2019-741-E Arts - New Hope Elementary arts grant

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DocuSign Envelope ID:06CEEEC8-EDB6-42D5-AD51-21357BE60FF7 Project/Program Approximately 1,771 students in grades K-5 at New Hope Elementary, Summary Efland-Cheeks Elementary, Central Elementary and Grady Brown Elementary will work with professional teaching artists to learn curriculum through a variety of art forms, equating to 24 total residencies. Through the program, students will participate in Arts- Based Learning Experiences (ABLE) residencies, which are five-day residencies designed to coincide with a School show they will see at The ArtsCenter. During the residencies, teaching artists will go into all classrooms in a grade level for four sessions prior to the show, and then one session following the show. On this final day classroom teachers will co-teach alongside the teaching artists, and parents/families are invited to come observe. For many students this residency experience is the only opportunity they will have to work with professional artists, and for many who struggle with learning via traditional methods, this opportunity to learn curriculum through the arts gives them a chance to shine. In addition, grade levels often times highlight the residencies during parent nights, family sharing events or even district-wide events, such as Cultural Explosion. In order to ensure teachers are also learning new instructional strategies to teach curriculum moving forward, they will also participate in at least one school-wide professional development workshop on arts integration. This will be the ninth year the Artist in Residence program will be implemented with all Title 1 elementary schools in the district, and the twelfth year since initial implementation with the first Title 1 school. Project Start Date August 26, 2019 (no earlier than July 1, 2019) Project End Date (no June 11, 2020 later than June 30, 2020) Project Goals The Artist in Residence program is an Arts in Education program that integrates the arts into the grade level curriculum. The following are goals of the program: • To reach students with varied learning styles, thus increasing academic achievement in the designated curriculum area(s) • To increase student engagement, motivation and creativity • To provide underserved students opportunities to engage in the arts when they would otherwise not have the opportunity to do so • To provide classroom teachers with professional development opportunities on arts integration • To bring parents/families into learning experiences, thus creating an even deeper impact that far exceeds learning in the classroom.