Spotlight

Title IV-A is excited to welcome Helen Buck-Pavlick as the new Arts Education Specialist. Read her welcome letter.

The June 2021 Arts Education Newsletter is here!
 

Congratulations to the 665 graduates who achieved the State Seal of Arts Proficiency! These students represent 82 Schools from 31 LEAs across the state. 

ADE's Title IV-A Specialist will be returning to the classroom in the 2021-2022 school year as a drama teacher at Silvestre S. Herrera Elementary School in the Phoenix Elementary District. Read her letter of transition.

Arizona's Academic Standrds in the Arts Website has been updated to include the Arizona SEL Competencies & Resources.

In celebration of March as Youth Arts Month Arizona Department of Education Recognizes the 2020 Arts Teachers of the Year!

Arizona Dance Education Organization (AzDEO) Announces the Awardees for its 2020-21 Dance Education Advocacy Student Essay Contest

The Molly Blank Fund Teaching Artists Program (TAP) run through ASU Gammage is designed to create teaching artists in the metro Phoenix area that have been trained in the Kennedy Center arts integration method. After training, these teaching artists will develop residency lesson plans that will be implemented in a classroom setting. We now have 47 artists that have finished the program! They can be contacted directly to hire for K-12 arts-integrated residencies.

Students from Pinnacle High School in the Paradise Valley Unified School District under the guidance of art teacher Kelsey Greenland created 12 one-of-a-kind ornaments for the 2020 National Christmas Tree display on the Ellipse in President's Park.

The third release of the performing arts aerosol study is now available.