Grants
Arts for All Teacher Professional Development Grant Program
Twelve Arts for All school districts that have strategic plans for arts education will participate in this multi-year program that includes individualized district support by the Los Angeles Basin California Arts Project to create professional development plans; a summer retreat for learning, networking and planning; collection and analysis of data on the current state of arts education in schools in the districts and funding to support teacher professional development.
All details regarding program guidelines are here. The deadline for applying to this program has passed.
Arts for All Residency Grant Program
This program provides matching funds for Arts for All school districts implementing arts education long-range plans to establish a K-12 program to place artists directly in the classroom to support student learning in the arts, based on the district’s priorities for arts education. School districts choose artists from the searchable directory, Programs for Students (See Artists in the Classroom below). School districts participating in the 2011-12 program can access final report forms here. Guidelines and application forms are currently available here for the 2012-13 program. They are due June 15, 2012.
Funding Directory
Search the online directory of funding sources.
Artists in the Classroom
Programs for Students is a searchable database of more than 250 arts education field trips, performances, residencies and workshops that meet the Visual and Performing Arts Standards and are available during the school day. School districts participating in the Arts for All Residency Grant Program choose artists from this database.
Professional Development
Upcoming workshops for school district leadership, arts coordinators/district arts leads and the Arts Education Roundtable are listed on the Events page.
Online
Designing the Arts Learning Community: a Handbook for K-12 Professional Development Planners is an online interactive guide to support educators and artists to come together to examine and improve arts education practices .You can reflect on your professional development goals, learn new strategies and explore existing arts learning communities.
Programs for Educators is a searchable database of high quality arts education professional development for K-12 educators that can support building an arts learning community (see above).
Coaching
How to join Arts for All
For information on how to become an Arts for All district, please contact Kimberleigh Aarn, Senior Manager, by email or at (213) 202-5858.
Join Arts for All and receive a coach.
Join a regional network of school districts sharing resources to move arts education forward in their districts. Not all districts need to be in Arts for All but they have to have common interests. A regional cluster in the Whittier area is the first to work together this way. For more information, please contact Kimberleigh Aarn, Senior Manager, by email or at (213) 202-5858.
Engage
Advocacy
Arts for LA helps mobilize parents and community members into arts advocates who take an active role in shaping and supporting the arts programs in their schools. Interested in joining an advocacy team in your local school district? Click here. You can also visit the Campaign page to learn more about current Arts Education campaigns, or check out all arts education content here.
Keep Informed
Sign up for the Arts Education Roundtable Listserv, an online forum through Yahoo Groups with more than 600 members that alerts you to job opportunities and events in the Los Angeles County arts education community. Subscribe by emailing: arts_ed_roundtable-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.
Participate
Please take part in periodic Arts Education Performance Indicators survey to track the status of arts education in L.A. County K-12 public school districts
Learn / Share Knowledge
The Models and Materials searchable database contains resources on planning, curriculum, evaluation and assessment as well as the arts education policies and plans of Arts for All districts. See what strategies other districts are taking to achieve equitable quality arts education. Click here to submit your online materials to be listed in the database, enabling your district’s educators and other districts to access and benefit from your best practices.