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CREATING COMMON GROUND is creating sustainability for arts education in our schools and communities.

How do we work in both programs and policy to ensure the best arts education happens now and into the future? How do we work with all the decision-makers; build infrastructure for teachers and teaching artists; and secure stable, ongoing funding?

Come to COMMON GROUND to share and listen to how we—lawmakers, educators, artists, and administrators—will secure great arts education for all students, now and into the future.

Full program details here.
E-mail John Abodeely or call him at 202.371.2830 for more information.

Just a taste of what's in the hopper...

Speakers

• On the Agenda of the School
  
  Dr. Roger Dearing
  
  What are the responsibilities of our teachers and our principals in keeping the arts alive? How do we put the arts on the agenda for school planning? Roger Dearing has been an arts education champion for decades, as a school leader, as a volunteer, and as a musician. He’ll tell us how to make arts education a long-term priority for your schools. Keynote by Dr. Roger Dearing, superintendent, Manatee County Schools, Manatee County (FL).
• Diversifying Arts Education
  
  Aaron Dworkin
  
  Aaron Dworkin, a 2005 MacArthur “Genius” Award winner, founded The Sphinx Organization to diversify classical music. It’s since become a national leader. Listen and discuss with Mr. Dworkin the state of diversity in the field, the impact of diversity on arts education, and how to achieve greater diversity in your arts education programs. Keynote by Aaron Dworkin, founder and president, The Sphinx Organization (MI); facilitation by Cynthia Weiss, teaching artist, artist, and director, Project AIM, Center for Community Arts Partnerships at Columbia College Chicago (IL).
• Arts Education, Federal Support, School Subjects, Teachers, and You
  
  Kristine Cohn
  
  Arts learning and the cognitive skills used to master other subjects—including reading, writing, and numeracy—are connected. The arts are essential to every child's education, which is why the arts are one of the core academic subjects in the No Child Left Behind Act. What does this mean for teachers, kids, and you? By Kristine Cohn, Secretary’s Regional Representative, Region V, U.S. Department of Education (IL).

Workshops

• Changing the Environment  
  Talk with Afa Sadykhly and keynoter Aaron Dworkin to learn about the intricacies of Sphinx’s success bringing youth of color into classical music. What’s worked? What hasn’t? And what’s made it last so long, with so much impact? With Afa Sadykhly, vice president, and Aaron Dworkin, founder and president, The Sphinx Organization (MI).
• Fully Supported by the Community
  Carol Sue Fromboluti will talk about arts education grants (MDD and PD) from the U.S. Department of Education (USDE); Elaine Mariolle about innovative partnerships and economic development; and Jan Spencer de Gutierrez about collaboration across school departments, schools, and communities. They’ll talk about earning, spending, and succeeding with USDE funds. With Carol Sue Fromboluti, program manager, USDE (DC); Jan Spencer de Gutierrez, arts coordinator, St. Paul Public Schools (MN); and Elaine Mariolle, programs manager, Santa Cruz County Commerce and Economic Development, Nogales (AZ).
• A Case Study in a Statewide Department of Public Instruction Arts Education Task Force
  Panelists will share arts education initiatives currently underway, as well as those projected for the future in Wisconsin. This panel will feature Elizabeth Burmaster, Wisconsin's elected State Superintendent of Public Instruction. In addition to her work in Wisconsin, Superintendent Burmaster will share her priorities as she becomes the president of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and her insights as chairperson of CCSSO's Task Force examining the reauthorization of "No Child Left Behind."
• Elizabeth Burmaster, superintendent, Wisconsin Office of Public Instruction and president-elect, Council of Chief State School Officers
• Ted Hamm, president, Wisconsin Alliance for Arts Education and principal, Cleveland Elementary School
• Teri Sullivan, co-director, Arts @ Large 
• George Tzougros, executive director, Wisconsin Arts Board, moderator
• PRAXIS: Building Teaching Artists
  Teaching artists have become de rigeur in arts education partnerships, gaining national attention for their expertise and recognition of teaching artist field. This workshop will build the capacity of arts organizations by building the capacity of teaching artists. Creative systems that provide professional development, respect, and sustained support to embed teaching artists into the public school system and tap our students' creative energy. With Cynthia Weiss, teaching artist, artist, and associate director of school partnerships, Project AIM, Center for Community Arts Partnerships, Columbia College Chicago (IL).
• PRAXIS: Third Space and Other Research
  Rebecca Borden will outline the hot new research on integrated arts education, Third Space. After years of full-scale arts integration, schools show improvement in just about every area. We’ll leverage this and other research to create our best programs and best messages. With Rebecca Borden, senior associate for research, Arts Education Partnership (DC).

Full program details here.
E-mail John Abodeely or call him at 202.371.2830 for more information.