Welcome

Many thanks to everyone who attended the AEP Fall 2009 National Forum in Cambridge, MA. With your help, we were able to make this one of our largest and most successful Forums ever. Fittingly, on the 10th anniversary of our seminal Champions of Change publication, the conversations at the Forum built around a theme, Charting a Course for the Arts and 21st Century Learning, that once again puts the arts at the forefront where questions of student access to success are concerned, and with the potential for important links to real education reform. In our plenaries, small group sessions, lunchtime roundtables, and even informal networking, we were able to continue the AEP tradition of continuing the important conversations and raising the new questions that keep our field ever-evolving.

Rather than publish a traditional Forum report on this gathering, we are instead gathering materials, documents, and some reflections as a living document on this web page as resource both for those who attended and those not able to be with us. We hope you’ll come back to this page frequently to browse around and maybe even learn something new about a session you weren’t able to attend. Also, if you have material from or related to the Forum that would be appropriate for us to post here, please don’t hesitate to be in touch with an email to aep@ccsso.org.

Thanks for stopping by!

Program Information

Full Program for the Forum: "Charting a Course for the Arts and 21st Century Learning"

Sandra Ruppert's Opening Remarks - Friday, October 2, 2009

Detailed Notes on the Large Plenary Sessions

Opening Plenary: Take Back the Mic
Presenter: Derrick Ashong, Soulfege
October 2, 2009 - 9:00 am

VIDEO FOOTAGE COMING SOON!

We have had many follow-up requests for contact information for Derrick Ashong, our dynamic plenary speaker for the first morning.  He has kindly agreed to let us publish that information, seen below:

M. Quentin B.L. Williams
The Butler Lappert Williams Firm PC
300 Park Avenue
17th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(212) 572-4822 Office
(212) 658-9242 Fax
info@blwfirm.com
www.blwfirm.com

Education Leadership: Redesigning Learning Systems for the 21st Century
Panel Moderator: Nicholas Donohue, President and CEO, The Nellie Mae Education Foundation
Panelists: Carol Johnson, Superintendent, Boston Public Schools; Paul Reville, Massachusetts Secretary of Education
October 2, 2009 - 10:45 am

Navigating New Waters: Arts Learning and Higher Education Policy, Research and Practice
Panel Moderator: Jane Polin, Philantrhopic Advisor
Panelists: Shirley Heath, Professor at Large, Watson Institute of International Studies, and Professor of Education and Anthropology, Brown University and Margery Bailey Professor of Dramatic Literature and Education and Professor of Linguistics, Emerita, Stanford University; Martha McKenna, Provost, Lesley University; James Catterall, Professor, Urban Schools, UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies
Respondent: David Haselkorn, Associate Commissioner of the Center for Education Policy, Proeparation, Licensure and Leadership Development, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
October 3, 2009 - 9:00 am

Statewide Initiatives for 21st Century Learning
Panel Moderator: Jon Spector, President and CEO, The Conference Board
Panelists: Ken Kay, President, Partnership for 21st Century Skills; Susan Sclafani, Director of State Services, National Center for Education and the Economy
October 3, 2009 - 10:45 am

• Ken Kay's Presentation on the Partnership for 21st Century Skills
• Susan Sclafani's Presentation on the Tough Times, Tough Choices report

Capitol Landscapes: The Federal Role in the Artful Redesign of American Education
Panel Moderator: Jonathan Katz, CEO, National Assembly of State Arts Agencies
Panelists: Doug Herbert, Special Assistant, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education; Sarah Cunningham, Director of Arts Education, National Endowment for the Arts; Heather Noonan, Vice President for Advocacy, League of American Orchestras
October 3, 2009 - 3:15 pm

21st Century Professional Development for Arts Educators
Presenters: Don Glass, Director of Evaluation and Outcomes, VSA arts; Mary Liniger, Direcctor of Education Services, VSA arts; Philip Alexander, Senior Program Officer, Empire State Partnerships, Office of Partnership Support and Research
October 2, 2009 - 2:00 pm and 3:45 pm

• 21st Century Professional Development for Arts Educators Powerpoint Presentation
• VSA Arts: Communities of Practice (English)
• VSA Arts: Communities of Practice (Spanish)
• Universal Design for Learning Guidelines
  

College Board National Task Force on the Arts in Education
Presenters: Pamela Paulson, Senior Director of Policy, Perpich Center for Arts Education; Nancy Rubino, Director, Office of Academic Initiatives, College Board; Robert Lazuka, Professor, School of Art, Ohio University
October 3, 2009 - 1:30 pm

• National Task Force on the Arts in Education webpage

Anchoring Arts Education, The Role of the Elementary School Principal
Presenters: Una McAlinden, Executive Director, ArtsEd Washington (Washington Alliance for Arts Education); Barbara Shepherd, Director of National Partnerships, Education Department, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
October 2, 2009 - 2:00 pm

• Anchoring Arts Education: Principals’ Arts Leadership report

Day of Service at Cradles to Crayons: The Giving Factory
The Arts Education Partnership hosted with the Cradles to Crayons: The Giving Factory a Day of Service prior to the Fall National Forum in Cambridge, MA on Thursday, October 1, 2009.

If you could not particiapte in the Day of Service event, there are still ways to help. Cradles to Crayons collect donations of supplies that will be distributed to children and families. Please send all donations to:

Cradles to Crayons: The Giving Factory
ATTN: Lisa Hoff
82 Myrtle Street
Boston, MA 02171

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