Abrakadoodle's annual franchise conference focused on dreamy programs, outreach and achievements

S terling, VA, Nov 2017 — Abrakadoodle'due south annual conference "Dreams Take Flying," held November 3-5 at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, MD, celebrated Abrakadoodle's dreamy touch on its students; franchise owner dreams and achievements, equally well as best practices and trends in fine art education. The fine art didactics franchise visitor historic its 2022 Silver Honor recognition and cash prize in the Impact and Innovation category from the International Franchise Association's (IFA) Franchising Gives Dorsum program, honoring Abrakadoodle's system-wide leadership in bringing art to children facing disadvantages through its ongoing Arts for All campaign. Abrakadoodle also previewed additions to its popular and well-respected STEAM art curriculum and culturally diverse and rich fine art programming. STEAM recognizes that ART is a key component that drives innovation, creativity, disquisitional thinking and collaboration – a range of critical 21st century learning skills that are intended to help all children to be higher and career ready. Abrakadoodle People's republic of china participated at Briefing and shared their impressive growth and solid program adoption, reaching more than 200,000 children. Abrakadoodle also welcomed new trainees Mariana Igartua and Jose Andres Ferraez Quintanilla, who will be bringing Abrakadoodle programming as the new Master Franchise owners of Mexico.

Abrakadoodle is proud of its strong diversity, with outstanding performers representing a wide range of ethnicities. Photograph to a higher place (front to dorsum, l-r: Dawna Kelly of Detroit; Ceneetra Anderson of Cincinnati; Charla Stuart of Houston; Cecilia Hazelton of Bowie; Carrie Turner of Savannah; Eric Cohn of San Antonio; Krista Roberts of Northern NJ and Bridgett Jones Smith of Western Physician.

"This year'due south Conference theme, "Dreams Accept Flight," really resonated with where Abrakadoodle is positioned at this time," remarked Rosemarie Hartnett, CFE, President and Co-Founder of Abrakadoodle, Inc. She added, "It all starts with a dream, and this year nosotros take seen a number of actually impactful and big dreams come true." Ms. Hartnett reflected on the big dream for Abrakadoodle to bring fine art education classes, camps and events to as many children as possible to include the visitor's annual Arts for All Scholarship that enables disadvantaged children access to Abrakadoodle programs that children who would non otherwise be able to participle. Some other component of Abrakadoodle'south Dream is supporting franchise owners in creating more outstanding partnership opportunities to evangelize large-scale art classes and camps that will reach more students who volition benefit from art education in academic and community settings.

Veterans of Abrakadoodle taking part in Briefing. Photo, left: Eric Cohn of San Antonio; Cecilia Hazelton Nsiah of Bowie & Annapolis, and Troy Moore of Prince William County, VA.

Abrakadoodle's veterans are also seeing their dreams for their respective concern taking flight.

Abrakadoodle's vast curriculum that exceeds National Standards for Visual Arts Teaching is an important primal to the company's expanded plan achieve. A contempo commodity published in September 2022 past the Instruction Commission of the States cited inquiry that shows arts education fosters deeper learning skills, such as collaboration and perseverance in students. Information technology further defines deeper learning skills to include: greater mastery of bookish content; critical thinking and complex problem-solving skills and advice skills and a more than bookish mindset. According to Ms. Hartnett, "It is particularly noteworthy to mention that these deeper learning skills accept shown to exist particularly pregnant in at-risk populations."  Abrakadoodle is seeing an upsurge in sizable opportunities won by its franchise owners to provide comprehensive art education programming. Thanks to ever-expanding curriculum development to include World Monuments, European Masters, Dreamy Fine art, Little Kids on Canvas, Do-Re-Me Music and Fine art, as well as STEAM-based art kits, a clay series and Designer Kids, Abrakadoodle remains at the forefront of top-notch art education. Conference sessions in one case over again included hands-on art, business organization development sessions, also equally student safe, which is always a priority.

Abrakadoodle besides historic its Latina owners. Photo, front end to back, l-r: Juliana Kenj of Katy, TX; Laura Marcin of Mexico; row two, Mary Johnsen of Northwestern Suburbs, Minneapolis; Julieta de Cara of Due west Greater Houston; Mariana Igartua of Mexico; row three, Maria Buiatti of Katy, TX; Migdalia Ortiz of Queens, NY; Romina Moscoso of West Greater Houston; Dana Yannone of West Greater Houston and Yolanda Smith of Loudoun County, VA. .

"I find it very gratifying to recognize strong franchisee functioning through our conference awards and to share tools and resources that volition help our owners brand the most positive bear on in the communities we serve," Hartnett connected. Abrakadoodle conferred a number of awards for exceptional performance, creativity, community service, leadership and more. Please visit Abrakadoodle'south blog for complete list of 2022 accolade winners with photos. The company also announced plans to continue its arrangement-wide Arts for All campaign in communities nationwide during 2018.

Wonderful women entrepreneurs of Abrakadoodle!

Founded past two award-winning women, Mary Rogers, Chiliad.A.Ed. (ret) and Rosemarie Harnett, CFE, President, Abrakadoodle delivers innovative, mobile art pedagogy classes, inventiveness camps, in-school field trips, arty parties, events and more than for children and adults through its network of franchises operating in the U.S. and in several international locations.

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