TCG Bulletin
December 2008, Volume 31, Issue 12
ARTS EDUCATION
Americans for the Arts Presents Arts Education Webinar
Steve Seidel, director of Harvard’s Project Zero and director
of the Arts in Education Program at the Harvard Graduate School
of Education, will present the completed findings of his Wallace-commissioned
study, Qualities of Quality: Excellence in Arts Education and
How to Achieve It in a 90 minute webinar on December 17 at
2pm (EST).
The study focuses on the character of excellence itself and asks
three core questions:
1) How do arts educators in the United States, including leading
practitioners, theorists and administrators, conceive of and define
high quality arts learning and teaching?
2) What markers of excellence do educators and administrators look
for in the actual activities of art learning and teaching as they
unfold in the classroom?
3) How does a program’s foundational decisions, as well as
its ongoing day-to-day decisions, impact the pursuit and achievement
of quality?
In the December 17 webinar, findings of the study will be shared
and some of the tools developed by the research team for use by
practitioners committed to examining and improving the quality of
the arts learning experiences they provide for young people will
be introduced.
Action: Visit the Americans for the Arts website to register for the webinar.
Back to TopVSA Arts and MetLife Foundation Announce Arts Connect All Grant Opportunity
VSA Arts and MetLife Foundation have announced the next round of the Arts Connect All grant opportunity for arts organizations to create or enhance inclusive educational programs by strengthening partnerships with local public schools. A maximum of ten grants of up to $15,000 each will be awarded to selected programs.
The program invites proposals from arts institutions whose programs incorporate the following: inclusive teaching practices; access to students with all types of disabilities; development of social, cognitive and artistic skills; involvement of people with disabilities in planning and implementation; building staff, teacher and/or artist knowledge and skill of inclusive practices; and collaborations with public schools that engage students, parents and school administrators.
Action: Visit the VSA Arts website for more information.
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