1. Arts Education Master Plan
NVUSD Board of Education
October 5, 2017

2. A five year, public/private partnership to strengthen and expand arts programming in Napa’s public schools
American Canyon High Marching Band, Arts Now Napa Summit Photo by Robb McDonough
for instrumental music, choral music, visual arts, theatre, dance and media arts
Opportunity, access & equity for all students TK-12
Expanded, sequential and standards-based curriculum
Supported by relevant professional development
Monitored by shared assessments and evaluation

3. Partners

4. Year 1 Infrastructure Accomplishments
Arts Teacher Database (now 75 strong)
Built Leadership Teams and wrote Mission & Vision
Developed Groups
Communication Plan, including social media presence
Focus: COMMUNICATION infrastructure
Arts Now Summit
Comm Plan includes social media: a district website and Twitter account
+Governance mtgs (4/yr) and Board reports (2/yr)

5. Year 1 Accomplishments, cont’d
Added and expanded Arts Page to District Website
Findings & Recommendations
Governance Team Involvement & Support
Programming impact
Governance team is embodiment of partnership: includes rep’s from district, Arts Council, main funder (Festival NV)
Impact: MS Music, Arts PD, VAPA Coord

6. Year 2 Focus Community representation on Arts Cadre
Develop cohesive professional development program for VAPA (Visual and Performing Arts) Teachers
Develop models for TK-3 Arts “Exposure” programming
Again, structure embodies partnership nature of entire project
PD to strengthen identity as NVUSD VAPA T’s, but also recognize unique needs of various VAPA disciplines and even individual T needs
Present options to Instructional Division in Dec!

7. Festival Napa Valley Contributions
Supported Artful Learning transition from magnet grant
Wish List grants; County-wide Arts Assessment
Underwrote NVUSD Arts Master Planning process
$145,000 current year ⇒ Expansion of Middle School Music, Professional Development for Arts teaches, Arts Coordinator
Over $520,000 in total contributions
6 year history of involvement w NVUSD Arts
Unlike the traditional model of support in which funder raises money, then creates own program to distribute it, Festival NV has - from the beginning - partnered w NVUSD to understand and support our goals and priorities. This is evident in the allocation of this year’s $145,000 contribution which supports the priorities of the Arts Master Plan which were determined by our Arts Leadership Team and adopted by our Governance team.
When one understands the history of their involvement, it becomes difficult to imagine an AEMP without the involvement of a financial partner such as Festival NV. This is why I am highlighting them in tonight’s presentation.