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Learning Through the Arts (LTTA) is a dynamic, arts-driven education program providing teachers with creative tools to engage all students in math, science language arts and social studies.
It is now the largest full school intervention program in the world, reaching more than 100,000 children each year. Demand for LTTA continues to increase exponentially. We anticipate that, by 2008, there will be 600 LTTA schools in Canada, and teacher professional development centers in 10 countries.
With LTTA, the arts become tools for delivering general curriculum. LTTA students explore new ideas by making images
-creating dances
-telling stories
-singing songs
Learning Through the Arts offers a way forward for young people who have struggled to learn through traditional means such as books or lectures.
LTTA is a rigorous, structured curriculum program that impacts the classroom on a daily basis. The program's comprehensive format incorporates ongoing professional development of teachers, professional development of artists, writing of lesson plans, curriculum development, in-class delivery and continuous assessment. LTTA offers lesson plans for all academic subjects.
LTTA establishes long-term partnerships between teachers and specially trained artist-educators who serve as change agents within the schools, promoting collaboration, risk taking, and continuous learning by teachers and students alike.
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