ArtsEdMail - August 14, 2002
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Table of Contents:
NEWS
---California Legislative Update
ANNOUNCEMENTS
---California Arts Day
---CAAE is working for you in Sacramento
---MAP Network Associate Memberships
---NASDAE Policy Summit RFP
---CDE VAPA Offices Moved
---KCAAEN Community Audit Report Correction
CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
---AEP Meeting in Minneapolis
---Harvard Grad School Online Coursework
PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
---CA Arts Assessment Network
---Cultural Initiatives Creative Communities Index
---MENC Online Teacher's Guides
GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
---NEH: Schools for a New Millennium
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
---Kids First, Oakland
---Palo Alto Prep, Palo Alto
---Kids Take the Stage, Fremont
---Streetside Stories, SF
---Free Arts for Abused Children, Monterey Park
**SPECIAL FEATURE: What you always wanted to know about your peers
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NEWS
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California Legislative Update
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AB1984 - 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program
If AB1984 passes, keep an eye on arts education. After school programs should not supplant regular daytime session arts curriculum.
AB 2950 - Instructional strategies: subject matter projects
Went into suspense Monday, August 5 in Senate Appropriations Committee. The suspense calendar will most likely be taken up the week of the 19th at which time the bills that advance will move to the floor for consideration. There is good prospect the measure will be successful.
AB 1781 - Instructional materials funding
The CA Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) and the CA State PTA (CAPTA) are supporting amendments to Assembly Bill 1781 that will specifically authorize schools and school districts to use funds from this bill for standards based instructional materials in visual and performing arts.
For details on any of the above bills, go to California Legislative Information:
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov.
For more information, contact:
Kaleta Brown
CAAE Legislative Action Committee
kaletab@earthlink.net
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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California Arts Day
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The California Arts Council (CAC) encourages you to plan a local event to celebrate Arts Day 2002 on Friday, October 4. Celebrate the major impact the arts have on California’s economy, the education and job preparation of our children and the health and vitality of civic life in our state. The objective of California Arts Day is to hold community celebrations throughout the state creating a major media event and garnering positive news coverage on the role and value of the arts, culture, and creativity in California.
This year's theme is "Cultural Bridges". You may begin submitting your Arts Day plans to CAC so they can be listed on the their web site. Even if you are only characterizing existing planned events for October 4th (or that weekend) as Arts Day in California celebrations, please submit your events to the CAC. The more communities that get involved, the wider the press coverage that can be garnered. Send submissions to artsdaylisting@cac.ca.gov.
For more information and ideas about how you can celebrate Arts Day in your community, visit the CAC web site at http://www.cac.ca.gov and download the Arts Day Toolkit as a PDF document.
CAAE is working for you in Sacramento
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The California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE) is working to shape, develop and support legislation that will move us toward the goal of arts education for all California students. CAAE's Legislative Advocacy and Policy Committees, comprised of representatives from the professional arts educator associations and others from the CAAE Board, work with lobbyist Kathryn Lynch of Lynch Associates in Sacramento. The Committees' efforts include establishing legislative policy for the CAAE, monitoring legislation affecting arts education, identifying and analyzing key issues, developing response strategies, and building coalitions with partners in allied areas of interest.
The work of the Committee and the lobbyist are supported in part by the professional arts educator associations as well as by CAAE membership dues. If you are not an active CAAE member, now is the time to join CAAE in a unified voice for arts education. For membership information, go to http://www.artsed411.org or call (626) 817-6300. Please be generous in your support. There is much work to be done!
Should you have questions or wish to make suggestions regarding specific legislative bills, please contact the Committee Chair, Kaleta Brown, via email at kaletab@earthlink.net.
To download a summary of the bills that CAAE is tracking, go to the CAAE web site at http://www.artsed411.org/advocacy.html
For the complete text of a bill and latest actions, go to http://leginfo.ca.gov
MAP Network Associate Memberships
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A new category of membership in the Model Arts Program Network (MAP Network) is available beginning with the 2002-2003 school year. Any school district in California is eligible to apply annually for Associate Membership.
The MAP Network began in 1999 with 14 school districts who received Arts Work Grants from the CA Dept. of Education to develop a process by which each district could begin to evaluate and improve the visual and performing arts programs in their schools. The Network has expanded to include 38 school districts in 2002-2003. Key focus areas include setting priorities for program improvement, determining what exists in the current arts program, learning about funding issues and opportunities, experiencing different approaches to standards-based curriculum development and student assessment, and understanding the benefits of community involvement. Participants gain experience in and information about implementing an arts education program for all students, benefit from presentations by leading experts in the field and from the collegial focus of the Network, which promotes an open and supportive exchange.
For more information about how to apply for an Associate Membership in the MAP Network, go to http://www.artsed411.org/map.html.
