California Arts Content Standards
California State Board of Education Content Standards
Download .pdf file (1.2 mb.) of the Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools: Prekindergarten Through Grade Twelve (Dance, Music, Theater, Visual Arts), Sacramento: California Department of Education, 2001.
Download .pdf file (3.9 mb.) of the Visual and Performing Art Framework for California Public Schools: Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, Sacramento: California Department of Education, 2004.
Arts Education Journals and News Sources
Learning Through the Arts
This journal highlights articles from researchers, university faculty, teaching artists, and school district personnel who have explored the link between learning and the arts through empirical research or through deliberate and disciplined integration of the arts (1) across arts disciplines, (2) with other academic content areas, and/or (3) into community-based educational programs.
Teaching Artist Journal (TAJ)
TAJ provides an authoritative, timely, ongoing professional development resource to clarify, enrich, and advance Teaching Artist research and practice.
From the Trenches
The Music for All Foundation provides a bi-weekly podcast explores headlines, events and newsmakers that impact music and arts education across the country.
L.A. Based Professional Opportunities in Arts Education
Los Angeles County Arts Commission (LACAC)
LACAC provides an online directory of Los Angeles County Arts Education Programs. This agency is also renowned for its policy work at the district level regarding arts education. The site also provides grant opportunities to local artists, and summer internships for university students to work with community arts organizations in Los Angeles. Internship information is found at: http://www.lacountyarts.org/internship.html.
Los Angeles City Cultural Affairs Department (LACAD)
LACAD provides a range of programs that can be viewed at their site. Links to city run community arts centers and programs are available – including the Watts Towers Art Center.
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)
Arts Education at LAUSD coordinates district wide arts education programs, and often hires credentialed art teachers to work in the schools. Their office states that, “the arts are one of humankind’s most moving forms of communication, and provide a balance in school curriculum that is essential for the development of tomorrow’s leaders.
Music Center Education Division (MCED) http://www.musiccenter.org/education
MCED coordinates a professional teaching artist roster, and provides excellent professional development opportunities for teaching artists and classroom teachers.
Getty Museum
Getty provides Graduate Internships to support full-time positions for students who intend to pursue careers in fields related to the visual arts.
Arts Education Professional and Advocacy Organizations
Americans for the Arts
Through advocacy, research, partnerships, and professional development, Americans for the Arts strives to provide and secure more resources and support for arts education.
California Arts Council (CAC)
California Assembly of Local Arts Agencies (CALAA)
California Organizations and Resources California Alliance for Arts Education (CAAE)
California Art Education Association (CAEA)
California Association for Music Education (CMEA)
California Dance Educators Association (CDEA)
California Educational Theatre Association (CETA)
Arts Education Assessment Resources
Arts Education Program Toolkit: A Visual and Performing Arts Program Assessment Process.
Arts Work: A Call for Arts Education for All California Students. This report documents recommendations from the Superintendent’s Task Force on the Visual and Performing Arts.
California Arts Assessment Network (CAAN),
Online Curriculum Resources
Center for Media Literacy
The CML’s Media Lit Kit provides classroom resource materials for teaching artists and classroom teachers interested in media literacy.
Kennedy Center’s Arts Edge Program
Getty Center Education Program
UCLA Community Resources
The Center for Community Partnerships
The goal of the center is to nurture and develop partnerships between community groups and UCLA that produce joint efforts to improve the quality of life for area residents.
The Center for Community Learning (CCL)
CCL supports service learning courses, academic credit-bearing internships and community based research. It is also home to the undergraduate minor in Civic Engagement and several AmeriCorps programs that offer service scholarships.
