Professional Development

Events

Professional Development

Helping educators learn how to integrate music, pop culture, and storytelling across subjects, helping students connect what they learn to the world around them.

Fri

Oct 23

“We Are What We Are (We’re Just Like Anybody Else)”: LGBTQ+ Identity in Pop Music

Join TeachRock and NYC Public Schools Department of Social Studies and Civics for a day of professional learning.

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Wed

Sep 16

Build Student Connection and Community: Advisory Period Activities That Engage

This edWebinar introduces TeachRock’s free advisory curriculum that uses music and the arts as a springboard to social-emotional learning and community building.

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Thu

Sep 10

Tune In to History Through Primary Sources

A virtual, interactive workshop about teaching with primary sources.

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Thu

Sep 3

Crossroads: Where Economics, History, and Music Meet

Crossroads is an interdisciplinary workshop for high school economics and U.S. history teachers.

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Wed

Sep 2

Crossroads: Where Economics, History, and Music Meet

Crossroads is an interdisciplinary workshop for high school economics and U.S. history teachers.

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Wed

Jul 22

TeachRock Teachers Summit

The application period is now closed. The TeachRock Teachers Summit 2026, a partnership between the Rock & Roll Forever Foundation and the National Humanities Center, invites educators to reimagine US history through the power of music.

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Tue

May 12

(Postponed) Sound and Identity: Using Music to Teach History, Culture, and Critical Thinking

Experience professional learning in a premier music venue and join TeachRock for a day of hands-on exploration at Higher Ground in Vermont.

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Fri

May 8

Uprising: Reggae, Decolonization, and Diaspora

Join TeachRock and the Department of Social Studies and Civics for a day of professional learning at The Cutting Room.

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Tue

Apr 21

Resilience and Stronger School Communities Through the Arts

Explore how Harmony's arts-integrated, CASEL-aligned curriculum builds lasting skills that strengthen school communities and prepare students for life.

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Mon

Mar 16

From Tin Pan Alley to Tapestry: Jewish Americans in Pop Music

Join TeachRock and the Department of Social Studies and Civics for a day of professional learning at the Center for Jewish History.

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Thu

Mar 12

The Collective Canvas: Negotiating Native and Jewish American Identity, History, and Experiences

Join TeachRock and ICS for a virtual workshop that explores the complex interplay of assimilation, resilience, and cultural reclamation through the parallel lenses of the Native and Jewish American experiences.

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Wed

Mar 11

Voices Then, Voices Now: Exploring Social Movements Through Music

Join TeachRock and the Department of Social Studies and Civics for a day of professional learning at Brooklyn Bowl.

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Fri

Feb 27

Teaching History Through New Jersey Music Legends

Join TeachRock and the New Jersey Hall of Fame for a dynamic full-day professional development experience highlighting musicians from New Jersey whose work has had a lasting impact on the music community and the world at large.

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Fri

Feb 6

The Sounds of Latino New York: Music, Culture, and Identity in the Classroom

Join TeachRock and the Department of Social Studies and Civics for a day of professional learning at the Museum of the City of New York.

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Fri

Jan 9

The Sounds of the Harlem Renaissance

Step into the vibrant world of the Harlem Renaissance and join TeachRock and the Department of Social Studies and Civics for a day of professional learning at The New York Historical.

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Fri

Nov 7

Day of Teaching The Dead

Get on the bus! Join TeachRock and the NYC Department of Education's Office of Social Studies and Civics for a full day of professional learning dedicated to the Grateful Dead.

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