Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District
Arts for All Committee -- Arts Education Advocacy Team
Wednesday, June 6, 2012 -- 6:00 to 7:15 PM
Board Room, SMMUSD District Office
1651 16th St., Santa Monica 90404
Arts for All is an arts education project of the LA County Arts Commission. 49 of the 81 school districts in LA County are now participating. SMMUSD has been an Arts for All school district since 2003, and each elementary school in the district has an Arts for All teacher liaison. The meetings are open to the public.
AGENDA
6:00 PM -- Welcome and introductions
6:05 PM -- Calendar review –
a. Last AFA/DAC meeting of the year June 6
b. Upcoming SMMUSD middle and high school VAPA events --
June 7 - Lincoln Instrumental Pops Concert -- 7 PM -- LMS Auditorium
June 7 -- Malibu High Orchestra Concert -- 7 PM -- MHS Auditorium
June 8 -- Samohi Choral Spring Concert -- 7 PM -- Barnum Hall
June 9 -- Samohi Orchestra Senior Gala -- 6:30 PM -- Barnum Hall
VAPA Department calendar: http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/calendar.html
VAPA DAC event website: http://smmarts.info
Malibu High School Visual & Performing Arts Gallery (online) -
www.MalibuHigh.org/arts_gallery <http://www.MalibuHigh.org/arts_gallery>
Samohi Art Department - http://www.samohi.smmusd.org/art/index.htm
6:10 PM -- Review May meeting notes
6:15 PM -- Teacher liaison updates and announcements -- (Please review the "job description" below.)
6:25 PM -- Review grade 3-5 Visual Arts curriculum -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/curriculum/index.html --
6:30 PM -- Presentation by Nicole Fisher, PTA-funded art teacher at Cabrillo Elementary School -- From Principal Barry Yates online: "This year we welcome Nicole Fisher as our Art Cottage teacher....District funding does not pay for K-5 specialists in music, art, science and the computer lab....For 2011-2012, we are excited to continue our weekly newsletter, The Cabrillo Connection. Our editor, Nicole Fisher, creates this weekly online source for current Juan Cabrillo information. To be added to the mailing list, please send your email address to nfisher@smmusd.org"
7:00 PM -- VAPA Coordinator update -- Tom Whaley
7:10 PM -- SM/M Education Foundation update -- Rachel Faulkner
7:15 PM – Adjournment, and transition to the VAPA DAC meeting
Recent media coverage ia coverage related to SMMUSD VAPA programs:
http://smmarts.info/VAPAinnews.html
"Lincoln School Brings Light Opera to Santa Monica" -- May 24, 2012 -- The LookOut News -- http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2012/May-2...
"Teen Thespians" -- ("Pirates of Penzance" at Lincoln Middle School) -- What's Up Westside -- May 19, 2012 -- Santa Monica Daily Press -- http://www.smdp.com/pdf/051912.pdf
"Lincoln Middle School to Present 'The Pirates of Penzance' This Weekend" -- May 17, 2012 -- Santa Monica Mirror -- http://www.smmirror.com/articles/Calendar/Lincoln-Middle-School-To-Prese...
"Santa Monica Students Tackle Comic Opera" -- May 16, 2012 -- The LookOut News -- http://www.surfsantamonica.com/ssm_site/the_lookout/news/News-2012/May-2...
