The Connecticut Office of the Arts HOT Schools Summer Institute is the longest continually running, State Arts Agency sponsored program of its kind in the nation! This nationally acclaimed week-long residential conference is packed with renowned speakers, interactive workshops, performances and sequential learning tracks. Past participants including teachers and teaching artists have told us they will never teach the same way again and that it is the most engaging, useful, and all-time BEST professional development they’ve ever had. Principals and Administrators have told us that the way the HOT Summer Institute has jump-started new strategies, sparked enthusiasm, and reignited a passion for teaching in their schools makes it the biggest bang for the buck – anywhere – ever!