The CCA Teaching Institute (TI) seeks to transform the culture of teaching and empower learning through professional development in the arts. TI pioneers contemporary pedagogies and proven programs, training educators and teaching artists to be leaders in arts instruction and integration at the pre-K through 12th grade levels.

TI's professional development program offers a full range of opportunities, from weekend skill-building intensives to semester-long core courses with a strong foundation in arts practice and arts integration methodologies. Participants leave equipped with real classroom applications focused on achieving improved student learning across all subjects, and can qualify to earn an Arts Learning Specialist Certificate upon completion of 12 units of TI coursework.

TI graduates become part of an ongoing network of education professionals, academics, and peers who are an invaluable resource for best practices as well as opportunities for collaboration, coaching, curriculum innovations, and professional advancement. Through their shared TI experience, participants learn to connect across disciplines and environments, reflect upon and deepen their practices, and create new, genuine experiences for students. This collegial approach fosters a community of high-quality teachers, vital to a robust, accessible education for public school students.

CCA and the Center for Art and Public Life

For more than 100 years, California College of the Arts (CCA) has been at the forefront of arts education in the United States. Complementing CCA’s renowned degree programs, its Center for Art and Public Life is deeply committed to helping young students access art by nurturing exceptional teaching practices.

The CCA Teaching Institute and Center for Art and Public Life operate within a greater ecology of county and national initiatives focused on community arts, equity, and systemic reform in public education, collectively working to advance the arts in society.

The center is a founding member of the Alameda County Office of Education’s Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership, a broad-based network of 18 school districts with administrators, teachers, arts specialists, community arts groups, businesses, policy makers, and parents working in partnership throughout the region.