ArtsEd Digest

Volume 1, Issue 8 - June 23, 2009

Welcome to ArtsEd Digest, the new and improved face of the AEP listserv. The ArtsEd Digest is an online publication that allows for the easy access to vital and timely information about arts education from our partners and from the field. It is published twice a month, on the second and fourth Tuesday. Items for inclusion in the upcoming listserv must be submitted by close of business on the first and third Fridays of each month. For example, items for the Digest to be published on Tuesday, July 14 should be submitted by close of business Friday, July 10.

New from the Arts Education Partnership

AEP National Forum Information - "Charting a Course for the Arts and 21st Century Learning"
Registration open now for the Fall National Forum on October 2-3, 2009 in Cambridge, MA! Join us for a lively exploration of the connections and synchronicities between the arts and 21st century learning. This meeting will be hosted by Lesley University. Click here for more information about this Forum. Come early and stay late – participate in our Day of Service activity, an artist lecture on the Lesley Campus, and enjoy all that Cambridge/Boston has to offer!

Confirmed sessions and speakers include:

Opening Plenary: “Take Back the Mic,” an exciting presentation by dynamic performer, artist and activist Derrick Ashong, of the musical group Soulfege
Plenary Panel: “Education Leadership: Redesigning Learning Systems for the 21st Century." Confirmed panelists include Carol Johnson, Superintendent of Boston Public Schools, and Paul Reville, Massachusetts Secretary of Education
Plenary Panel: “Navigating New Waters: Arts Learning and Higher Education Policy, Research and Practice.” Confirmed panelists include Shirley Brice Heath, linguistic anthropologist and international scholar on learning in the arts, and Martha McKenna, Provost, Lesley University. Respondent: David Haselkorn, Associate Commissioner of the Center for Educator Policy, Massachusetts DESE

Submissions for the Cover Art Contest are due June 25th to Teka Phan, Program Assistant, at tekap@ccsso.org.

NAEP, The Nation's Arts Report Card Released
The National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB) on June 15, 2009 released the
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) in the Arts. The NAEP Arts Assessment – also known as The Nation’s Arts Report Card – reveals a significant achievement gap in student
performance in music and the visual arts according to economic status, racial and ethnic identification, gender, and school type and location. Click these links to access the full AEP NAEP press release and the NAEP toolkit.

Statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan on the NAEP Arts 2008 Assessment:
"These results are important for several reasons. First, they remind us that the arts are a core academic subject and part of a complete education for all students. The arts are also important to American students gaining the 21st century skills they will need to succeed in higher education and the global marketplace – skills that increasingly demand creativity, perseverance, and problem solving combined with performing well as part of a team.

The results also remind us that learning in the arts can and should be rigorous and based on high standards, and that it can be evaluated objectively, using well-designed measures.

This Arts Report Card should challenge all of us to make K-12 arts programs more available to America’s children and youth. Such programs not only engage students’ creativity and academic commitment today, but they uniquely equip them for future success and fulfillment. We can and should do better for America’s students."

http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2009/06/06152009.html

New Ford Foundation Report: Arts Education for All: Lessons from the First Half of the Ford Foundation’s National Arts Education Initiative

The OMG Center releases Arts Education for All: Lessons from the First Half of the Ford Foundation’s National Arts Education Initiative, a seven year effort to address issues of equity and access in arts education. Of interest to anyone engaged in taking arts education programming to scale in communities, the monograph includes discussions of the philosophical and strategic underpinnings of the initiative; various successes and challenges faced by initiative participants as they work to strengthen and mobilize constituencies; and illuminating stories and profiles that bring to life efforts of practitioners to reform education within their local communities.

To access this report, please click: http://www.omgcenter.org/PDF/OMG_Ford_ArtsEd_6rev.pdf.

EdTA Honors Three Administrators With National Award

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) and its student honorary division, the International Thespian Society (ITS), have named the recipients of the 2009 Administrator’s Award. The award is presented to outstanding school administrators who demonstrate exemplary support for educational theatre.

