MoAD utilizes art, culture and history to tell the story of the African Diaspora in order to foster a greater understanding of human history. This knowledge helps students respect the many cultures present in today’s classroom.

Program Overview

MoAD and the San Francisco Unified School District are working together to make sure that Middle school students in the San Francisco Bay Area have an opportunity to express themselves through art and see the connections between people worldwide through art and history.

Teachers will be inspired after touring the museum with docents and attending workshops where they will learn to integrate art, language arts and history into their daily curriculum.

The program focuses attention on low performing middle schools in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD).

Professional Development Workshops

The workshop sessions assist teachers in planning lessons that are aligned with the California State Standards for grades six through eight.

Teachers will have the opportunity to participate in lectures, view art exhibits and leave the workshops with information and quality material for instruction. They will be able to develop objectives and plan effective lessons to meet the needs of students from all backgrounds. Participants will be able to interact with the professional development facilitators throughout the semester if they have any questions about the material. 

Workshop participants will be given a Museum guide packet that will have a list of Academic Content Standard for California State Board of Education, including Visual Arts, SFUSD History/Social Studies Standards, the Teacher's Curriculum Institute Standards, a description of each exhibit, questions to ask students at each exhibit, classroom activities, and resources. 

The workshops will also address the needs of GATE, ELL and Special Education students.

Participants may receive unit credit for attending the workshops.  This will have to be negotiated with the SFUSD by individual teachers.

Field Trips

Teachers will be able to schedule fieldtrips to MoAD with their students.  A docent will accompany them throughout the museum.
 
An artist visit to the school site can be arranged after the teacher attends the workshops and the teacher schedules a fieldtrip with her/his students to MoAD.
   
For more information

If you are an educator and would like to know more about the MoAD in the Middle Schools Program, please contact education@moadsf.org.

We gratefully acknowledge financial support for the MoAD in the Middle Schools program from Wells Fargo.