LAUSD and the Arts

The Los Angeles Unified School District recognizes that education in the arts make a unique and vital contribution to a child*s cognitive development. Therefore the District is committed to providing all students with opportunities to attain a substantive education in the visual and performing arts at all grade levels, an education that will prepare them to create, collaborate, problem solve, perform, and appreciate works of art.

On July 22, 1999, the Los Angeles Unified School District*s Board of Education unanimously passed a resolution to commence a 10-year effort to establish arts for all students, at all grade levels, in all schools, in all four art forms. To accomplish this goal, LAUSD*s Arts Education Branch began Arts Program Schools (APS) at the elementary level. In the first eight years of the program the number of schools participating has grown from 54 to 392 and it is projected that by 2010 all elementary schools in the District will have the opportunity to participate in the APS project.

In the 2007 - 2008 school year the Arts Education Branch launched a new project at the middle school level to meet the needs of middle and high school arts teachers. The Arts Bridging Teacher Project assigns various visual and performing arts teachers to feeder schools in order to build enrollment and experience in individual art forms .

In addition to the four arts content areas mentioned above, Dance, Music, Theatre and Visual Art, the Los Angeles Unified School District, Arts Education Branch (AEB) seeks to establish and support Media Arts as a fifth standards-based Arts Content discipline. Media Arts are an art form comprising of a range of creative and expressive uses of media and communications technologies, including, but not limited to , digital imaging, graphic and web design, video/film production, television, digital music, video gaming, mobile devices and interactive media.

Work has begun on the next 10-year District Arts Education Plan. The second 10-year plan must extend the critical and necessary components of a well-rounded, dynamic and rich arts education and will focus on a K - 12 continuous and articulated curriculum. The Los Angeles Unified School District recognize that the Arts programs benefit students from the entire spectrum of educational programs and demographics, including special education, at-risk, GATE, and English Learners. LAUSD further understands that the Arts, (all five) increase student engagement, empower students' creative voices, and promote active participation in an increasingly networked world.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Job Opportunity- MUSIC Teaching Artist

Job Opportunity- MUSIC Teaching Artist

P.S. ARTS is currently seeking an experienced part-time Music Teaching
Artist for our an elementary school program in Mar Vista.

P.S. ARTS was founded in 1991 and is dedicated to the restoration of arts
education in public schools providing sequential, standards based in-school
instruction for elementary and middle school students and professional
development for classroom teachers.

Responsibilities:
· Develop a sequential, standards-based curriculum in the arts
· Teach an arts discipline across multiple grade levels for an entire
school year
· Address the learning needs of diverse student populations
· Identify and plan cross curriculum connections in and across multiple
subject areas
· Submit documentation of teaching practice, including curriculum and
lesson plans
· Represent P.S. ARTS amongst multiple school community stakeholders,
including classroom teachers, parents, administration, and donors
· Apply knowledge and skills through ongoing professional development
into teaching practice

Skills, Qualifications, Requirements:
· BA degree in arts, education, community arts or relevant field of
study
· Minimum three years of teaching experience, preferably in low income
school communities
· Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and expertise in a specific arts
discipline
· Demonstrate in-depth knowledge of or a familiarity with the
California Framework for the Visual and Performing Arts
· Ability to work collaboratively in a school environment and with
various school community members
· Experience with/training in Orff-Schulwerk is preferred. Dalcroze
and/or Kodaly methodologies are also acceptable.

Salary:
DOE

How to apply:
Please email resume and a cover letter attached as a Word document to
elda.pineda@psarts.org with the subject line ³Music Teaching Artist². No
phone calls or hard copies, please.

To learn more about P.S. ARTS, please visit our website. www.psarts.org

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

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Sunday, August 2, 2009

Scholarship Audition Performance Preparatory Academy


Scholarship Audition Performance Preparatory Academy

Dear Friends,
The NEW SAPPA website provides information to help students and families connect with music programs in their community. The site includes music and arts scholarships and competitions, music and audition workshops, academic scholarship information and instrument loan programs.

Our goal is to increase student and family participation in the African-American and Hispanic communities, in the many music programs that are available. Please forward this website information to any organization, church or parent that would like to assist us in our efforts to spread the word.
Thank You.


BILLY MITCHELL - Founder/Director
www.sappa.net
www.youtube.com/sappaprogram
626-574-5040 626-641-3262 (direct)

If you would like your program listed on this site please forward info to: sappaprograms@gmail.com