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EDUCATION QUESTIONS AND HELPFUL LINKS (From
the September 2009 FAAE Newsletter)
1. Does your local school board have a place for
arts education on its website or in its long-range
plan?
Visit: http://www.fldoe.org/Schools/schoolmap/flash/district_list.asp
2. Do any of your local school websites contain
information about arts education initiatives? Is
arts education part of any of your county’s
school plans?
3. What is your awareness of the status of arts
education learning opportunities in your county’s
schools? Do you know who you would contact to find
out this information?
4. Does your county have an arts education network
or coalition of people dedicated to help sustain
and advance arts education in your county schools?
Are you a member of such a group? Check out the
FAAE
Network Partners Contacts.
5. Have you ever contacted your local arts agency
to see what its position, services, and programs
are concerning arts education? Explore Florida
Local Arts Agencies.
6. Do your local parent/teacher associations have
arts education positions in their materials and
planning documents? Do they have an arts education
committee or task force?
7. Florida is fortunate to have strong, statewide
arts education service organizations. Are you
familiar with their positions, services, and programs?
• June
Hinckley Arts Education Center
•
Florida Dance Education
Organization
• Florida Network
of Arts Administrators
• Florida
Music Supervision Association
• Florida Association
for Theatre Education
• Florida Art Education
Association
• Florida
Music Educators’ Association
• Florida Higher
Education Arts Network
8. Have you ever explored
what Florida’s
Department of Education offers regarding arts education?
Visit: http://www.fldoe.org/
Its Next Generation
Strategic Plan?
Visit: http://www.fldoe.org/Strategic_Plan 9. Have you read the Florida Department of Education’s
data and reports concerning the positive impact
arts education courses have on student’s
GPA, FCAT scores, and graduation rates? Look
at the Research
based on Florida Department
of Education data requested by Sen. Wise
for the Florida Music Educators Association.
10. Nationally, there is a tremendous amount of
information concerning arts education. Have you
every explored the following websites? Each of
the artistic disciplines also has its own national
websites, but this is a good start with other resource
links on these sites.
• Arts
Education Partnership
•
The
Kennedy Center’s ArtsEdge
•
American
for the Arts’ Arts Education Resource
Center
•
Americans
for the Arts: The Arts: Ask for More campaign
• NAMM (National Association
of Music Merchants) - Public Affairs
• National Association of State Arts Agencies (NASAA) - Strategies for
Building Arts Support
11. Did you know that the arts are defined as
part of the core curriculum in the No Child Left
Behind Act? Meetings are being held and planned
to strengthen our position when The Elementary
and Secondary School Act is under discussion for
reauthorization by Congress. Have you put this
issue on your “get involved” list?
Visit: http://www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
12. Have you read U.S. Secretary of Education
Arne Duncan’s letter to school officials
about the importance of arts education?
Visit: http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2009/08/08182009a.pdf
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