NASDAE Policy Summit RFP
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The National Assoc. of State Directors of Arts Education (NASDAE) is seeking policy proposals for the National Policy Summit on the Visual Arts to be held in Minneapolis on April 3, 2003. The Summit will focus on sustaining quality visual arts educational programs, new federal legislation and the arts as a core subject, legislation for No Child Left Behind, the status of National and state learning standards, and what forms arts assessment may take in grades K-12.
For more information on proposal requirements, contact:
Roger E. Hyndman, Office of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment
New York State Education Department, Room 681 EBA
Albany, NY 12234
Tel (518) 474-5922; Fax (518) 473-4884
E-mail rhyndman@mail.nysed.gov
CDE VAPA Offices Moved
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On August 8, the CA Dept of Education Visual and Performing Arts Office moved to the new Department of Education building in Sacramento. The new location for Arts Consultants Nancy Carr and Don Doyle is 1430 N Street, Suite 4503, Sacramento, CA, 95814.
KCAAEN Community Audit Report Correction
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The Kennedy Center Alliance Community Audit Findings Report will be available to the public in Fall 2002, not immediately as previously reported. You will be able to access the report at http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/kcaaen/specialinitiatives/.
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CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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AEP Meeting in Minneapolis
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The next meeting of the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) will be held in Minneapolis, MN on Sunday and Monday, September 22-23, 2002. The meeting will take place at the Perpich Center for Arts Education, 6125 Olson Memorial Highway, in Golden Valley, MN, from 1:30 - 4:30 PM on Sunday, and 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM on Monday. The focus of the meeting will be on integrating the arts throughout the curriculum.
Space is limited to 180 attendees. Reserving a space is required and attendees must receive a confirmation memo as acceptance.
For more information or to receive a registration form, e-mail AEP at aep@ccsso.org. Deadline for registering is September 10th.
Harvard Grad School Online Coursework
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Wide-scale Interactive Development for Educators (WIDE) World is a new online distance learning initiative from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. It offers educators high-quality, coaching-based professional development at a distance, with a focus on teaching for understanding, thinking, assessment, and the integration of new technologies.
WIDE World offers unique, semester-long professional development courses. These personalized classes combine the advantages of tailored instruction with the flexibility of working online. Each week, participants have opportunities to learn new strategies, exchange ideas, and receive personal feedback from expert instructors, course coaches and fellow participants. Professors and researchers of the Harvard Graduate School of Education are the instructors.
For more information about WIDE World go to http://wideworld.pz.harvard.edu/eng/home/index.cfm.
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PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES
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CA Arts Assessment Network
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Now in its fifth year of work, the CA Arts Assessment Network (CAAN), supported by CA Dept of Education (CDE) Arts Work grants, is developing and piloting appropriate models for district level arts assessment. Their work for the 2002-2003 year includes expanding a collection of test items for baseline arts assessment and sample assessment formats. The CAAN Network has produced a professional development video/handbook set demonstrating the use of scoring guides to establish performance levels for student work in the arts. CAAN is also developing a project to explore the relationship between assessing the arts content standards and student work samples. A bill (SB 1548) sponsored by Senator Alarcon and the California PTA designates CAAN in assisting the CDE to develop a pool of diagnostic assessment items for the arts content standards.
For more information, visit the CAAN web page on TeachingArts.org or contact Don Doyle at ddoyle@cde.ca.gov.
Cultural Initiatives Creative Communities Index
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Cultural Initiatives Silicon Valley (CISV), in partnership with the City of San José Office of Cultural Affairs, Americans for the Arts and the Knight Foundation, has just completed a major research initiative to develop quantitative measures of cultural participation and creativity in the Silicon Valley region. The resulting publication of the Creative Community Index includes more than 30 indicators designed to gauge the health and vitality of cultural activities and the importance of creativity to the vitality of Silicon Valley.
For more information on this initiative or to receive a free copy of the Creative Communities Index, visit the CISV web site at http://www.ci-sv.org/cna_index.shtml.
MENC Online Teacher's Guides
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From opera to jazz to popular music, MENC online teacher’s guides hold a wealth of information valuable to teachers as they plan their curriculum for the coming year. The online teacher’s guide section of the MENC web site currently lists more than 30 guides, including information on how to incorporate recent events into curriculum, cross-curricular information tied to different monthly themes, general guides and more.
To view the complete list of MENC online teacher’s guides, visit http://www.menc.org/guides/guideindex.html.
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GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
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NEH: Schools for a New Millennium
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The National Endowment for the Humanities offers K-12 educators an opportunity to improve the teaching of a humanities subject throughout the entire school. Funded projects will involve teachers, administrators, students, scholars, and others in two years of intensive
collaborative work. The project will emphasize professional and curricular development and the use of new technology. Grants provide up to $100,000 for a project lasting up to two years. The deadline is October 2, 2002.
