You Don’t Have To Do It Alone: Initiating and Sustaining Collaboration

So, say you are intrigued by this notion of arts integrated teaching. You think it’s important for kids; you think it’s valuable for your development as an educator, but you are concerned that you can’t do it alone with all the other demands on your time, attention, and energy You don’t have access to an artist at the moment, and you aren’t confident of your ability to read music, dance, act, or paint. This chapter’s title, “You Don’t Have to Do It Alone,” is intended to give you some suggestions for where to turn for support, ideas, and inspiration.