Professional Development
Finally—PD built for the art room. Get on-demand training videos, insider tips, and resources created by art teachers, for art teachers.
About PRO
PRO Learning
Research shows that professional development aligned to your subject area is more effective. Make it happen with PRO—practical, flexible learning built for the art room.
PRO delivers focused, flexible learning built just for visual arts educators:
- Explore 200+ PRO Packs (and counting)
Choose from a growing library of visual arts topics, complete with resources to help you apply your learning right away in the classroom. - Learn from expert art educators
Every facilitator is an experienced art teacher, sharing tips, tools, and methods you can apply immediately. - Earn unlimited PD hours
Log hours as you go, build your own learning path, and meet professional goals on your schedule.
PRO FOr Districts
Relevant, Personalized PD for Every Visual Arts Team
Choose What Interests You
Dive deep into your passions, or focus on learning new skills. Each Pack features proven strategies and real-world tactics to get the most from your students.
Districtwide Support
Administrators will have a ready-to-use tool for teacher support. Teachers can learn individually or collaboratively as a PLC and will have access to thousands of art-room-ready resources, including assessments, rubrics, anchor charts, and infographics.
Earn Endless PD Hours
Accrue PD hours and certificates for each Pack you complete––creating a record of your learning as it happens.
PRO Packs
Where Teacher Learning Takes Place
Get relevant training, hands-on tutorials, and essential resources with every PRO Pack, and enjoy a continually expanding library of new content.
Creativity Exercises for Every Level
- Integrate creative prompts and exercises to develop students’ creative thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Implement ideation strategies to push students beyond their first ideas in order to transfer to artistic expression.
- Develop a framework of questioning and constraints to support higher-order thinking.
Building a Ceramics Program
- Explore strategies for effectively managing and organizing your clay tools, supplies, and student projects.
- Discover how to best teach basic building techniques such as slab and coil methods.
- Learn simple systems for glazing, reclaiming clay, and making your own tools.
Formative Assessment Strategies
- Design formative assessments appropriate for your classroom that provide timely feedback and inform instruction to support student learning.
- Integrate a variety of formative assessment strategies to help all students demonstrate their learning.
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Strategies for Student Engagement
- Identify and implement instructional strategies to boost student engagement throughout the class period from bell to bell.
- Utilize a variety of teaching tools to promote individual and collaborative engagement and reflection.
- Plan purposeful strategies throughout lessons to check for understanding, offer student choice, and support retention and application of learning.
Growth Mindset in the Art Room
- Discover the differences between a growth mindset and a fixed mindset.
- Find out why helping your students develop a growth mindset can be a powerful tool for them to carry throughout their lives.
- Study reasons why the art room is the perfect place for students to practice a growth mindset.
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Go Further With the Curriculum Suite
Pair FLEX with PRO Learning for the ultimate instructional support duo! PRO provides 500+ hours of video tutorials to help art teachers build skills and confidence, maximizing the impact of FLEX for their students.
PRICING
Select Your Plan
*Features scale to align with the needs of your district, from small teams to larger implementations.
Funding
Secure Funding for Professional Development
ARTS STANDARDS
Earn Professional Development Hours by Completing PRO Packs
Learn more about state requirements and how PRO can help you earn professional development hours.
