NC Arts Education Leaders Webinar February 8, :30 – 4:30 p.m. Christie Lynch Ebert, Arts Education Consultant and A+ Liaison, NCDPI Brenda Wheat Whiteman, A+ Arts Education Specialist, NCDPI

TIPS Question box –Participants will be muted during the webinar unless presenting –Please use the question box –Questions monitored and answered in question box and/or at the end of webinar; you may also raise hand with questions Follow-up –Presenters online at conclusion of webinar – /phone –Presentation posted on Website

Presenters Christie Lynch Ebert Arts Education Consultant and A+ Liaison Brenda Wheat Whiteman A+ Arts Education Specialist

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AGENDA RttT Updates NCDPI Updates: –National News –Legislation –Course Coding –Honors Policy Sharing Questions/ Discussion Next Steps

Race to the Top (RttT)

Arts Ed RESA Trainings Region 4Southern PinesFebruary 16, 2012 Region 5ClemmonsMarch 8, 2012 Region 7WilkesboroMarch 9, 2012 Region 6CharlotteMarch 12, 2012 Region 3OxfordMarch 14, 2012 Region 2WallaceMarch 19, 2012 Region 1PlymouthMarch 20, 2012 Region 8CandlerMarch 26, 2012 Contact the NCDPI Professional Development Lead ( or your local RttT coordinator.

Arts Ed RESA Trainings Focus: –Connections History and Culture Information and Technology Common Core State Standards for Literacy 21 st Century Skills

Summer Institute 3 July 12-13, 2012 West Stokes High School Stokes County Summer Institute 5 July 19-20, 2012 JH Rose High School Pitt County Summer Institute 1 June 21-22, 2012 Enka High School Buncombe County Summer Institute 6 July 24-25, 2012 SanLee Middle School Lee County Summer Institute 4 July 17-18, 2012 Croatan High School Carteret County Summer Institute 2 July 10-11, 2012 Maiden High School Catawba County Schools

NC Arts Education Wiki

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NCDPI UPDATE

National Standards National Standards completed in 1994 National effort underway for re-conceptualization of the standards NCCAS has approved the draft of the overarching framework

National Standards Framework: honors discreet discipline-specific needs, but also provides strength in binding the arts disciplines together 3 Sections: –philosophical foundations and lifelong goals, –processes, and –evidence of learning NCCAS leadership passed a unanimous motion that SEADAE would be the trust for the copyright of the national standards Transparent process

National Standards Evidence of Learning (by art form) Enduring Understandings Essential Questions Learning Standards Model Cornerstone Assessments ) Creating, Performing/Sharing, Responding, Connecting/Connections Components within each process Enduring UnderstandingsEssential Questions Overarching Framework Philosophical FoundationsLifelong Goals

National Standards More information: State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE): National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) Wiki:

Legislation H758: Arts Education Commission HTML/H758v4.htmlhttp:// HTML/H758v4.html

H758 Arts Education Commission Joint Presentation to the Commission February 10, 2012 – 1:00 p.m LB

– November 2008 (Report Issued)  Recommendations (Page 12)  That the State Board of Education shall modify the high school graduation requirements to include 1 credit in arts education  Continued funding for the A+ Schools Program, a whole-school reform model that views the arts as fundamental to teaching and learning in all subjects.  Draft legislation introduced Joint Select Committee on Arts Education

S66: Comprehensive Arts Education Plan August 2010 – Comprehensive Arts Education Task Force appointed December 2010 – Report submitted to NC General Assembly (JLEOC) March 2011 – Implementation Plan submitted as an attachment to the report

S66: Comprehensive Arts Education Plan Task Force Membership (Pages 3-5) Co-Chairs: NCDCR and NCDPI Leadership Legislative Appointees from the House and Senate (2) NC SuperintendentsNC PrincipalsBusinesses LEA Arts Education Coordinators Institutions of Higher Education/UNC System Parent s (NC PTA) State Organizations (Advocacy and Professional) NC Community CollegesA+ Schools Program Arts Education Discipline Representatives: Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts Former Joint Select Committee Members

Charge: (Page 1) A. Specifically considering policies to implement arts education in the public schools as defined in the existing Basic Education Program under G.S. 115C-81; B. Considering a high school graduation requirement in the arts; C. Further considering development of the A+ Schools Program. S66 Task Force added: D. Arts Integration E. Arts Exposure S66: Charge

