Submitted by TaraTheOrganizer on September 23, 2009 - 7:31am.
It's back-to-school season. For us here at Arts for LA, that means it's time to launch our pilot arts education advocacy teams in 5 school districts by getting YOU and your communities involved!A lot of exciting developments have taken place since my last blog entry. In partnership with Arts for All and their, 5 school districts have been invited to participate in the 3 new Arts for All initiatives
The three Arts for All initiatives include;
1. The Leadership Fellow Program. This program will bring three high-level leaders from each of the 5 school districts together in a professional development setting in order to build their understanding of quality, access, and equity in arts education and to share best practices.
2. Evaluation. Arts for All will work with the Griffin Center for Inspired Instruction and the 5 school districts to design and pilot a system to collect data that will address gaps in knowledge such as the number of students engaged in arts education, the quality of the instruction and the equitable distribution of arts instruction. This data will then be shared with stakeholders and key decision makers.
3. Developing Community Advocates. Arts for LA is the lead partner on this piece. The purpose of this initiative is to bring together, train, and develop a dynamic group of community members - parents, students, community and civic leaders, arts organizations, and business leaders - to advocate for and monitor the implementation of long-range plans and programs for arts education in the school districts.
The 5 school districts we'll be partnering with are:
Burbank USD
Culver City USD
Montebello USD
Paramount USD
Santa Monica-Malibu USD
During the last several weeks, Arts for LA and Arts for All have met with District leadership, and we are thrilled to announce that they are all enthusiastically on board and ready to launch!
We are now in the process of reaching out to the communities in these districts and setting up the first team meetings. We have been and will be going to District Advisory committee meetings, PTA meetings, Community Arts Team meetings, open houses, community events, chambers of commerce meetings, and other local commission meetings in order to generate support for and interest in participating on the advocacy teams.
We have also been hard at work developing virtual meeting places for these teams through an on-line chapter system right here on our site. You can find the advocacy team portal here.
This is the opportunity for you to leverage your voice and spend your energy in a meaningful way. We want you to play a part in this exciting initiative!
So get in touch, join a team, or better yet, come to one of the first meetings. You can find the dates, times, and locations for the meetings that have been set up below. We will update this as more meetings are scheduled.
Burbank USD
September 22nd
9-11am, and again at 6-8pm
Cartoon Network
300 North 3rd Street
Burbank, CA
Culver City USD
September 29st
5:30-7:30pm
Actors' Gang Theatre
Ivy Substation
9070 Venice Blvd
Culver City, CA
Paramount USD
September 25th
12-2pm
Progress Park
15500 Downey Blvd
Paramount, CA
Santa Monica-Malibu USD
September 24th
4-6pm
District office Board testing room
1651 16th St
Santa Monica, CA 90404
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