Cultivated Connection serves K-12 dance educators, including pre-service educators, veteran teachers, teaching artists, and dance studio owners. Founded by a seasoned educator and former performer, CCDC understands the challenges of transitioning into the K-12 school system. We offer a range of services designed to provide guidance in curriculum development, strategic planning, and creating culturally responsive learning environments. Our mission is to help you navigate teaching while promoting literacy, history and writing through dance and movement.
Our vision is to transform K-12 dance education by equipping educators with culturally responsive, literacy infused teaching strategies. We help dance educators become leaders who inspire creativity, cultivate community, and promote academic excellence.
Transform your teaching with standards-based, culturally responsive curriculum tailored to the needs of K-12 dance educators. We specialize in helping educators design lessons that inspire creativity while meeting national and state standards, ensuring student engagement and measurable growth.
Elevate your dance program with expert guidance on goal-setting and long-term planning. Whether you’re building a new program or refining an existing one, we provide actionable strategies to align your vision with school objectives, fostering sustainable growth and success.
Create a positive and productive learning environment with proven classroom management techniques designed specifically for dance educators. From handling large, diverse classes to keeping students engaged, we provide practical tools to help you lead with confidence and consistency.
Bridge literacy and movement by integrating reading, writing, and critical thinking into your dance instruction. Our approach empowers educators to use dance as a tool to enhance comprehension, promote cultural awareness, and make meaningful cross-curricular connections in ELA and Social Studies.
Engage in interactive training sessions that equip educators with strategies for standards-based curriculum development, culturally responsive teaching, and literacy integration.
Accessible, interactive online sessions that equip you with innovative strategies to implement immediately in your teaching practice.
Receive personalized guidance or collaborate with peers to refine your teaching practice, overcome challenges, and achieve your professional goals.
Connect with like-minded dance educators in both virtual and in-person events that foster collaboration, inspiration, and support.
Bring expert insights to your school or organization with inspiring talks on arts integration, equity in education, and building sustainable programs.
Access ready-to-use tools, curriculum templates, and instructional materials that make your work easier and your impact greater.
For over 10 years, our team has been supporting educators with enhancing their teaching practices in both the general education and arts classrooms.
With years of experience in dance education, literacy integration, and culturally responsive teaching, we offer proven strategies that make an immediate impact.
We create opportunities for connection and collaboration, ensuring you never feel isolated in your journey.
" I participated the Intentional Learning: Using Children’s Books to Support Culturally Responsive Teaching in the Movement Classroom workshop. It was fun, interactive, and full of useful content! Tanjarae shared books and lesson ideas that I tried with my students almost immediately as well as big picture concepts I can apply in future lesson planning. The group brainstormed ideas about different ways to use a book during the session, and because my students have been so excited about exploring the book and hip hop, I’ve used a few already! I highly recommend Cultivated Connections"
Tanjarae Porter is a skilled facilitator, an avid community-builder, and an incredibly kind human. I seek to work with her again and again due to her ability to consider joy and play alongside the very real needs and realities of the teachers she works with. She invites educators to build curriculum that is centered around the lived experience of their students and crafts workshops that mix interactive participation, dialogue, and critical thinking. Her work in early childhood education, arts-based literacy, and culturally responsive teaching practices is not to be missed!
At Cultivated Connections Design and Consulting, we empower educators to integrate arts education, fostering creativity and inclusive learning. Our mission is to inspire transformative connections through innovative strategies and support. Join us in cultivating engaging and empowering educational experiences.
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