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This online newsletter from ACA is
published periodically and intends to provide you with current, important
information from the field of Arts Learning and to support vital,
substantive arts learning throughout the State. Please feel free to send
your comments and requests for content information. We look forward to
serving your arts education interests and needs.
Collecting After School Information
The American Youth Policy Forum is
currently collecting research, reports, and evaluations of effective and
innovative after school programs that predominantly serve middle through
high school youth for a compendium of programs.
http://www.aypf.org/documents/CallforOSTEvalsforMottCompendium.pdf
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The Learning Compact Redefined: A Call to Action
Current educational practice and policy focus
overwhelmingly on academic achievement, which is a necessary but not
sufficient element of student learning and development, and only a part
of any complete system of educational accountability. A new report by
the Commission on the Whole Child calls for increased attention on the
conditions that evidence makes clear are essential to learning. To read
the full report, click
here.
(Source: ECS newsletter)
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Partners in Arts Education Project
The National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts and the MetLife
Foundation have announced the renewal of the MetLife Foundation Partners
in Arts Education Project. The project's goal is to improve teaching and
learning in the arts by advancing high-quality, sustainable partnerships
between community-based arts education organizations and public schools.
In 2007, the project will: Award grants of up to $25,000 to support
exemplary CSA-public school partnerships during the 2006/2007 school
year. The application
deadline is May 25, 2007. Distribute
Profiles in Excellence, case studies of exemplary
arts education partnerships, and Present a two-day arts education
partnership training in
conjunction with the 2007 Conference for Community Arts Education
<http://www.communityartsed.org/>
in Los Angeles, CA, November 9 & 10. Grant application guidelines are
available at
http://www.nationalguild.org/programs/partners.htm
Dana Foundation to Fund
Professional Development
For Teachers in Rural Communities
Grants of up to $50,000 are available to support
programs that train professional artists and arts specialists to teach
dance, music, or theater in rural U.S. public schools. The foundation's
interests include but are not limited to the following: dance, music, or
theater based on a specific pedagogy and arts curricula integrated into
a school's standard curriculum. Dana supports projects in various stages
of development and approach, including pilot programs, evaluated pilot
programs ready for expansion locally, and programs ready to be exported
to other communities. Letter of Intent deadline,
June 4, 2007. For the
full article, click
here.
Serving Children In Need
Mattel Children's Foundation provides one-year
grants of $5,000 to $20,000 each. Funds may be applied to programs or
general operating costs. Applications due,
June 15, 2007. For more
information and an application, please click
here.
Surdna Arts Teachers Fellowship Program
Arts Teachers from specialized, public arts high schools are invited
to apply for funding for artistic development. This program offers
teachers the opportunity to immerse themselves in their own creative
work, interact with other professional artists and stay current with new
practices. Maximum award $5,000. Letter of intent due
November 16, 2007. For more
information visit
www.surdna.org/artsteacherfelloship
Phish Grants for Music Education
The Mockingbird Foundation offers competitive grants to schools and
nonprofit organizations that effect improvements in areas of importance
to the Phish fan community.
Full proposals are by
invitation only, and will not be considered if unsolicited.
Letters of Inquiry are
due February 1 and
August 1 each year. For more
information visit
http://www.mockingbirdfoundation.org/funding/guidelines.html
Music Education Funds
The ASCAP Foundation provides grants to organizations engaged in music
education for aspiring songwriters and composers.
Letter of Inquiry requesting funding for the
2008 calendar year must be received in The ASCAP Foundation Office no
later than August 1, 2007.
http://www.ascapfoundation.org
Grants for Teachers
The Airborne Teacher Trust Fund invites teachers to submit proposals for
art and music programs their schools are unable to fund. Deadline:
April 30.
http://www.airbornetrust.com/index.aspx
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Arizona State Poetry Out Loud Winner heads to DC
(Image L to R, Robert
Booker, Executive Director Arizona Commission on the Arts, Mark
Jacobson, Winner from Arizona School for the Arts, Dan Stone, National
Endowment for the Arts)
Mark Jacobson from Arizona School for the Arts in Phoenix, will
represent Arizona at the National Poetry Out Loud Finals in Washington
D.C. on April 30. Mark will be competing with 50 other state finalists
for over $50,000 in school stipends and scholarship money. Through
Poetry Out Loud, students can master public speaking skills, build
self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage. For more
information on Poetry Out Loud visit
www.poetryoutloud.org or contact Kim Willey, Arts Learning
Associate at
kwilley@azarts.gov to participate in next years program.
Professional Development
For Performing Arts Teachers In Rural Communities
The Dana Foundation Rural Arts Initiatives grant
funds to professional development programs for performing arts teachers
in rural communities. Deadline for the Letter of Intent for 2008 is
June 4, 2007. For more information please
click here.
