National Residency Teaching Artist Credential

Young Audiences Arts for Learning’s National Residency Teaching Artist Credential (TAC) articulates what effective, high quality teaching artistry looks like in K-12 school-based residencies, and formally endorses exceptional teaching artists who embody excellence in four competency areas:

• Artistry

• Instruction

• Preparation & Planning

• Community

​The TAC recognizes seasoned teaching artists at a national level for their previous training, experience and skill in implementing school-based arts-integrated residencies, and offers a practical pathway to advance toward excellence for less experienced teaching artists.  Additionally, this nationally-recognized credential validates teaching artistry as a field, and advances arts in education by providing quality assurance for schools, promoting collaboration between classroom teachers and teaching artists, and, above all, ensuring successful learning outcomes for students.

In April 2019, Jeff Poulin was brought onto the project by project director, Susan Oetgen, as increased capacity to aid in the research, communications, and development of project components.