For more information, go to http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/milschools.html
[Excerpted from the MCED Newsletter, http://www.musiccenter.org/educators]
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EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
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Program Coordinator
Kids First
Oakland, CA
Kids First is a multiracial organization working to create opportunities for Oakland youth to become visionary leaders capable of transforming our schools and communities - through advocacy, alliance building, creative arts, and leadership training. Kids First is seeking a full-time Program Coordinator to develop their youth organizing program, REAL HARD (Representing Educated Active Leaders - Having A Righteous Dream). The Program Coordinator will supervise 15 Youth Organizers, develop a curriculum workplan and support the youth in the creation and implementation of a youth-defined campaign.
Application Deadline: August 16, 2002.
For more information or to apply for this position, contact:
Kim Miyoshi, Executive Director
Kids First, 1625 Broadway, Oakland CA 94612
Phone: 510-452-2043 Fax: 510-452-2075
If you prefer to e-mail your resume and cover letter, send it to julie@kidsfirstoakland.org
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Art Teacher
Palo Alto Prep
Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto Prep, a small, private high school for at-risk kids is seeking an art teacher for six periods of Art daily. Small class size - 6 to 12 students per class period from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, M - Th and 9 am - 12:30 pm Fridays. Teaching Credential and/or teaching experience is preferred.
For more information e-mail jcampbell@paloaltoprep.com
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Dance Instructor/Choreographer
Kids Take the Stage
Fremont, CA
Kids Take the Stage, a dynamic children's theater program in the East Bay, is seeking a motivated, dependable and highly responsible dance instructor/choreographer to join their team of drama instructors at this summer's Drama Camp in Fremont for the production of the musical "Annie" (Junior version).
For more information about Kids Take the Stage & their programs, please visit http://www.KidsTakeTheStage.com or e-mail karen@kidstakethestage.com.
To apply for this position, fax your resume & cover letter to
(510)864-7061
Deadline to Apply: August 6, 2002
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After School Leader
Theater, Literacy & Youth Development Program
Streetside Stories
San Francisco, CA
Streetside Stories is a non-profit literacy arts program that uses
storytelling to build community and inspire students to write, read and tell their own stories.
The After School Leader will develop, lead and teach a new after school program at Denman and Luther Burbank Middle School to improve students' critical thinking and writing skills using storytelling, theatre, creative writing and the visual arts.
Application Deadline: 5:00 PM, August 21, 2002
For more information about Streetside Stories go to http://www.streetside.org/.
To apply for this position, please mail resume and cover letter to:
Streetside Stories; 285 Ninth Street; San Francisco, CA 94103
No calls, faxes, or emails please.
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Program Coordinator
Free Arts for Abused Children
Monterey Park, CA
Free Arts for Abused Children is seeking a part-time Program Coordinator to work with the children and families served at the Edelman Children's Courthouse in Monterey Park. The candidate must be a leader who is well organized and comfortable recruiting volunteers from the community and should have experience or be interested in working with children and in the arts. Spanish speaking is a plus.
For more information about Free Arts for Abused Children go to http://www.freearts.org/.
To apply for this position, fax a resume and cover letter to 310-313-5575 or e-mail resume and cover letter to cheryl@freearts.org
No phone calls please.
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SPECIAL FEATURE
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What you always wanted to know about your peers
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Thank you to everyone that responded to the CAAE Communications Survey. Your feedback is crucial in helping us tailor the information and services that CAAE provides to better serve you in the work that you do.
If you are forwarding the ArtsEdMail e-mail news bulletin to your membership or LISTSERVs, please let us know and provide a best estimate of how many people you are forwarding to. The information is very helpful for us in determining the true impact of ArtsEdMail.
The following are some interesting results of the CAAE Communications survey:
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Who responded?
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- 7% were from Central California, 38% Southern and 55% Northern
- Visual Artists take the prize, 40% of respondants indicated "visual arts" as your artistic focus
- 60% self-described as "K12 Educators", 36% "Artists", 28% "Arts administrators"
- Most of you are established professionals (57%). NOTE: Please encourage new professionals and college students to use CAAE resources! Forward ArtsEdMail to your college students, student teachers and new professionals or encourage them to subscribe themselves at http://www.artsed411.org/ArtsEdMail.html.
What you want
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- Many of you requested that we format ArtsEdMail in HTML so that you can click on links to each article. We're working on it! Stay tuned...
- Information that you are interested in includes:
- State and national news concerning arts education
- Available research on arts education
- Information about events and conferences
- Legislative updates and action alerts
- Statewide directory of key arts education stakeholders and leaders
- Scholarships and other opportunities for students
- Job opportunities
- Grant opportunities and deadlines
- Self-study guides and models
- Promising practices in arts education
For the future
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- We are currently working on segmenting all subscribers so that we can send the bulletin in both HTML and text format. Look for a new and improved ArtsEdMail in the Fall!
- Re-designing the CAAE web site (www.artsed411.org) and ArtsEdMail to reflect the information and resources most requested.
- Investigating adding new features to the web site including a statewide calendar, directory, polls, an Arts Education Primer, additional resources and much more! Keep checking ArtsEdMail for updates.
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