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SUMMARY:VTS / Listening for Milestones in Aesthetic Development (January 2024)
DESCRIPTION:Have you ever wondered what lies behind the questions VTS facilitators ask? And those viewer comments?\nThis VTS workshop: “Listening for Milestones in Aesthetic Development” is a closer look at VTS practices, viewer comments, and the connection to foundational research.\nDo you wonder what learning looks like with VTS? When we don’t teach content, how do we know that participants are learning -or what they are learning? How do we as educators set goals with open-ended discussions?  How do you engage people who are not interested in art? \nVTS was created out of pioneering research done by Dr. Abigail Housen in the 1970s-1990s. She recorded thousands of interviews, from viewers’ who rarely looked at art through those who had spent a lifetime doing so. Comment by comment, Housen mapped out, what she called, aesthetic development, from its beginning. The work is a kind of field guide to visual cognition as it blurts out of our mouths. \nIn this workshop, we introduce Housen’s research, and important, initial milestones. When VTS discussions are well-facilitated, viewers broaden the ways in which they engage with art. What that broadening, or learning, looks like comes into focus as we discuss different types of comments -even the surprising ones. The research offers us ways to appreciate the extraordinary array of responses to art.\nThis 8-hour workshop is led by veteran VTS Trainer, and Teachers College Instructor, Tara Geer and VTS Training Manager, Amy Chase Gulden. Geer is also Dr. Housen’s daughter, and is engaged in current, ongoing research in the Boston Public Schools around the significance of aesthetic development in early learning. \nAs a collective, we’ll do exercises to unravel the complex thought processes behind specific comments and explore aesthetic development. This knowledge can enhance your facilitation skills, help you track learning in your VTS discussions, witness the remarkable shifts in aesthetic thinking, and learn to more fully appreciate the needs of your groups.\nThis workshop is only offered twice per year, so don’t miss this chance to join us!\nWorkshop Expectations\n\nThis workshop is designed for practitioners who have completed VTS Beginner Practicum or beyond.\nThis workshop will not focus on facilitation practice and coaching.\nThis is an online workshop. We will be utilizing digital platforms such as Zoom and Google.\nInformation for accessing the course materials will be emailed to participants before the start of the course. Participants must be able to attend all meetings to complete this workshop. In addition to class meetings, participants should plan to complete brief assignments/reflections between each class.\nClosed Captioning available.\nThis workshop will be conducted in English.\nThis course is scheduled in Pacific time zone. Please check your personal time zone alignment before registering.  *Course must have a minimum of 10 enrolled in order to run.*\n\nVTS Program Notes\nClass time: 7:00am – 9:00am Pacific Time\n\nMonday, January 22\nWednesday, January 24\nMonday, January 29\nWednesday, January 31\n\nSLIDING SCALE REGISTRATION\nIn Summer 2021, VTS explored the use of a sliding scale as an experiment in equitable pricing. Starting in July 2022, all VTS programs began utilizing a sliding scale for registration. We are confident that those who join us are committed to being part of a thoughtful community that is diverse, committed to collective learning, and interested in finding new ways of supporting each other. We have been inspired to use this pricing strategy by Embracing an Equity Sliding Scale.\nPlease use the guide below to self-select your registration fee for this program.\nTIER 1 PRICE\nConsider investing in the TIER 1 price if you:\n\nare supporting children or have other dependents\nhave significant debt\nhave medical expenses not covered by insurance\nare eligible for public assistance\nhave immigration-related expenses\nare an elder with limited financial support\nare an unpaid community organizer\nare a returning citizen who has been denied work due to incarceration history\nexperience discrimination in hiring or pay level\nare descended from enslaved people or Native American Indians\n\nTIER 2 PRICE\nConsider investing in the TIER 2 price if you:\n\nare single and/or without dependents\nare able to repay your student loans, are in repayment or have paid off your student loans\nhave daily reliable transportation\nare able to miss work either for sickness or leisure, and are still able to pay next month’s bills\ntravel when needed for an unexpected occasion like a family funeral or emergency\n\nTIER 3 PRICE\nConsider investing in the TIER 3 price, if you:\n\nown the home you live in\nhave investments, retirement accounts or inherited money\ntravel for recreation\nhave access to family money and resources in times of need\nwork part-time or are unemployed by choice, including unemployment due to full-time school in a degree-earning program\nhave a relatively high degree of earning power due to level of education (or gender and racial privilege, class background, etc.)\nare registering with funds from your work at/with an institution (museum, school, university, etc.)\n\nQuestions? Please contact Amy Chase Gulden, VTS Training Manager at acgulden@vtshome.org ( mailto:acgulden@vtshome.org ).\n
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