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Advocating for Arts Education Programs
RESOURCES for Arts Educators and No Child Left Behind
Areas of Concern
PK-12 schools
Program quality
- Starting art, band, orchestra programs in later grades
- Eliminating elementary-secondary arts programs
- Shortening classes
- Eliminating evening events
Universities
- Licensure/certification: Highly qualified teachers
- Highly qualified=fully licensed or certified by state guidelines
- Experienced teachers without art/music/theatre endorsements;
- Mismatched endorsements for assignments;
- Degree-inadequate teaching pedagogy credits;
- Teaching shortage; mentors; conditional licensing; budgets
Resources
The Progress of Education Reform 2004: Arts in Education, Vol. 5, No. 1 January 2004
- Arts' Impact on Learning and Workforce Prep
- Critical Links
- Arts Report Card
The Arts Education Partnership aep-arts.org
http://www.aep-arts.org/Advocacy.html
- No Subject Left Behind: A guide to arts Education Opportunities in the 2001 NCLB Act
- Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning. 1999
- Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development. 2002
- Young Children and the Arts: Making Creative Connections: A Report of the task Force on Children's Learning and the Arts: Birth to Age Eight. 1998
MENC
MENC has created a new advocacy website funded and supported by a national consortium of artists and arts organizations, membership includes important information for schools dealing with budget cuts, time constraints, lack of administrative/district support. http://www.supportmusic.com
The Music and Literacy Connection, Dee Hansen, Elaine Bernstorf, and Gayle Stuber. April 2004. MENC, Reston, VA.
This book is a comprehensive examination of reading/communication skills and the parallel processes of music learning. Written for music educators and classroom teachers, the book provides important information to help advocate for music education in our schools.
Comprehensive School Reform Models
In September 2000, the Office of Educational Research and Improvement awarded $37 million to 15 groups to improve and expand their national CSR models. To qualify, the groups had to show their models are operating successfully in at least 15 schools and that there is a significant unmet demand for their services. http://www.ed.gov/offices/OERI/capacity.html These schools include strong arts education programs and have been cited by the U.S. Department of Education as exemplary models. Help your school understand how arts programs support school improvement by sharing these models.
- Con-nect
- Different Ways of Knowing Model
- Effective Schools Model
- The Literacy Collaborative Model
- Success for All/Roots and Wings Model
- Talent Development Model
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