Selected Arts Education Resources
Heather Spaulding's Professional Development Workshop on August 21, 2007 was filled with valuable information regarding working with students who have behavioral disorders.
Download a PDF of her presentation.
National Standards Guide from the Mid-Continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL), 3rd Edition.
For Teaching Artists' Program Design and Implementation:
Young Audiences' Rubric
A four-point scale to help describe, assess, and guide the professional development of teaching artists' knowledge and skills in arts education.
Download full 12-page pdf
Download 4-page at-a-glance pdf
Text of Keynote Speech by Ben Cameron
KCYA's Annual Award Luncheon
April 7, 2005
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Youth Policy Research Group Report
Constructing Youth Engagement
A synthesis of literature, observation, and professional opinion
Download our first sponsored research paper on the classroom behavior of youth as they are engaged in the learning process, part of our larger inquiry process of identifying and describing the ways and means by which the arts engage students in the academic learning process.
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Miscellaneous External Resources
American Music Conference
ArtsEdge: Kennedy Center
The Arts Education Partnership
Americans for the Arts
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Council of Chief State School Officers
Education World
The Essential List for Lessons in Arts Education
Kinder Art
The Lesson Plans Page
A Lifetime of Color: Sanford
Meet The Composer
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Opera Guild Education Department
Music Educators National Conference
National Endowment for the Arts
National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
The National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE)
The National PTA
The National PTA Arts in Education Resource Libraries
TeacherSource, the Arts and Literature Teachers' Site: PBS
U.S. Department of Education
Young Audiences Arts for Learning, Inc (National)