S66: Vision for Arts Education In today’s globally competitive world, innovative thinking and creativity are essential for all school children. High quality, standards-based instruction in the arts develops these skills and effectively engages, retains, and prepares future-ready students for graduation and success in an entrepreneurial economy. Dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts, taught by licensed arts educators and integrated throughout the curriculum, are critical to North Carolina’s 21st century education. (Page 17)

S66: Definition of a Comprehensive Arts Education Arts Education –(arts as core, academic subjects) Arts Integration –(arts as a catalyst for learning across the curriculum) Arts Exposure –(exposure to arts experiences) (Pages 17-18)

S66: Recommendations A.Basic Education Program B.High School Graduation Requirement C.A+ Schools Program D.Arts Integration E.Arts Exposure

S66: Implementation Plan Submitted in March 2011 Requires implementation by various organizations and bodies

NCDPI Alignment and Support: A+ Schools Program Data Collection and Analysis Monitoring and Collaboration Assessment and Professional Development

Michelle Burrows | Director A+ Schools Program tel:

Course Coding Update Highlights: –Beginning, Intermediate, Proficient, Advanced courses in each discipline –Specialization by proficiency level in each discipline –AP and IB retain separate designations

High School Sequencing

Honors Policy: High School Proficiency Levels BeginningIntermediateProficient*Advanced* Standards are for students with no or limited K-8 progression in the arts education discipline (dance, music, theatre arts, or visual arts). Standards are for students who have had a complete K-8 progression or who have achieved beginning level standards in the discipline at the high school level. Standards are for students who have achieved intermediate level standards in the discipline at the high school level. Standards are for students who have achieved proficient level standards in the discipline at the high school level. Students who take coursework at the Proficient or Advanced levels are applying their skills and understandings in increasingly sophisticated, complex, and challenging ways.

Honors Policy Highlights: –Recommendations taken to State Board in February 2012 –Expected Action in March 2012 –Recommendation is for proficient and advanced courses in dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts to receive honors credit of 1 point.

Sharing/Questions

Sharing Raise hand to be recognized and assume presenter status Name School System or Charter School State approximate number of arts teachers

Future Directions/ Next Steps

Instructional Tools Available now:  Crosswalks  Unpacking the Standards  I Can Statements by Content Area In development:  Graphic Organizers (available February 20, 2012)  Assessments  Formative: NC FALCON, ArtsFolio/Student Profile  Assessment Examples  Measures of Student Learning  Learning Progressions/Learning Maps  Terminologies  Other Tools

Arts Education Graphic Organizers Purpose - to assist students with: –understanding and organizing concepts –recording and documenting understandings

Arts Education Graphic Organizers Can be used: –as a springboard to assist students with their understanding of the North Carolina Arts Education Essential Standards –in Arts Education and General Education Classrooms –in Multiple Grades and Disciplines –to address a Comprehensive Arts Education (arts education, arts integration, arts exposure)

CCSS/NCES Resources Wiki sites All areas: Arts Education: Online learning modules –

Opportunities HARRISON INTRODUCES NEW "CELEBRATE NC SCHOOLS" WEBSITE –

Opportunities READY REGIONAL OUTREACH MEETINGS FOR PRINCIPALS, TEACHERS Beginning Feb. 28 and throughout most of March, NCDPI leaders will travel to all eight regions of our state to meet with principals and a teacher representative from each school. The purpose is to share with them our effort to remodel NC’s system of public schools.

Opportunities Arts Education Standards & Assessment Focus of NEA Roundtable and Webcast February 14, 2012 from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM EST Improving the Assessment of Student Learning in the Arts (report)

Implementing the Standards

Questions and Closing –Thank you for joining us! –This Webinar presentation will be posted on the Arts Education wiki site. –If you have feedback about the virtual meeting format, please let us know. Please feel free to log off when you are ready, or, stay and ask questions…

Contact Information Christie Lynch Ebert Ph: Brenda Wheat Whiteman Ph: NC Department of Public Instruction Division of K-12 Curriculum and Instruction K-12 Programs Section Helga Fasciano, Section Chief