Where Teaching is an Art Form…
And Learning is a Work of Art!
What we do
At Focus 5, Inc., we help educators and organizations bring learning to life through the arts.
We design and lead high-quality professional learning and consulting that connect arts integration, best teaching practices, and current insights from
the field of education.
Our team works side by side with teachers, school leaders, teaching artists, and arts partners in schools, districts, and cultural organizations across the United States and around the world. Together, we strengthen teaching and learning
by placing the arts at the heart of education.
We are in classrooms every day, keeping our work grounded, relevant, and inspired by the students and educators we serve.
Who We Are
Focus 5, Inc. has been inspiring educators and advancing arts integration for more than 20 years. During that time, our consulting team has led thousands of in-person and virtual workshops, classes, and webinars, totaling thousands
of hours of professional learning.
Simply put, we are experts in arts integration.
Our team includes National Board Certified teachers, professional artists, teaching artists, arts integration specialists, technology specialists,
and a reading specialist.
We are passionate educators and creative collaborators who believe in the power of the arts to transform teaching and learning. As a national leader in arts integration and educational consulting, we’re dedicated to supporting
high-quality, joyful learning experiences for all young people.
Lasting impressions
Teaching through the arts can have a profound and lasting impression on students’ love of learning, rate of intellectual growth, compassion towards others, and their ability to become confident young adults.
arts integration services
We are different
At Focus 5, Inc., we offer comprehensive, customized arts integration programs for schools, districts, arts organizations, and learning communities.
Every program is designed around your goals and can be delivered as a single-year initiative or a multi-year professional learning partnership.
Our team of National Board Certified teachers, professional artists, teaching artists, and arts integration specialists collaborate to create programs that are practical, creative, and sustainable.
We don’t deliver one-size-fits-all training, we design experiences that meet your community where it is and help it grow.
Professional Development Plans for Schools/Districts
Focus 5 specializes in meeting the varying needs of each school, district and learning community. We work closely with clients to combine Instructional and Implementation Formats to create a single professional development event or a multi-year professional learning plan. With a team of highly-skilled consultants, multiple art forms, and various curriculum connections, we are a leader in the field of arts integration.
Professional Development for Teachers
Focus 5 provides the most extensive in-person and online training for educators available anywhere. We offer a variety of arts integration workshops and courses that allow you to learn and explore this powerful approach to teaching.
Professional Development for Teaching Artists
Focus 5 provides professional development training for teaching artists that focuses on various aspects of teaching from lesson design to classroom management. These in-depth experiences are catered to meet the needs of the local communities teaching artists are working in.
Student Residencies
Our highly participatory arts-integrated residencies for K-8 students can be taught virtually (broadcast live into classrooms) or in-person to develop/deepen students’ comprehension, creativity and self-confidence.
Sync Series
Focus 5 provides the most extensive online training for educators available anywhere! Our platform delivers a variety of arts integration courses that allow you to learn and explore this powerful teaching method.
Arts Integration Conferences
Focus 5 provides arts integration training for educators at two-day conferences in different cities each year. Join some of the nation’s most passionate educators as we immerse ourselves in creative pedagogy that explores the seamless connections between arts and academics.