GITC offers free, ongoing training in music making through musically-integrated academic instruction and social emotional learning with a special emphasis on inclusion and student empowerment. We offer year-round after school professional development classes for teachers, in-classroom teaching artist residencies, and we supply educational materials, access to instruments and musical accessories. GITC nurtures and promotes the joy of learning through the power of strumming, singing and songwriting across the academic and arts curriculum. GITC’s programs are free to teachers. We envision a future in which making music is a vital part of every child’s education. Our motto is “Better Learning through Music.”