From 2005 to 2013, the Terra Teacher Lab served more than 175 teachers from 75 Chicago Public Schools. This annual professional development program focused on ways to promote critical thinking and enrich social studies, language arts, and art curricula with American art. The Terra Teacher Lab was offered in partnership with the DePaul Center for Urban Education and the Art Institute of Chicago and consisted of:
- An eight-day summer institute, during which participants received lessons in American art history from specialists and collaborated to develop in-depth classroom resources using American art;
- Five follow-up sessions during the school year, during which teachers reported on their experiences integrating American art into their instruction, examined student work growing from the program, and planned additional lessons and a field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago; and
- A culminating event at which teachers presented their projects to the larger education community.
Although no longer administered by the foundation, the work that began in the Terra Teacher Lab continues today under the auspices of the Art Institute of Chicago’s American Sources Professional Development Program:
https://learningthroughmuseums.wikispaces.com/American+Sources
Terra Teacher Lab Graduates
2013
Alexander Hamilton Elementary School
Kate Schick
Augustus H. Burley Elementary School
Aubrey Cunat
Kate Schick
Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center
Bridget Dziedzic
Charles A. Prosser Career Academy High School
Rebecca Aguilar
Monika Poddana
Chicago Academy High School
Benjamin Value
Dyett High School
Delores Goodman
Katrina Richard
Jill Stone
George Washington High School
Rosalind Tenorio
Leslie Umbles
Helen Peirce International Studies Elementary School
Meredith Buchbinder
Raymond Soto
Henry H. Nash Elementary School
Constance Jones-Johnson
Shelley Nation-Watson
Luther Burbank Elementary School
Edward Long
Jennifer Madden
Marvin Camras Elementary School
Margaret Champlin
Amy Hanks
Matthew Gallistel Elementary Language Academy
Kristina Beck
Lorie Soso
Mildred I. Lavizzo Elementary School
Kelly Chaney
Nicole Pellichet
Pulaski International School of Chicago
Adrienne Cheal
Eunice Shim
Valerie Williams
Ashley Worthington
Kylene Young
Salmon P. Chase Elementary School
Elizabeth Benfield
2012
Alfred David Kohn Elementary School
Christina Frum
Regina Parker-Johnson
Arnold Mireles Elementary Academy
Mary Burns
Wanda Gresham
Sabrina Walls-Brown
Arthur R. Ashe Elementary School
Sharon Garrett
Cesar E. Chavez Multicultural Academic Center
Michael Bochner
Francisco I. Madero Middle School
Iris Maldonado
Rita Márquez
Gregory Spadoni
Joseph Warren Elementary School
Delores King
Ayana Smith
Deidra Turner
Little Village Elementary School
Katie LaBombard
Martha Ivette Loza
Jeff Stauter
Marvin Camras Elementary School
RJ Argumedo
Rudi Monson
Ninos Heroes Elementary Academic Center
Maria Langhart
Perkins Bass Elementary School
Lovie Grier
Roger C. Sullivan High School
Donna Jackson
Kelly Jirous
Stephen F. Gale Elementary Community Academy
William Swain
Truman Middle College
Toni Lawrence
Charles Nowak
Victor Herbert Elementary School
Sharon Eskridge
Essie Jones
Of Chicago Public Schools
Darlee Roach
Formerly of Chicago Public Schools
Katherine White
2011
Charles A. Prosser Career Academy High School
Riccardo Teasley
Bonnie Uhlir
Chicago Academy
Meri LeBlanc
Pam Scala
Susan Stone
Kathleen Barabasz
Daniel Webster Elementary School
Jennifer Hankes
Edison Park Elementary School
Grace Itter
Ernst Prussing Elementary School
