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ARTS-INFUSED EDUCATION ADVOCACY

Champion Creatively Alive ChildrenTM

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Champion Creatively Alive Children Series

Critical Thinking

Communication

Collaboration

PLUS

The 4 Cs: 21st Century Skills

Creativity Connects Us

Creativity Connects Schools with Families

Creativity Connects the World

Creativity

Arts-Infused Education Advocacy Championing the integration of the arts

across the curriculum and school-wide to build the 4 Cs



Objectives for Art Advocacy Workshop

What we will be

doing together…

Participant

expectations…



Why the 4 Cs?

Which skills and content areas are growing in importance?

Source: The Conference Board, Corporate Voices for Working

Families, Partnership for 21st Century Skills, Society for Human

Resource Management. (2008). Are They Really Ready to Work?

78%

74%

Creativity

74%

Critical Thinking Communication

81%

Collaboration



Advocacy Begins

with Belief

“One person with a belief is

equal to a force of 99 who

have only interests.” —John Stuart Mill (1806–1873),

philosopher, economist and civil servant

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Advocacy Begins

with Belief

Each individual write two “I

believe” advocacy statements—

why art education matters...

“We Believe…”

Warm-Up Exercise

Identify which of the four

statements is one “we believe”

statement or combine key

thoughts into one concise

statement.

Turn to the person sitting next to

you—share the four statements.

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“ Arts education aids students in

skills needed in the workplace:

flexibility, the ability to solve

problems and communicate, the

ability to learn new skills, to be

creative and innovative, and to

strive for excellence.” —Joseph M. Calahan, Xerox Corporation

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s “ Hire curious people who question

things and aren’t afraid to stumble or

take risks. Then create a curious

culture around them.” —Herb Kelleher, CEO of Southwest Airlines

“A person’s mind

stretched to a new

idea never goes

back to its original

dimensions.” --Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.





4 Cs of Arts-Infused

Education Advocacy

Concise

Compelling

Collaborative

Change

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Concise

Translate your

beliefs and

passions about

the power of the

arts into a crisp,

concise

message.

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Be Concise–

Too Many Benefits Are

Hard to Remember

Listen first to the list

of words. (Don’t write yet.)

Hands-On Exercise

Then, jot down as

many words as you

can remember.

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Advocacy Begins with Belief and Results in Change

Workforce

preparedness

is low

Our country is competing

in a global economy

that demands changes in schools

Student

readiness

is a national

imperative

Not enough to learn 3 Rs

(reading, ’riting, ’rithmetic)

Must learn 4 Cs:

Critical Thinking, Creativity,

Collaboration

and Communication

Concise

21st Century

Readiness for

Every Student



Art Builds 21st Century Skills—4 Cs



Compelling

Figure out why the arts

matter to your audience.

Advocacy only works

if people think the arts

are important.

Use research to make

your case and share

best practices to tell

compelling stories about

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Compelling Messages and Evidence



What Is Arts-Infused

Education?

Arts-infused (or arts-integrated)

education is the practice of teaching

“through” and “with” the arts to build

skills and teach classroom subjects

across different disciplines,

including reading, math, science

and social studies.” —The President’s Committee on the Arts and the

Humanities, Reinvesting in Arts Education, 2011



Benefits of High-Quality

Arts Education

• Development of social competencies, including collaboration and teamwork

skills, self-confidence and social tolerance —The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, Reinvesting in Arts Education, 2011

• Improved student achievement and transfer of skills from learning in the

arts to learning in other academic areas

• Improved student motivation and engagement, including improved

attendance, persistence, focused attention, heightened educational

aspirations, and intellectual risk taking

• Development of habits of mind, including critical thinking, creative thinking

and problem solving skills

Why Is Arts-Infused Education Important?

“To succeed today and in the future, America’s

children will need to be inventive, resourceful, and

imaginative. The best way to foster that creativity

is through arts education.” —U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan



“Studies have now documented significant links

between arts integration models and academic

and social outcomes for students, efficacy for

teachers, and school-wide improvements in

culture and climate.

