1. Position Statements You are the liaison between the membership of your state/province association and the NAEA Board of Directors.

2. You serve a recommending role to the NAEA Board of Directors regarding policymaking and action. Position Statements

3. NAEA Platform & Position Statements Inform policy and research Serve as a basis for NAEA Strategic Action Planning in continuing to meet the professional needs of NAEA members and the field of visual art education

4. Platform Statements: Overarching categories Position Statements: NAEA’s stand on a national issue or topic of interest to the profession and/or field of visual art education NAEA Platform & Position Statements

6. Students All students deserve a comprehensive visual art education taught by highly-qualified art educators. Platform Statements Art Educators: Art educators believe that the visual arts are vital to the comprehensive education of all students. Relationships NAEA is empowered by developing its current and potential relationships, which further the association's leadership role in service to its members and their students. Curriculum When expertly taught by visual art educators, and authentically assessed, the visual arts curriculum will be part of a high quality, effective and balanced education of all students. Instruction Quality visual art instruction is vital to the development of individuals, communities, and society through creative expression and critical processes. Assessment NAEA believes that a variety of authentic assessments which are developmentally appropriate for all learners are vital to best practices in art education.

7. Students -Early Childhood Art Education -Graduation Requirements in the Visual Arts -Equity for All Students Art Educators -Certified Visual Art Educators -Professional Development -Pre-service Education and its Relationship to Higher Education -Collaborations between the Art Educator and the Teaching Artist -Excellence in Art Museum Teaching -Visual Art and Its Relationship with CTE -Teacher Evaluation and Student Growth -Physical Safety in the Art Classroom -Position Statement on Importance of Visual Arts Supervisors/Administrators in PreK-12 Education Relationships -Race-Based Mascots - archived -Deaccessioning Objects in Art Museum Collections -Community Collaborations, including those with Cultural Organizations -Relationship of Art Educators to Decision-makers -Diversity in Visual Arts Education -Position Statement on the Value of Collaborative Research Curriculum -21st Century Skills and Visual Arts Education -Visual Arts as a Core Academic Subject -Arts Integration -STEAM Education -Visual Literacy and its Relationship to the Common Core -Position Statement on Media Arts -Position Statement on Art Education and Social Justice Instruction -Scheduling Time for the Arts and Funding and/or Resources -PreK-12 Teacher Evaluation in the Visual Arts -Benefits of Art Museum Learning in Education -Distance Learning in Art Education -Ethical use of Copyrighted Imagery and Primary Sources -Position Statement on Instruction, Assessment and Student Learning in the Visual Arts Current Position Statements Assessment -Student Assessment in the Visual Arts Classroom

8. Statements for Review in 2016 Students Early Childhood Art Education Art Educators Certified/Licensed Visual Art Educators in Pre-K through 12 School Settings Teacher Evaluation and Student Growth Relationships Deaccessioning Objects in Art Museum Collections Use of Race Based Mascots in Educational Settings Curriculum Arts Integration 21 st Century Skills and Visual Arts Education Instruction ●Distance Learning in Art Education ●Student Assessment in the Visual Arts Classroom