Leadership Institute for Education in and Through the Art
Each year the Center for Integrated Arts Education at the University of Northern Colorado hosts the Leadership Institute In and Through the Arts. Invited representatives from Colorado K-12 schools work with university personnel to develop 5-year strategic plans and curriculum models for arts and arts integration programs.The purpose of the institute is the formation of sustainable educational practices in arts learning and to support creative and analytic thinking throughout the curriculum. Purposes, concepts, and critical issues in the disciplines of music, theatre, visual arts and multiple media arts forms are discussed and applied. The invited schools are invited to participate in research studies on effective arts eduction conducted by the CIAE.
