Teachers
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: Scott Duggan
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Develop a basic understanding of HTML coding and the fundamental aspects of creating a well-designed, well-organized, intuitive and graphically pleasing website to use with students and families.
STET 602NM: Blended and Flipped Learning: Advanced
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: Luke Bilger
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Are you already using blended/flipped models, but would like to learn about new resources and strategies that will help further engage your students? In this class, you will learn how to optimize blended/flipped models to personalize learning and encourage student ownership.
ETEC 655NM: Digital Citizenship in Today’s K–12 Classroom
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: Cynthia Willitz
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
This course will help you lead students in today’s digital environment, including guidance around the appropriate and safe use of digital tools both inside and outside the classroom.
STET 605NM: Course Design Using Learning Management Systems
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: TBD
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Upon completion, you will have created a ready-to-use course design in the Canvas learning management system (LMS), which can then be adapted for and utilized with any LMS.
STET 601NM: Special Topics in Ed Tech: Integrating Technology into Content Areas
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: Elana Betts
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Prepare to infuse technology into assessment design, implementation and analysis.
ETEC 658NM: Interactive Presentations
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: Rupa Misra
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Explore the web’s potential for interactivity, including tools like slideshows and videos, back channeling, 3-D, animations, interactive whiteboards, screencasting, online debates, collaboration and brainstorming tools.
ETEC 653NM: Integrating iPad Technology into Today’s K–12 Classroom
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: Scott Duggan
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
You will use tablets and their applications to explore the development of grade-appropriate lessons across a wide range of subjects and content areas.
STIP 606NM: Mind, Brain and Student Engagement
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: Natalie Duvall
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Explore how you can use cognitive science to create a stimulating and engaging classroom for all learners.
INCL 616NM: Creating a Classroom Culture of Belonging
Credits: 3.0
Faculty: Elana Betts
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
Asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Develop resources, tools and methods to increase cultural awareness in the classroom across the curriculum.
The following courses are funded by a grant from the Library of Congress. All non-credit sections are TUITION FREE* (plus a $50 materials fee), and for-credit options are offered at a reduced tuition rate for $525 for three credits. Summer 2023 offerings include
Igniting Inquiry: Discovering the Stories Primary Sources Tell
ED 8143 (3 credits) $525; Fee $50
STPS 605NM (non-credit) $0; Fee $50
Instructors: Michele Kishita & Jodi Sabra
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
On campus l July 24–28, 2023, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., and Wednesday, 8:30 a.m.–6 p.m. (for bus trips to Chanticleer and Shofuso)
Fee: $50
The art of telling a good story relies on the practice of asking the right kinds of questions. Our course will focus on helping teachers spark curiosity in the classroom and in their own lives by interrogating primary sources and reflecting on the cultural, historic, and personal objects that are part of our everyday lives. Learning from artists and poets, students will use arts-based primary sources from the Library of Congress along with their experiences from our class outings and ephemera from their own lives to tell a story by crafting a handmade book.
Igniting Inquiry: Discovering the Stories Primary Sources Tell
ED 8144 (3 credits) $525; fee $50
STPS 606NM (non-credit) $0; fee $50
Instructors: Eric Gershman and Jenny Roberts-Reilley
Dates: July 5–Aug. 8, 2023
On campus l July 31–Aug. 4 , 2023, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., and Wednesday, Aug. 2, 7:30 a.m.–8:30 pm (for bus trip to New York City)
Fee: $50
The “Roaring 20s” have long captured our imaginations, from the Harlem Renaissance and the Jazz Age to Art Deco and the Silent Era of film, the decade continues to inspire audiences 100 years later. This course will focus on helping you engage students by taking a closer look at some of the artistic movements and media of the 1920s. You will analyze arts-based primary sources both online, from the Library of Congress, and in person, by touring local sites and collections. You will also have the opportunity to travel to Harlem in New York City, learn from experts, and experience firsthand why this era was so impactful and how it continues to influence arts and culture today.
