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Parameters for Essential Instruction > Content Area Specific > Visual and Performing Arts > News > Letter 18 > What’s the State of Arts Education in Maine? What’s the State of Arts Education in Maine?Over the next three years, Maine arts educators will have an important opportunity to take stock of what they have been able to achieve and what goals they want to set for themselves and their communities in the coming years. Led by the Maine Alliance for Arts Education with funding from the Betterment Fund and the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a wide partnership of arts organizations will be conducting a census of current arts learning opportunities in and out of schools in their communities. In the context of the statewide re-districting plan, the census will provide the basis for imagining new forms of collaboration to design broader systems of arts learning for children, youth and families. Phase I: Statewide Census and BaselineThe first stage of the work will involve the design, distribution and analysis of a state-wide survey of the types and sequences of arts learning Maine schools are currently able to offer. This work will include attention to courses, electives, clubs, and other school sponsored activities. Maine educators will have a chance to review a draft of this survey at the statewide conference, At the Creative Center: the Arts in Maine Schools, on October 5th and 6th. The revised survey will be administered statewide in the spring of 2008. In addition, in each community, the census will also engage teachers in working with a small but representative set of students to collect ‘learning logs’ in which they document the many ways and sites where they learn in the arts: in school, at home, on their own or in their wider communities. Phase I of the Census will also include gathering and analyzing existing data on arts education in Maine, using, for example, data gathered during the past ten years of the Maine Arts Commission’s Partners in Arts and Learning program. In the summer a team of students and arts educators will collaborate on an analysis of the data. In the fall of 2008, the data will be shared statewide in arts-focused town meetings Phases II and III Given additional funding, the work will widen out in Phases II and III. In Phase II, we plan to build on the information in the students’ learning logs to conduct more in-depth studies of how different types and sizes of Maine communities create substantial arts learning for their children and families by linking the efforts of homes, schools community and youth development organizations. We will also examine arts education in the new school districts. In Phase III (again, provided there is funding) we are hoping to profile communities in which such work is happening successfully and publish Census results in a variety of formats. Questionnaire for MAINE Providers of Arts Education Programming Note: These are the proposed questions for the Phase 1 census of school-based programs. Once finalized, these will be formatted for an on-line survey. What’s Covered in This Survey? This survey is organized in several sections:
We are requesting information about programs in music, dance, visual arts, Click “Submit” to get started! Survey Page 1 Questionnaire for Maine School Providers of Arts School and Contact Information 1. Name of school 2. Type of school (select one) Public 3. Grades served (select all that apply) PreK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 4. ZIP code of school 5. Name of person completing form 6. Email address Survey Page 2 Types of Arts Education Offerings 7. During the school day, does your school have arts specialist teachers Yes 8. Estimate the number of full-time specialist music teachers at your school. (Select one) Less than 1 full time teacher 9. What age groups are served by this music instruction? (Select all that Early childhood (ages 3-5) 10. Estimate the number of students who are served by this music instruction 11.How many days/week and minutes/class does each grade have of music education? 12. What opportunities exist in your school for students to perform in the school? 13. What opportunities exist for student music ensembles to perform outside of school? 14. If you have any additional comments about music specialist teachers in Survey Page 3 Types of Arts Education Offerings 15. During the school day, does your school have arts specialist teachers who teach VISUAL ARTS? Yes 16. Estimate the number of full-time specialist visual arts Less than 1 full-time teacher 17. What age groups are served by this visual arts instruction? (Select all that Early childhood (ages 3-5) 18. Estimate the number of students who are served by visual arts 19 How many days/week and minutes/class does each grade have of visual arts study? 20. What opportunities exist for student artwork to be displayed in the school? 21. What opportunities exist for student artwork to be displayed outside of school? 22. If you have any additional comments about visual arts specialist Survey Page 4 Types of Arts Education Offerings 23. During the school day, does your school have arts specialist teachers 24. Estimate the number of full-time specialist dance Less than 1 full-time teacher 25.What age groups are served by this dance instruction? (Select all that Early childhood (ages 3-5) 26. Estimate the number of students who benefit from this dance instruction
27 If you have any additional comments about dance specialist teachers in Survey Page 5 28. During the school day, does your school have arts specialist teachers who teach DRAMA? 29.Estimate the number of FTE (full-time equivalent) specialist drama Less than 1 full-time teacher 30. What age group is served by this drama instruction? (Select all that Early childhood (ages 3-5) 31. Estimate the number of students who are served by this drama instruction 32. If you have any additional comments about drama specialist teachers in Survey Page 6 Types of Arts Education Offerings 33. Does your school offer after-school MUSIC Yes 34. Estimate the number of hours of after-school music activities during an Less than 1 hour 35. Estimate the number of students served by these music activities 36. These music activities are taught by… (Select all that apply.) Arts specialists 37. If you have any additional comments about after-school music activities Survey Page 7 Types of Arts Education Offerings: 38. Does your school offer after-school VISUAL ARTS activities? Yes 39. Estimate the number of hours of after-school visual arts activities during Less than 1 hour 40. Estimate the number of students who are served by these visual arts 41. These visual arts activities are taught by… (Select all that apply.) Arts specialists 42.If you have any additional comments about after-school visual arts Survey Page 8 Types of Arts Education Offerings 43. Does your school offer after-school DANCE activities? Yes 44. Estimate the number of hours of after-school dance activities during an Less than 1 hour 45. Estimate the number of students who benefit from these dance activities 46. These dance activities are taught by… (Select all that apply.) Arts specialists 47. If you have any additional comments about after-school dance activities Survey Page 9 Types of Arts Education Offerings 48. Does your school offer after-school DRAMA activities? Yes 49. Estimate the number of hours of after-school drama activities during an Less than 1 hour 50. Estimate the number of students who benefit from these drama 51. These drama activities are taught by… (Select all that apply.) Arts specialists 52 If you have any additional comments about after-school drama activities Survey Page 10 Types of Arts Education Offerings 53. Does your school offer special programs in the arts such as field trips, Yes 54. On average, how many special activities does your school provide? 1 per year 55. What age group is served by these offerings? (Select all that apply.) Early childhood (ages 3-5) 56. Estimate the number of students who benefit from these offerings per 57. If you have any additional comments about special arts programs in Survey Page 11 Training, Facilities and Conditions 58. What types of professional training opportunities in arts education does your district offer? (Select all that apply.) In-service training 59. What types of professional training opportunities have you taken advantage of in the last 3- 5 years? (Select all that apply.) In-service training 60. What dedicated spaces are available at this school that support arts Cafetorium or other large informal space(s) 61 Is there common planning time for arts educators in your school/district? 62. Is planning time built into the arts specialists’ schedule? 63. Is there common planning time for arts educators with other classroom teachers available? Survey Page 12
64. How comfortable are most teachers in your school with integrating the arts into their academic content areas? 65. How often do you collaborate with teachers of other subjects on units of study, projects, performances, etc. in a school year?
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67. If you have records of your campus’ arts resources (i.e. supply budget,
68. If you are interested in participating as a teacher-researcher in the next phases of this project, please provide your contact information below: Name: Address: Phone: E-mail: |
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