Wolf Trap

fy10ccincwtcandace North Carolina Wolf Trap, a Program of ASC, is a regional site for the acclaimed Wolf Trap Early Learning Through the Arts Program. The program brings performing artists into pre-kindergarten classes for a seven-week residency. North Carolina Wolf Trap partners with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) to bring the program to Bright Beginnings classes within CMS and More-at-Four classes in Mecklenburg County.

Working in partnership with CMS and the Wolf Trap Institute, North Carolina Wolf Trap incorporates the arts into the Bright Beginnings Pre-K program, and connects with the OWL literacy-based curriculum used by CMS. Through active engagement and collaboration with teaching artists in music, drama and creative movement, early childhood professionals gain a hands-on understanding of the connection between developmentally appropriate performing arts experiences and the acceleration of children’s learning.

During the residencies, teaching artists visit each classroom twice weekly and collaborate with the Pre-K teacher to guide children in arts experiences that support the learning of key academic and developmental concepts.

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Click here for a roster of Teaching Artists

Click here for more information about the Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts.

Participating Schools/Sites

North Carolina Wolf Trap works with CMS to determine which sites will receive the program. Each Wolf Trap site stays with the program for three consecutive years, ensuring that each classroom teacher will work with three different artists and that each teacher will have gained the capacity to regularly plan more effective arts experiences to strengthen teaching and learning.

Sites for 2011 – 2012