| Teaching Artist Information What is Opening Minds through the Arts (OMA)?
Opening Minds through the Arts (OMA) is a nationally recognized, research-based program that integrates the arts into reading, writing, math and science lessons in elementary and middle schools. OMA has become a leader in a national movment to integrate arts education into the core curriculum, with more than 19,000 students, 700 teachers and 53 professional artists in 42 schools in the Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) participating.
What Grade Levels do Teaching Artists work with in the OMA Program?
The OMA model, based on the neurological development of children, focuses on specific art forms each year of elementary and middle school as follows:
What qualifications do I need to become a Teaching Artist in the OMA Program? Instrumental artists:
Opera artists:
Movment artists:
Visual artists:
How do I become an OMA Teaching Artist? All OMA Artists must first attend our week-long Teaching Artist Summer Institute (TASI). Two sessions are offered each summer, the dates for 2009 are:
You must attend the entire session from 8:00 am until 4:00 pm each day. Note: attending the Teaching Artist Summer Insititute does not guarantee a position in the OMA Program. We do, however, hire Teaching Artists from the pool of those who have completed the Teaching Artist Summer Institute. A registration form will be posted at this site during March 2009. |
  2025 E. Winsett Street, Tucson, Arizona 85719 OMA: 520-225-4900 Foundation: 520-225-4656 |
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