Welcome

Thank you to everyone who attended the AEP Spring 2010 National Forum, "States of Change: New Leadership in Arts and Education", in Washington, DC on April 9-10, 2010. Below is a collection of materials and documents from the large plenary sessions, small group discussions, and lunch roundtable discussions. We hope this will serve as a resource for those of you who attended the Forum and for those who did not.

If you have additional 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.

Program Information

Full Program for the Forum: "States of Change: New Leadership in Arts and Education"

Sandra Ruppert's Opening Remarks - Friday, April 9, 2010

Plenary Sessions

A Well-Rounded Education in the 21st Century
Speakers: Arne Duncan, U.S. Secretary of Education
Rocco Landesman, Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts
Friday, April 9, 2010 - 1:50 pm

Secretary Arne Duncan's Speech at AEP National Forum from Arts Education Partnership on Vimeo.

Chairman Rocco Landesman's Speech at AEP National Forum from Arts Education Partnership on Vimeo.

• The Well-Rounded Curriculum: Secretary Arne Duncan's Remarks at the Arts Education Partnership National Forum (Transcript)
• Rocco Landesman Comments at the Arts Education Partnership's Opening Plenary (Transcript)

Economic Recovery, Education Reform, and the Arts
Panel Moderator: Gene Wilhoit, Executive Director, Council of Chief State School Officers
Panelists: June Atkinson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Carolina; Victoria Brown, Director, Lucy School, Middletown, Maryland; Elizabeth Morgan, Superintendent, Washington County Public Schools, Maryland, and 2010 National Superintendent of the Year
Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 9:00 am

• Elizabeth Morgan's Presentation
• June Atkinson's Presentation
• Victoria Brown's Presentation

Developing New Leaders to Drive Change in Arts and Education
Panel Moderator: Jane Polin, Philanthropic Advisor
Panelists: Antonio Cuyler, Director, Arts Management & Assistant Professor, Performing Arts, American University; Tom DeCaigny, Executive Director, Performing Arts Workshop; Jeanette McCune, Assistant Director, Teacher and School Programs, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, April 10, 2010 - 3:30 pm

• Two Page Handout on Strategic National Arts Alumni Project
• Rules of the Road for Real-World Leadership

Small Group Sesssions and Lunch Roundtable Discussions

Collaborative Inquiry as Professional Development
Presenter: Jamie Kasper, Fine Arts and Humanities Advisor, Pennsylvania Department of Education, State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education

• Wiki Homepage of the AE 2.0 Project
• Presentation Web Jog

Don't Worry, I Got It: The Shape of Shared Leadership for a New Decade
Presenters: Cynthia Weiss, Director, Project AIM, Columbia College, Chicago's Center for Community Arts Partnerships; Shawn Renee Lent, Arts Integration Program Specialist, Columbia College Chicago's Center for Community Arts Partnerships

• Session Handout
• Twitter Feed Activity during the Session from #aep

EdSteps: A New Model for Assessment Reform
Presenters: Margaret Millar, Senior Associate, Council of Chief State School Officers; Chris Minnich, Strategic Initiative Director, Standards, Assessment and Accountability, Council of Chief State School Officers

• EdSteps PowerPoint Presentation
• EdSteps Overview Handout
• EdSteps Writing Handout
• EdSteps Global Competencies Handout
• EdSteps Website

Leveraging Technology for Advancing the Arts
Presenters: Deborah Vaughn, Arts Education Coordinator, Oregon Arts Commission; Margaret Weisbrod Morris, Program Manager, Arts in Education, Kansas Arts Commission; Alex Nelson, Arts Learning Coordinator, Arizona Commission on the Arts; Stacy Barnes, Executive Director, 5.2.1 ArtSpace, Greensburg, KS; Josh Schachter, Digital Media Teaching Artist, AZ; Michael Kosmala, Online Communications Consultant, The Canoe Group, OR; Jessica Johnson, Project Coordinator, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas

• PowerPoint Presentation

Music National Service & MusicianCorps: Community Service Leadership Through the Arts
Presenter: Kiff Gallagher, CEO & Founder, Music National Service Initiative

• PowerPoint Presentation
• Video

Start Fast, Finish Strong: Engaging the Arts to Achieve America's Critical Education Goals
Presenter: Michael Sikes, Senior Associate for Research and Policy, Arts Education Partnership

• Two Page Informational Document
  on the Upcoming AEP Research and Policy Framework