NCDPI ARTS EDUCATION UPDATE May 2, 2008 s3

NCDPI ARTS EDUCATION UPDATE October 5, 2012

“The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century.”

NOTE: FOR EASE OF USE, ALL NEW ITEMS IN THE UPDATE ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN RED.

CONTENTS

I. GOOD NEWS II. CURRENT TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES III. ARTICLES OF INTEREST IV. RESOURCES

I. GOOD NEWS

NC ARTS EDUCATION COORDINATORS FALL MEETING Thank you to the approximately fifty-five arts education leaders in our state, and host, Lisa Pearce of Meredith College, who attended the NC Arts Education Coordinators Meeting in Raleigh on Friday, September 28, 2012! These folks are dedicated and tireless in their efforts to support a comprehensive arts education for the nearly 1.5 million school children in NC's schools! Framed under NC’s definition of a Comprehensive Arts Education, the agenda included a joint update from the NC Department of Public Instruction and NC Department of Cultural Resources including information and resources from the A+ Schools Program of the NC Arts Council, Arts in Education programs of the NC Arts Council, NC Virtual Public School, the NC Symphony, and the NC Museum of Art. The afternoon included breakout sessions, where participants shared tools and strategies that are being used for standards implementation at the local level. The materials from the meeting may be accessed online at: http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/NC+Arts+Education+Coordinators. The next meeting will take place on Monday, April 29, 2013, hosted by Janae Copeland - Arts Education, World Languages, and ESL Coordinator for Onslow County Schools.

II. CURRENT TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

If you have an item that you would like to share, please email the item to [email protected]. Submissions should include the name and brief description of the opportunity with either a link or contact information for interested parties to obtain additional information. We are unable to include flyers or attachments. The submission should be limited to 100 words or less.

1 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES:

 CENTRAL CAROLINA CHAPTER OF AOSA WORKSHOP  October 20 from 9am-4pm at Durham Academy in Durham, NC.  The clinician is Alice Pratt and the title of the workshop is “Awakening the Soul.” Register online at: www.cccaosa.org   NCDPI TRAINING FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION  NCDPI will host 3 regional trainings designed for IHE faculty teams to focus on the transition from the previous Standard Course of Study to the new Common Core State and NC Essential Standards for all content areas in order to implement the new standards in teacher preparation programs. The first workshop is October 12, 2012 at Meredith College, Raleigh, and registration has closed for this session. Note: Additional workshops will take place: December 17, at UNC-Wilmington and January 9, 2013, at Gardner Webb University's Charlotte location. Please visit: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/calendar/ for additional information and updates for the remaining workshops. Materials from the trainings will be posted online under “Professional Development” at: http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net.

  WCU HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL CLINIC Date/Time: Saturday, November 17, 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Location: Western Carolina University  Contact Info: Dr. Michael Lancaster, [email protected], 828-227-3259   LINKS TO STATE AND NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS  Many state and national professional associations are hosting professional development workshops and conferences this fall and throughout the 2012-13 school year. Check out the links in each discipline for specifics!  http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Professional+Associations

OTHER TEACHER AND STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES

POETRY OUT LOUD http://www.ncarts.org/freeform_scrn_template.cfm?ffscrn_id=247& For further information, contact Banu Valladares, Arts in Education Director at the North Carolina Arts Council, at [email protected] or (919) 807-6502.

NEA GRANTS http://www.arts.gov/grants/apply/Research/index.html

2 The deadline for submitting an application is November 6, 2012. The Arts Endowment anticipates awarding up to 25 grants ranging from $10,000 to $30,000. Grants do not require matching funds.

NATIONAL ARTS AND HUMANITIES YOUTH PROGRAM AWARDS http://www.nahyp.org/. Deadline: January, 2013. Sign up for updates at: www.nahyp.org/how-to-apply.