“ Arts integration is efficient, addressing a number

of outcomes at the same time. Most important, the

greatest gains in schools with arts integration

are often seen school-wide and also with the

most hard-to-reach and economically

disadvantaged students.” —The President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities,

Reinvesting in Arts Education, 2011

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93 percent of Americans

believe the arts are

vital to providing a

well-rounded education —Americans for the Arts, 2005

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But …

There is a “growing

disparity between those

who are able to take

advantage of the benefits

of arts education, and

those who are not.” —The President’s Committee

on the Arts and the Humanities,

Reinvesting in Arts Education, 2011



Compelling Messages and Evidence

Arts Education in Public Schools

Institute of Education Statistics March 2012

Arts and Achievement At Risk Youth

National Endowment Arts

“ More than 65 distinct

relationships between the

arts and academic and social

outcomes are documented.” — National Assembly of State

Arts Agencies, Critical Evidence: How the

Arts Benefit Student Achievement, 2006



Collaborative

Find partners who care

about the arts in education,

just like we teach students

to collaborate to reach a

common goal.

Join voices with partners

in your community to

increase your strength

and influence.

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Partnership for 21st

Century Skills (P21) Members



Turn Around Arts Video



Change

Picture what

success will

look like.

Take steps

together to reach

your goal.

Plan the

change you

want to create.

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Advocacy Begins with Belief

and Results in Change

Hands-On Exercise











Students’ experiences with arts integrated

learning vary depending on their

classroom teacher’s knowledge of &

confidence in arts integration.

Arts Infused Education

Strategic Planning Map

Creative Collaboration

Assessment

Assess School Culture

and Develop

Improvement Plan

Parental and Community

Involvement Plan

Ensure Vision and Creative

Collaborative Culture are

expressed externally.

Collaboration between Art

Teacher & Classroom Teachers.

Time for joint planning,

implementation, reflection and

student assessment as a

scheduling priority.

Creative Leadership Team

Identify and Empower a team of

leaders who build schools’

creative capacity.

School Vision

Statement and Policies

re-written to articulate

commitment to Arts

Integration.

Chief Creative Officers

Conduct Self Assessments

to identify individuals’

strengths and learning

community's needs.

Creativity Outreach

Provide 21st Century Skills

Presentation to Parents

Meeting and School Board

Creative Capacity Building

Present Professional Development

sessions on how Arts Build 21st

Century Skills

Art Infused Education Coaches

Creative Leadership Team Members

coach colleagues on Arts Integrated

Lessons and Assessment

Student Assessment

Plan and Implement

Innovative, Authentic,

Formative Assessment of

Students’ Collaborative

Project Work and Arts

Infused Instruction

Creative Pedagogy

Curriculum Inventory and

Classroom Observations—

determine opportunities to

strengthen Arts Infused

Education

By 2014 every student in our school will receive

high quality, arts-infused education with robust,

frequent opportunities to learn about and through

the arts . Share Arts Infusion Best

Practices within school and

district. Feature teachers whose

work demonstrates “why to” and

“how to”.



Students’ experiences with arts integrated

learning vary depending on their

Classroom Teacher’s knowledge

of/confidence in arts integration.

Arts-Infused Education

Strategic Planning Map

Plan for next year key

milestones

Stretch—more complex or time

consuming aspect of your plan.

What aspect tackle and

accomplish year 2?

Close in –

initial step

By 2014 Every Student in our

school will receive high quality, arts-infused education

with opportunities to learn about and

through the arts .



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Leveraging the Resources

How can the information be used in your school?

Who can you partner with to deliver this training?

When could you present workshops to colleagues and

parents?

Where else in the community could it be used?



Key Points

With advocacy, champions of arts-

infused education can turn their vision

into a reality. Advocacy begins with belief

and results in change.

Arts-infused education builds 21st

century skills—the 4 Cs of Creativity,

Critical Thinking, Communication and

Collaboration—and improves learning.

Concise messages, Compelling evidence

and presentations, and Collaboration can

make advocacy initiatives more effective

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