Professional Development Workshops for Teachers

Inspire Creativity. Build Confidence. Take Practical Skills Back to the Classroom.  

Book a hands-on professional development workshop at Corban Estate Arts Centre, designed specifically for teachers who want to strengthen their arts practice and enrich learning experiences for their ākonga. Whether you're new to teaching visual arts or looking to expand your creative toolkit, our workshops provide practical techniques, fresh ideas, and curriculum-ready activities that can be immediately applied in the classroom.  

Full-Day and Half-Day Workshops Available

Led by experienced artists and educators, our workshops offer immersive learning experiences across a range of visual arts disciplines. Participants will explore creative processes, experiment with materials, and develop engaging teaching approaches that support student creativity and confidence.

The Workshop Experience

Our workshops bring together a vibrant mix of disciplines—including painting, drawing, printmaking, clay, and mixed media. We show you how to break art workshops down into achievable studio demonstrations. We focus on building core, practical knowledge and foundational techniques, using them as a direct launchpad for genuine hands-on play, adaptive problem-solving, and open-ended outcomes. We provide the foundational frameworks, but the direction is entirely up to you, transforming art materials into low-stress, highly engaging classroom adventures.

What You’ll Gain

When you spend a day making art with us, you will leave with a renewed confidence to shift your ākonga focus from making things "perfect" to embracing creative risk-taking. You will gain a versatile toolkit of adaptable techniques alongside practical strategies to help students navigate creative hurdles independently. Most importantly, you will walk away with the tools to facilitate true open-ended learning (which is the foundation of creative thinking), ensuring that your ākonga learn to view "mistakes" as exciting artistic breakthroughs and that no two classroom projects ever look the same.

Why Learn at Corban Estate Arts Centre?

Set within one of Auckland’s leading cultural destinations, we offer an inspiring creative ecosystem that transforms your professional development day into a rich, full-team retreat. Beyond the studio, your team can fully immerse themselves in our historic estate through behind-the-scenes tours of our resident artist studios and exclusive gallery tours led by our curator. To keep everyone fuelled and inspired, our wonderful onsite cafe, Coffee Studio, can fully cater your session with delicious house-made fare and organic coffee, making it the perfect place to connect, recharge, and tailor a unique training day for your school, teaching team, or local cluster.

Contact us to discuss tailored professional development opportunities for your school or teaching team. Email: education@ceac.org.nz