District Leadership

Arts for All believes that district-wide arts education reform is possible only if district leadership is informed of and deeply engaged in the process. By increasing leaders’ understanding of and capacity to implement high quality arts education, Arts All hopes to ensure the arts are not the first to be cut in times of economic difficulty.

In 2009-10 Arts for All piloted a year-long Leadership Fellows Program targeting superintendents, assistant superintendents and arts coordinators in five school districts. Based on findings from that program, Arts for All has launched a regional arts education professional development series for teams of assistant superintendents and principals across the County. Developed in close partnership with the Los Angeles County Office of Education, the series, Teaching Creativity with Common Core Standards, will be held at two regional centers to encourage the formation of regional learning communities: Huntington Library and Gardens, Pasadena (North-East Region) and the Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach (South-West Region).

Dates and locations:

Museum of Latin American Arts
628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802

Workshop 1, October 14, 2011: Integrating the Arts into Common Core English / LA
Workshop 2, January 20, 2012: From STEM to STEAM Project-Based Learning
Workshop 3, March 30, 2012: Leading the Change to Common Core State Standards

The Huntington Library and Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

Workshop 1, October 28, 2011: Integrating the Arts into Common Core English / LA
Workshop 2, February 17, 2012: From STEM to STEAM Project-Based Learning
Workshop 3, April 20, 2012: Leading the Change to Common Core State Standards

For more information about Teaching Creativity with Common Core Standards and to register for future sessions, please visit the registration website.  

For more information on Arts for All’s services for school district leaders, please contact Talia Gibas, Associate Manager, by email or at (213) 202-5858.