" '9 to 5: The Musical' at Malibu High School" -- May 16, 2012 -- Malibu Patch -- http://malibu.going.com/articles/9-to-5-the-musical-at-malibu-high-school
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Contact information:
Tom Whaley -- VAPA Coordinator, SMMUSD – twhaley@smmusd.org
Rachel Faulkner -- SM/M Education Foundation – rachel.faulkner@smmef.org
Zina Josephs – Arts for All Committee Co-Chair -- zinajosephs@aol.com
Wendy McGinty – Arts for All Committee Co-Chair -- wwmcginty@aol.com
Teacher Liaisons:
Nancy Jordan (Cabrillo) -- njordan@smmusd.org
Anabella Fullerton (Edison) -- afullerton@smmusd.org
Teri Hakomori (Franklin) -- thalomori@franklinschool.net
Hong Le (Grant) -- hle@smmusd.org
Tese Treuenfels (McKinley) -- ttreuenfels@smmusd.org
Tamara Mugalian (Muir/SMASH) -- tmugalian@smmusd.org
Charlotte Campbell (Pt. Dume) -- ccampbell@smmusd.org
Ann Carey (Roosevelt) -- acarey@smmusd.org
Mayra Herrera (Will Rogers) -- mherrera@smmusd.org
Danika Burmester -- Education Associate, The Broad Stage -- Burmester_Danika@smc.edu –
http://thebroadstage.com/
Gigi de Pourtales Davis -- Annenberg Community Beach House -- gigidepd@gmail.com
Janis Gabbert -- VAPA DAC Chair -- janis.gabbert@yahoo.com
Kathryn Kert Green -- Artist; Art teacher -- KathrynKG@gmail.com
Asuka Hisa -- Education Director, Santa Monica Museum of Art -- asuka.hisa@smmoa.org --
www.SMMoA.org
Charlie Jensen -- Communications Manager, Arts for LA – CJensen@artsforla.org -- www.artsforla.org
Olivia Karaolis -- Program Manager, UCPlay Project -- OKaraolis@ucpla.org
Bambi Martins -- VAPA DAC Vice Chair -- bambimartins@gmail.com
Elda Pineda -- Senior Programs Manager, P.S. ARTS -- elda.pineda@psarts.org -- www.psarts.org
Lynn Robb -- Co-Director of Arts at Work; former Site Coordinator and Master Teacher for SmART
Schools West -- lynn.robb@verizon.net
D'Lynn Waldron -- Santa Monica Symphony, www.smmarts.info webmaster -- dlw@dlwaldron.com
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Resources:
SMMUSD Board-approved PreK-12 Arts Education Plan (Arts for All) --http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/pdf/StrategicPlan.pdf
SMMUSD Board-approved VAPA curriculum -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/curriculum/index.html
SMMUSD VAPA faculty and staff -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/faculty1.html
VAPA Glossary -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/pdf/DAC_VAPAGlossary.pdf
VAPA DAC -- http://www.smmusd.org/vapa/vapaDAC.html
VAPA DAC event web site -- www.smmarts.org
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Arts for All -- Teacher Arts Liaison -- Job Description
Research strongly supports the belief that it is important to promote and sustain academic and career success for ALL students through increased and equitable access to a complete curriculum that includes high-quality arts education. To further this belief, the Arts Liaison will:
1) Attend one meeting with the district’s Visual and Performing Arts Coordinator, Tom Whaley, to learn about the district’s 9-year strategic “Arts for All” plan to increase equity and access to high quality arts education for ALL students.
2) Attend four Arts For All meetings each year (at the district headquarters) to learn about other model arts programs in the district as well as report what high quality arts learning is taking place at their own site.
3) Advocate for high-quality arts education programs and raise awareness about the relevance of the arts in increasing academic achievement and building a vibrant, productive society.
4) Collaborate effectively with parents, teachers, administrators and the community to build support and sustain ongoing arts instruction for all children at your site. This can be accomplished by attending PTA meetings, discussing arts education at staff meetings, and scheduling regular meetings with site administration.
5) Understand key components of a fully developed, standards-based arts program.
6) Seek opportunities to share best practices.
7) Understand how the arts can be integrated into and reinforce a rigorous curriculum.
8) Understand and articulate the goals and benefits of a comprehensive arts education.
9) Promote media attention and build school district awareness of the importance of encouraging children to participate in the arts.
10) Seek partnerships with professional arts organizations in the community to better coordinate arts education programs and cultural enrichment services.
11) Speak at staff and district meetings about the importance of arts education and advocacy.