III. ARTICLES OF INTEREST

THE FORGOTTEN CORE DISCIPLINE Policymakers of all stripes routinely declare their devotion to the arts and its importance in students’ lives. They often cite findings that students who have arts education outperform their peers on most indicators of academic achievement. Many will relate their own experiences in a music or art class and fondly recall a favorite arts teacher who encouraged them. Yet when it comes to making tough decisions regarding resources, the arts are frequently sacrificed. Especially in the nation’s poorest schools, dance, theatre, visual arts, and music may be viewed as enrichment, rather than core academic disciplines. http://www.nassp.org/Content.aspx?topic=The_Forgotten_Core_Discipline

LET’S GET SERIOUS ABOUT CULTIVATING CREATIVITY Welcome to the creative era. To fuel the 21st-century economic engine and sustain democratic values, we must unleash and nurture the creative impulse that exists within every one of us, or so say experts like Richard Florida, Ken Robinson, Daniel Pink, Keith Sawyer, and Tom Friedman. Regrettably, as other countries, like China, look to America as a model for how to educate citizens to be creative, we are undermining creativity in K-12 education through relentless standardized testing and the marginalization of subjects like art and music. http://snaap.indiana.edu/pdf/news/Let's%20Get%20Serious%20About%20Cultivating %20Creativity%20(9.4.2011)%20-%20The%20Chronicle%20Review%20-%20The %20Chronicle%20of%20Higher%20Education.pdf

IV. RESOURCES

NC LEGISLATION AND POLICY AND THE PREPARATION OF ELEMENTARY TEACHERS TO INTEGRATE THE ARTS Access the presentation materials shared at the NC Teacher Education Forum in September, 2012, presented by Dr. Brenda Wheat Whiteman, NCDPI A+ Arts Education Specialist. http://aplus.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Teacher+Expectations

HOW ART WORKS 3 The National Endowment for the Arts just released their report entitled How Art Works. The report outlines the Endowment's fire year research agenda with a System Map of the arts and a measurement model. The report makes for a great read as it examines the arts by zooming out to view the entire landscape. Sunil Iyengar, Director, Research and Analysis for the NEA, states "We now welcome broader public engagement with scholars, arts practitioners and policy makers so that the report can provoke fresh research and insights about the value and impact of the arts in America." http://www.arts.gov/research/How-Art-Works/

MEDIA ARTS RESOURCES http://nccas.wikispaces.com/NCCAS+and+Media+Arts

ARTS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP: LEARNING WITHOUT BORDERS Please visit the AEP website to access news coverage, video clips, highlights, and presentation materials from the fall forum, held in Chattanooga, TN: http://www.aep-arts.org/events/forum/arts-learning-without-borders-forum-program/

NCDPI PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CALENDAR WEBSITE http://www.ncpublicschools.org/profdev/calendar/

NCDPI WIKISPACES http://wikicentral.ncdpi.wikispaces.net

LINKS TO STATE AND NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Professional+Associations

ARTIST RESOURCES FOR THE SCHOOLS The N.C. Arts Council houses a wealth of resources for teaching artists who have programs available to schools: http://www.ncarts.org/find_search.cfm?srch_typ=0&

ELECTION 2012: KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES AND THEIR POSITION ON GOVERNMENT SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS Visit: http://www.artsnc.org/action-center/election/ to access candidate responses to the election 2012 survey, or to ask candidates to respond online.

WEBSITE FOR EDUCATOR EFFECTIVENESS http://www.ncpublicschools.org/educatoreffect/

SENATE BILL 724 S724, An Act to Implement Various Education Initiatives, requires that pre-service elementary teachers and lateral entry teachers are prepared to “integrate arts education across the curriculum,” as part of this wide-scale education Act.

QUICK REFERENCE GUIDES FOR THE NC STANDARD COURSE OF STUDY

4 IS175, 2012, $25 (K-5) IS176, 2012, $15 (6-8). Order at http://www.ncpublicschools.org/publications/ Free PDF download at: http://aplus.ncdpi.wikispaces.net/Reference+Guides

ARTS EDUCATION ESSENTIAL STANDARDS http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/new-standards/#arts

NC ARTS EDUCATION ESSENTIAL STANDARDS WIKI http://ances.ncdpi.wikispaces.net

A+ SCHOOLS PROGRAM http://aplus-schools.ncdcr.gov The A+ Schools Program is a whole school reform model that views the arts as fundamental to how teachers teach and students learn in all subjects.

RACE TO THE TOP WEEKLY UPDATES http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/rttt/updates/

ARTSED SEARCH http://www.artsedsearch.org/

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The Arts Education Consultants at the NC Department of Public Instruction make every effort to provide relevant, timely information to stakeholders collected from numerous state and national sources. The inclusion of items in this update does not imply the endorsement or verification of accuracy by this agency.