in-school programs
The In-School Programs are the heart and soul of KDO – the first connection where dedicated KDO Teaching Artists visit schools to introduce children to the transformative power of dance and the arts.
HOW IT WORKS
- While our focus is grades 3-4, we sometimes offer programming for grades K-2.
- KDO Teaching Artists and Musicians visit schools around Indianapolis to provide weekly, during-school-time programs for elementary-age children.
- KDO works with individual schools to define and meet their unique needs.
- In collaboration, KDO and schools design the programming that best fits their community.
- Programming can be designed as a one-time introductory workshop or a sequential program.
- KDO works with all children at a given grade level, divided into classes.
- A KDO team of Teaching Artists and Musicians will visit the school to lead each class in a dedicated space.
- Classroom teachers are expected to be actively engaged in supporting the program.
- Longer, sequential residencies culminate in a final showcase performance, open to families and the school community, held on-site.
- Kids Dance Outreach’s Teaching Artists are trained in and inspired by the NDI Method®, a renowned arts education pedagogy developed by National Dance Institute. While the NDI Method® serves as the guiding framework for KDO’s teaching approach, all program content, curriculum, and choreography are thoughtfully developed and adapted by KDO’s Team to meet the unique needs of the students and communities we serve.
Interested in becoming a KDO Partner School? Please complete the inquiry form below.
current partner schools
Crooked Creek Elementary School (Washington Township)
Edison School of the Arts, Inc. 47
Emma Donnan Elementary & Middle School
Enlace Academy
Fox Hill Elementary School (Washington Township)
Global Preparatory Academy
Greenbriar Elementary School (Washington Township)
Invent Learning Hub
IPS Brookside 54
IPS Butler Lab 55
IPS Center for Inquiry School 2
IPS Center for Inquiry School 70
IPS Daniel Webster 46
IPS Christian Park 82
IPS Theodore Potter 74
Vision Academy
Matchbook Learning at Wendell Phillips 63
Willow Lake Elementary School (Washington Township)
And more!