The Professional Institute for Educators offers arts courses in multiple modes during Summer 2023. Find the style that best suits you: in person at Wayne Arts Center, in person at our main campus, or online in the convenience of your home (or beach house!).
The Arts: Wayne
Graduate-level courses provide a rich, engaging studio experience in a specific artistic discipline. Courses conclude with the creation of lesson plans that reflect the new skills and approaches learned in the studio and online. This summer, the Professional Institute for Educators will offer two in-person courses at Wayne Arts Center, three in-person courses at UArts’ campus, and a series of online visual arts and Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) classes throughout the summer.
STTA 606NM Visual Arts for the Classroom: Watercolor Painting
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Sara Arnold
Format: Online
In person: July 10 - 14, 2023
Online: asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $100
This course is an introduction to watercolor materials and techniques. Participants learn basic watercolor applications and experiment with a variety of approaches. Content applicable to K-12 art classrooms, particularly to expand knowledge of watercolor concepts and applications with students. No previous experience required. Dates: July 5 - August 9, 2023
VPAS 610NM/611NM/671NM 3-D Projects for the Classroom: Ceramics -Throwing Introductory/Advanced/Advanced II
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Natalie Kuenzi
Dates: July 5 - August 9, 2023
In person: July 10 - 14, 2023
Online: asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $100
This course explores both traditional and experimental throwing techniques to make functional and sculptural pots. This course provides an opportunity for personal invention and exploration in developing sound skills to take back to the classroom. Learn throwing techniques with stoneware clays and experiment with colored slips, under glazes, oxides, shop glazes and firing techniques.
The Arts: University of the Arts’ Campus
On UArts’ main Avenue of the Arts campus, creativity shines. Teachers from all disciplines learn how the arts bring innovation to teaching and learning for students across all grade levels and disciplines. Courses on campus include a morning check-in on the first day of class and a closing exhibition/reception on the final day of class.
VPAS 577NM: Visual Arts for the Classroom: Composing and Creating the Personal Photograph
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Paul Rider
Dates: July 5 - August 8, 2023
In person: July 31 - August 4, 2023 Online: asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $100
This course is designed for educators to create well-composed, engaging, personal photographic works of art to communicate multiple meanings- far beyond the ‘selfie’- as primary sources in today’s K-12 classroom. We will explore educator-selected subject matter, making photographs meaningful and bridging connections to curriculum. The course will be digital camera-based.
The Arts: online
All courses are three credits.
VPAS 541NM/VPAS 569NM: Visual Arts for the Classroom: Drawing
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Sarah Arnold
Format: Online
Dates: May 26–July 3, 2023
asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Create a variety of basic drawings. You’ll explore media such as charcoal, pencil, ink and Conté crayon.
STTA 603NM: Creative Writing Across the Curriculum
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Matthew Duvall
Format: Online
Dates: May 26–July 3, 2023
asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Learn how to design lessons that use creative writing to improve student outcomes and increase student engagement. This course is for teachers from all grade levels and content areas.
VPAS 579NM: Portfolio Prep for Students
Credits: 3.0
Instructor: Kate Brown
Format: Online
Dates: July 5–August 8, 2023
asynchronous with optional weekly synchronous sessions
Tuition: MEd $2025 | NM $1050
Fee: $50
Better prepare high school students to develop and present a strong art portfolio for college admission, scholarship and the AP Portfolio.
Partnership Courses
Teaching with Primary Sources
Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress, the Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS) program offers tuition-free professional development opportunities for K–12 educators in the greater Philadelphia area.
Looking for Programs for Music Educators?
The Summer Music Studies and MM in Music Education serve the needs of music teachers, offering matriculated degrees and non-matriculated graduate-level courses for professional development that meet PA Act 48 requirements.
Questions?
Request more infoContact Professional Institute for Educators & MEd Programs
pie@uarts.edu
Graduate & Professional Studies
211 S. Broad St., Terra Hall, Room 905
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-717-6006