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A Study of Professional Development for Arts Teachers: Building Curriculum, Community, and Leadership in Elementary Schools
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Burnaford, Gail – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2009
This study was conducted in a large urban school district. Fifty-nine elementary schools, designated as Fine Arts Schools by the district, were organized as a Fine Arts School Network. The school district partnered with an external arts organization to deliver research-based, consistent and collaborative professional development to art, music,…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Art Teachers, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
Back from the Brink: A Teacher's Perspective.
Lippert, Cindy – Teaching Music, 1999
Discusses the events leading up to the development of the new arts education program for the Sarasota Country School District in Florida. Addresses the work of the Community/Schools Partnership for the Arts, its role in developing the arts program, and the interactions between the community and the school district. (CMK)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Elementary Education, Fine Arts, Middle Schools
Back from the Brink: An Administrator's Perspective.
Hamilton, Wilma – Teaching Music, 1999
Addresses the Sarasota County school district's decision to eliminate the arts programs in the elementary and middle schools. Discusses the efforts by the school district in rescuing the arts in the Sarasota schools and the superintendent's idea for creating the Community/Schools Partnership for the Arts that is working for world-class arts…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Budgeting, Elementary Education, Fine Arts
Back from the Brink: The Arts in Sarasota County Schools.
Rodgers, Bruce E. – Teaching Music, 1999
Describes the community of Sarasota County in Florida (Tampa) as one in which the arts are highly valued. Explains that the Sarasota County School Board eliminated the arts program devastating Sarasota County and the surrounding areas. Introduces three articles that discuss the elimination and renewal of Sarasota County's arts program. (CMK)
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Role, Elementary Education, Fine Arts
Back from the Brink: The Community's Perspective.
Rodgers, Bruce E. – Teaching Music, 1999
Addresses the role of the professional arts community in reestablishing the arts programs in the Sarasota County's schools and their interaction with the school district. Identifies how the Arts Education Task Force, a committee of arts organizations in Sarasota County, assisted in the development of the Community/Schools Partnership for the Arts.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Community Role, Elementary Education, Fine Arts
The Effect of an Elementary Fine Arts Program on Students' Attitudes and Development.
Swann-Hudkins, Beverley – 2002
A study investigated the effects of a fine arts program on elementary school students relative to methods used, student development, student attitudes toward school, and student achievement and motivation to learn. After developing and implementing a 12-week integrated fine arts curriculum, 95 elementary school students' pre- and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Elementary Education
Kaleidoscope: Building an Arts-Infused Elementary Curriculum.
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Parr, N. Carlotta; Radford, Jan; Snyder, Susan – Early Childhood Education Journal, 1998
Describes a Michigan City, Indiana initiative called "Kaleidoscope," a multilayered school improvement plan encompassing four goals: (1) to infuse arts into language arts and math curricula; (2) to foster collaborations between classroom teachers, arts specialists, and the community; (3) to build greater multicultural connections and…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change