Kathy Lindholm Land Dance Educator
Award
Micah Kriston is the recipient of the Kathy Lindholm Lane Arizona Dance
Educator Award for 2007. Mrs. Kriston was presented with the award at
the annual High School Dance Festival in February. The award is given in
honor of Kathy Lindholm Lane, a former ASU professor who lost her battle
with cancer in 2004. The award is sponsored by ASU and the Arizona Dance
Education Organization (AzDEO). Micah graduated from ASU in 1995 Magna
Cum Laude with a BFA in Dance Education and was awarded the “Outstanding
Bachelor of Fine Arts Graduate in Dance Education”. She received the
“Margaret Gisilo Summer Study Scholarship” and the ASU “Regent’s
Scholarship” in 1992 and 1993; and also served as President and Vice
President of the Dance Department Student Advisory Board and was a
member of ASU’s dance company, D.A.R.T. Her teaching career at
McClintock began in the fall of 1996. The following year, she received
the “Tempe Diablos Education Excellence Award”. Since that time, she has
been the director of the McClintock Dance Department and the Artistic
Director of four formal dance concerts per year. Micah has been a
performing member of Desert Dance Theatre and Movement Source Dance
Company. Micah earned her Masters Degree in Education from ASU in 2000.
Micah shared some of the things she learned from Kathy: “being an
advocate for dance education is my responsibility, the importance of
collaboration, the significance of consistency in teaching, how to be a
life long learner, the critical inquiry process and how it relates to
dance, and through example; what she required of me she demonstrated.”
Mrs. Kriston lives in Tempe with her supportive husband Jimmy and her
wonderful 6 year-old son, Mason.
www.azdeo.org
National Honor Society for Dance Arts
The Arizona Dance Education Organization (AzDEO) is proud to announce
the inaugural year for the National Honor Society for Dance Arts.
Fifteen high schools across the state formed chapters in this first year
of the Honor Society. Congratulations go to the following high schools:
Washington, Ironwood, Arcadia, South Mountain, Casa Grande, Dobson,
Cesar Chavez, Millennium, Apollo, Xavier College Preparatory, Trevor
Brown, Centennial, Greenway, Maryvale, and Flagstaff Arts & Leadership
Charter. Students will be honored at a state wide induction
ceremony on Sunday, May 6 at 3 p.m. at Centennial High School in
Glendale.
The Honor Society is available to any private or public middle or high
school, dance academy, performing arts center, or community center with
an active dance program serving students 11-18 years of age. AzDEO is
the state affiliate of the National Dance Education Organization and the
official state organization serving dance education and educators in
Arizona. For more information about AzDEO and the National Honor Society
for Dance Arts see our website at
www.azdeo.org
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The Power of Art: Teaching Students with
Learning Disabilities
May 18, 2007, The Lab School of
Washington in Washington, DC will host its 14th annual workshop The
Power of Art: Teaching Students with Learning Disabilities. The Power of
Art is a national competition which celebrates excellence in art
education and innovative teaching
methods. The one day workshop provides art teachers with a better
understanding of learning disabilities, original ways to teach, and how
art can be used to teach academic skills. The Rauschenberg Foundation
kindly provides hotel accommodations and limited travel funds.
Applicants must teach art in kindergarten to 12th grade in a United
States public or private school where some or all of their students have
learning disabilities. Applications are due April 2nd, 2007 For
more information about The Power of Art or to receive an application
please call The Lab School at (202) 944-3083 or E-Mail
emily.marchetti@labschool.org The Power of Art
application is available for you to download at
www.labschool.org
Youth Development in
Policy and Practice:
An interactive workshop that will focus on ways that state level
administrators can support the integration of youth development and
health promotion into diverse policies and programs throughout Arizona.
May 9, 2007, 9am-4:30pm, University
of Arizona, College of Medicine, Phoenix Campus, 550 E. Van Buren,
Building 1, 3rd Floor, Room 1381. For more information or to
register contact Tamara Jones, 520-621-6933,
tjones@cals.arizona.edu or Karem Hoffman Tepper 520-991-5530,
karenht@ag.arizona.edu
Arizona State
University - Theatre Institute
June 25-29, 2007, 9:00 a.m. - 4:00
p.m. High School Teachers Summer Theatre Institute. Register for three
graduate-level hours, course THP 598 A , for more information contact:
Johnny Saldaña, Institute Coordinator, (480) 965-2661 -
Johnny.Saldana@asu.edu
The Project Zero
Classroom
Practitioners and colleagues from Harvard Project Zero work with K-12
educators to help reshape classroom practices to promote student
understanding. The focuses on Teaching for Understanding, Multiple
Intelligences, The Thinking Classroom, Authentic Assessment, and
Learning With and Through the Arts. July 28 -
August 3, 2007
www.gse.harvard.edu/ppe
TUSD Fine Arts
Summer Institute (FASI):
"Unlock Your Artistry: Keys to Successful Learning"
There will be two sessions available for teachers to attend: Tuesday,
May 29 through Saturday, June 2, 2007
and July 31 through August 3, 2007.
It will be held in Tucson at Booth/Fickett Middle School and The Stevie
Eller Theatre. The institute will focus on Opening Minds Through The
Arts (OMA) program. The first session will also have two music
clinicians: Dan Long for orchestra and Peter Boonshaft for band.
Teaching artists interested in training for OMA may attend the Teaching
Artist Summer Institute (TASI) held the same dates and same locations.
For registration information go to
http://www.omaprogrmaz.org
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