The recipients are:

Jennifer Dixon, principal of Woodburn (Oregon) Arts and Communications Academy.
Dr. Daniel Riordan, principal of Reavis High School in Burbank, Illinois.
Timothy J. Sullivan, Jr., principal of Classical Magnet School in Hartford, Connecticut.

“A school administrator’s support for a program makes all the difference in its chances for success,” says EdTA Executive Director Michael J. Peitz. “Administrators who believe in the importance of a theatre program to the whole of a curriculum fight for the things that the program and its educators need to serve the best interests of their students. They do this because they understand the tremendous payoff that a vibrant theatre program brings to the students in their educational journey and to the school. We are proud to honor these three administrators with national recognition for all that they have done to promote the programs in their schools.”

Digital/Media/Arts Professional Development Institute Introduces New Curriculum

The Digital/Media/Arts Professional Development Institute introduces a rigorous standards-based curriculum developed specifically for the Arts, Media, and Entertainment (AME) sector, to build capacity within school districts and regions to integrate Career and Technical Education (CTE) in this sector with academic learning. Do not miss this opportunity for in-depth professional development and planning sessions designed especially for school-based and district-wide teams, to focus on instructional strategies in the context of the Foundation in Visual Arts course and integrated academic units and to meet with industry leaders to explore current practices and career paths. This event is designed for teachers in visual arts and media, other academic teachers in English language arts, math, science, and social studies, and school and district leaders interested in adopting this new curriculum. Location: Helen Bernstein High School, Los Angeles, CA. July 13-17—Visual arts and media teachers, Registration fee: $250. July 15-17—Academic teachers and administrators, Registration fee: $150. Visit http://www.connectedcalifornia.org/ame to learn more and to register.

Call for Chapter Proposals - 20UNDER40: Re-Inventing the Arts and Arts Education for the 21st Century

Chapter Proposals Deadline: August 31, 2009

20UNDER40—a new anthology of critical discourse—endeavors to collect twenty essays about the future of the arts and arts education, each written by an emerging leader under the age of forty. In doing so, this collection of essays will provide a unique arena for new ideas by formally gathering the thoughts of young artists, teaching artists, administrators, researchers, and other arts and arts education professionals—legitimizing the talent of young leaders by bringing their ideas out of the margins and into the forefront of our dialogue.

The intention of this anthology is to be as inclusive as possible concerning forward-thinking theories, visions, and models for 21st Century arts and arts education. Successful chapter proposals will identify a problem within the field and pose a solution; highlight a need and articulate a new vision, and/or; debunk an accepted theory or practice and posit a new one.

For more information (submission guidelines, eligibility, etc.), please see their website (www.20UNDER40.org).

Employment Opportunity: Operations Manager, American Alliance for Theatre and Education

The American Alliance for Theatre & Education connects and inspires a growing collective of theatre artists, educators, and scholars committed to transforming young people and communities through the theatre arts. The Board of Directors seeks an Operations Manager who can successfully carry out the day-to-day operations of the organization, implementing the directives of the board while responding to needs of the membership. For the full job description, please see the following link: http://aate.timberlakepublishing.com/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=154

Please submit letter of interest, resumé, and two current letters of recommendation to AATE at employment@aate.com or AATE, 4811 Saint Elmo Ave, Unit B, Bethesda, MD 20814 attn: Leigh Jansson. In order to receive full consideration, applications must be postmarked by July 6, 2009, but the position will remain open until filled. The American Alliance for Theatre and Education embraces diversity and encourages inclusion of all races, social classes, ages, genders, religions, sexual orientations, national origins and abilities.

Employment Opportunity: Director of Dance Education, The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

The Southeast Center for Education in the Arts at The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is seeking a Director of Dance Education starting in September. The director implements the dance component of SCEA’s professional development program in arts education and arts integration for K-12 teachers.

Qualifications: Masters degree in dance education, experience teaching in public schools, writing dance and integrated curriculum, and conducting professional development. Contact Kim Wheetley at 423-425-5205 or kim-wheetley@utc.edu.
More Information: http://www.utc.edu/Outreach/SCEA/dancedirectorvacancy.php

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