Register for Online Webinar June 4, 2014

Friday, May 30, 2014

Americans for the Arts in partnership with The National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) will launch the 2014 National Core Arts Standards for educators during an online webinar.

These preK-12 grade-by-grade standards are intended to guide educators seeking  quality arts education for America’s students, define artistic literacy, and support 21st century skills and college and career readiness.

Seventy representatives from NCCAS’s arts education member organizations created standards for dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts. This effort was followed by having more than 6,000 educators, teaching artists, parents, students and state and local focus groups offering input in four national reviews that helped shape the final standards. 

The arts standards will be housed in the NCCAS website at www.nationalartsstandards.org. A key feature of the interactive website is the option for teachers and other users to create customized standards handbooks to match their curriculum and students’ learning needs. 

 

EVENT INFO

DATE: Wednesday, June 4 2014

TIME: 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT

REGISTRATION: http://tinyurl.com/lrsajg9

The webinar is free and open to anyone who wishes to attend, however, access will be limited to the first 3,000 registrants. Highlights from the presentation will be available online at a later date. 

The event will feature interviews with a broad spectrum of arts education providers, including certified educators, teaching artists, administrators, national/state policy makers, and arts education advocates.

During the webinar Americans for the Arts president and CEO, Robert Lynch, will address the national implications for adopting the new standards as well as Americans for the Arts’ role in developing the original National Arts Standards twenty years ago in 1994.

 

MEDIA CONTACT

Graham Dunstan

Americans for the Arts

[email protected]

202-712-2054

@AFTAPress