Amy Gray
Lindsay Siegel
Frank W. Reilly Elementary School
Jim Hanna
Immaculate Conception—North Park
Jessica Quaid
Melissa Vainisi
John W. Cook Elementary School
Kimberly Edwards
Alice Smith-Jones
Lionel Hampton Fine & Performing Arts Elementary School
Rita Leary
Susan Wambugu
Mark Skinner Elementary School
Conor FitzSimmons
Nathan S. Davis Elementary School
Margarita Espinoza
Paul Laurence Dunbar Career Academy High School
Alicia Gee
George Mueller
Amy Romito
Philo Carpenter Elementary School
Lisa Macri
Gloria Valentin
Robert Fulton Elementary School
Alex Karas
Roberto Clemente Community Academy High School
Eve Hedlund
Socorro Mucino
Ozni Torres
Theophilus Schmid Elementary School
Joanne Graham
Deborah Williams
Yolanda Williams
2010
Attucks Elementary School
Vernetta Erves
Carolyn Estelle
Tracy Harwell
Gaylord Workman
Barry Elementary School
Hang Nguyen
Cleveland Elementary School
Shelley Davis
Art Morganstein
Dever Elementary School
Deidre Habetler
Dewey Academy of Fine Arts
Darcy Nickel
Cynthia Devers
Angela Monroe
Garvy Elementary School
Anna Ress
Hitch Elementary School
Anne Bramlett
Cyndi Raisanen
Amy Rubic
Caroline Smarz
Debra Widlock
Holmes Elementary School
Jebba Biddle-White
2009
Albany Park Multicultural Academy
Cynthia Williams
Soledad Erickson
Judy Joyce
Gail Locke
Daniel Boone Elementary School
Lee Harrington
Esmond Elementary School
Eleni Vryza
Hannah G. Solomon Elementary School
Pamela Coleman
Debra Liu
Ann Reis
Ellen Shea
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary School
Craig Segal
John Spry Community School
Therese Carter
Lawndale Elementary Community Academy
Gale Garrett
Norwood Park Elementary School
Roberta Kraft
Lara Krejca
Katherine Slonina
Palmer Elementary School
Rick Isaac
Janet Ruff
Peterson Elementary School
Sandy DeVarenne
Bonnie Glassner
Sandra Saucedo
William P. Gray Elementary School
Deborah Ward
Mary Cadigan
Halina Fuja
Dina Koustas
Mila Ostojic
Agatha Panait
2008
Charles A. Prosser Career Academy
Angela Hayes
Lauren Litowsky
Sarah Valerio
Henry R. Clissold Elementary School
Sabrina Henderson
Katherine Kampf
Hyde Park Career Academy High School
Erik Cope
L.E.A.R.N. Charter School
Joyce Nicosia
Michele Clark Academic Preparatory Magnet High School
Warren Rhodes
Dwight Davis
Gideon MacKay
Morton Elementary Career Academy
Gilda Clarke
Shada Mack
Smyser Elementary School
Lucy Augustine
Ava Foreman
Jana Kopczick
Cheryl Lynch
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Suanne Rayner
Wildwood International Baccalaureate World Magnet School
Bob Finn
Kiran Kaur
Brenda Stevens
2007
Casimir Pulaski Fine Arts Academy
Patrice Hall
Charles A. Prosser Career Academy
Katherine Barnes
Lynn Fitzgerald
Janna Gartland
Bryan Quinlan
Sandra Shimon
Anthony Xidis
Curie Metropolitan High School
Elizabeth Atchison
Amanda Brode
Kenny Chau
Joseph Kan
Rebecca Lucas
Elizabeth McCarty
Hyde Park Career Academy High School
Marie Davis
Jacqueline Vaughn Occupational High School
Marti Cruz
Patricia Foerster
Sara Ingraffia
Mara Silver
Talcott Fine Arts and Museum Academy
Stephanie Collins
Joan Leber
Talman Community Elementary School
Gina Alicea
Amy Hassan
Jeff Horn
Theresa O’Rourke
The Chicago Academy High School
David McKoski
2006
Charles A. Prosser Career Academy
Itzamna Arista
Marcella Cannon
Marcia Dorfman
Natalie Field
Alicia Homampour
Erin McIntyre
Jean Neary
Anne Plous
Tami Sandberg
Sara Ingraffia
Curie Metropolitan High School
Sofia Villafuerte
Hugh Manley Career Academy High School
Joanne Dolejsi
Kwame Johnson
Jennifer Rutzler
Jacqueline Vaughn Occupational High School
Marti Cruz
