The Center for Integrated Arts Education and the College of Performing and Visual Arts will sponsor a working forum at the University of Northern Colorado as part of a longitudinal research study. We are currently in the planning stage preparing for the third annual Leadership Institute for Education In & Through the Arts. Invited representatives are selected from Colorado K-12 schools and work with university personnel to develop 5-year strategic plans and curriculum models for arts and arts integration programs.
The purpose of the forum is to support planning and the formation of sustainable educational systems providing quality K-12 arts programs and developing arts integrated pedagogical strategies that promote arts learning and creative and critical thinking throughout the curriculum. Purposes, concepts, and critical issues in the disciplines of theatre, music, visual arts and mixed discipline art forms will be discussed and applied.
The participants will be partnered with university arts discipline experts to develop an arts plan that addresses the goals of their individual schools or districts. Keynote speakers and panel presentations will provide information about sustainable programming, current research in curriculum development and the benefits of quality arts education programs.
Institute Goals and Objectives:
- Participants will reflect on the role of artmaking in their own lives and the lives of their students.
- Participants will utilize strategic K-16 partnerships to provide quality education in and through the arts.
- Participating art educators will create lines of communication and partnership programs with state and local arts agencies that will enhance arts experiences for K-12 students.
- The strategic K-16 and arts agency partnerships, the implementation of five year arts plans and systems of accountability, and the participation in longitudinal research activities will give the participants a strong role in arts advocacy and ability to inform public arts policy.
