Residencies

Imagination Quest (IQ) is a teaching and learning model that advances active and personal education in, through, and about the arts via three initiatives: Teach to Reach (for teachers), Learning to Read, Reading to Learn (for students), and Partners for Learning (for parents/caregivers).

IQ is a unique collaboration of Imagination Stage and American University working with schools to inspire achievement - in the classroom and in life - through discovery learning. The goal of IQ is to enhance student achievement and foster creative and social skills through arts-based teaching and learning across the curriculum. IQ has reached over 1,908 teachers; 485 parents and caregivers; 3,592 students through residencies (another 20,000 students have been reached through the residency sharings); and 80 school principals from MD, DC, CA, VA, NH and RI.

IQ Team

The IQ team is committed to the value and importance of the arts and imagination in education. It consists of a seasoned ensemble of professional artists and teachers from Imagination Stage and researchers and artist/teachers from American University's School of Education and Department of Performing Arts.