2015-254-E Arts - Chapel Hill-Carrboro Public School Foundation Arts Grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID: C5144EAF-A28E-4D5C-9EF2-DE06CC1 137C83 • Host Grant Writing Workshops to provide guidance on grants and funding resources to teachers and community members • Manage restricted and pass-through funds for individual school or district programs, including Blue Ribbon Mentor Advocate • Sponsor the annual Walk for Education with 8,000 walkers, raising over$120,000 in direct support for schools in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City School district • Hold an annual 5K for Fitness in April with more than 600 participants and a 6-week training program in conjunction with Fleet Feet Sports prior to the event • Host an annual Novice Teacher Tea at which 50 novice teachers received cash gifts to start off their new careers • Hold an annual "Teachers First Breakfast" benefit raising nearly money to support the Teachers First Initiative.The proceeds provide grants for national board certification fees for teachers and Student Enrichment Grants, as well as support for novice teachers,the PSF-East Chapel Hill Rotary Teacher Supply Store,the Educator Extra Credit Card and other programs designed to attract and retain outstanding teachers. Proposed Use of Grant Funds: Summary for Glenwood Global Beats-The funds would be used to purchase 28 African drums to be used by the approximately 500 students each year who are involved in the music program at Glenwood Elementary School. Glenwood has a rich music program that is looking to expand its vocally-based program to include musical traditions reflected in percussion instruments. These African drums will improve the instrumental literacy of all students by diversifying the instruments available to them. Expected Outcomes: One of the greatest strengths of the Glenwood Global Beats program is that it will impact every student at Glenwood Elementary. An important quality of an excellent music class is active participation by all students as much as possible. With only two tubano drums currently at their disposal, rhythmic activities have to be adjusted to allow all students to be involved in the learning process. Many times, due to time constraints, few students are able to practice on the drums in a single class period. With a drum in the hands of every student, every class,there will be time to teach and practice the rhythmic skills to the whole class. The long-term effect of providing an instrument for every child would be the reinforcement of skills and attitudes needed to perform in an ensemble. If students take music in middle and high school,they will already have had experience in how to cooperate with other musicians to create a final product or performance. The importance of providing a culturally- diverse musical education is important, especially in a school such as Glenwood that has a number of students from around the world. Providing drums to Glenwood students would allow them to participate in familiar and unfamiliar musical practices first-hand, rather than simply reading about them from a second-hand source. Measurement of Project Effectiveness: In the short term, success of the drum program will be measured by having the students answer survey questions about the performance tasks they participated in during class. Questions will vary from ones based on thee studied culture's performance practices and style to basic rhythmic skills needed on any instrument. Rhythmic pre-assessments will also be administered to determine the current mastery demonstrated by students as well as what concepts need to be reinforced. Post-assessments will judge the success of the drumming activity and determine future teaching direction. In the long term,the goal of the drumming program will be to encourage further involvement in instrumental ensembles,a goal that can be directly measured by increased enrollment in sixth grade band classes when students enter middle school.