Arts Education and the 21st Century Workforce

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Arts Education and the 21st Century Workforce

• __________ACE Coalition

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Todays Business Environment
Rapid change
Unpredictability
Outsourcing
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21st Century Workforce
LINEAR
Creativity Innovation
SCANs Report Department of Labor
Daniel Pink
Thomas Friedman
Sir Ken Robinson International Creativity
Consultant
LOGICAL
ANALYTICAL
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21st Century Workforce
Arts Education
ideas
abstractions
organization
work with others
empathy
incubate
self-discipline
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Student Achievement
Student engagement
Higher-order thinking skills
Arts Education
Reading math test scores
Graduation rates

• social skills
• positive school environment
• prevent crime

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Student Achievement
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Quality Arts Education Is

• Study of and participation in

• Visual art

• Music

• Theatre

• Dance

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Quality Arts Education Is

• Protected time
• Sequential, standards-based curriculum
• Taught by certified teachers
• Supported with enhanced learning opportunities

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The Creative Economy

• Floridas Creative Economy depends on
• Visual artists fine arts, graphic arts, digital
  media, film
• Performing arts
• Technicians to support their work
• Just as major league sports players become
  proficient in basic skills while in school, so do
  the artists and performers who fuel Floridas
  Creative Economy.

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ACE Coalitions

• ACE Arts for a Complete Education
• Public, private and independent sector
• Promote, improve , enhance arts education
• Partner with school districts
• Build public awareness
• Advocating on behalf of
• Quality
• Access

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Situation Facing Arts Education

• Education funding is such a substantial portion
  of the state budget, disproportionate share of
  cuts shifted onto schools.
• Mandates are unfunded or inadequately funded.

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Situation Facing Arts Education
Property tax relief 07/08
School funding
School funding
Recession 08/09
Economic meltdown 08/09
School funding

• Federal Stimulus funds 09/10

School funding
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Situation Facing Arts Education

• School Districts are facing huge cuts.
• (Name of your school district is facing ___
  million in cuts as for example, Orange County
  Public Schools is planning for 102 million in
  cuts and may face more.)

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District Response

• (Outline what is transpiring in your district
  here. If the School Board has fought to protect
  the arts, compliment them and ask members of the
  audience to thank them. If the schools leadership
  has gutted the arts, tell the audience members
  exactly what the impact will be and how important
  it is they advocate for the arts education. )

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The Need for Advocacy

• Florida is obligated through its Constitution to
  provide a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and
  high quality education system of free public
  schools
• Ensure that our children have access to quality
  education that will ensure their future and the
  future of the state and country.

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District-level Advocacy Agenda

• Protect equitable access and time for students to
  study the performing and visual arts
• No disproportionate cuts
• No programs eliminated

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District-level Advocacy Agenda

• (Outline the remaining key points that your ACE
  or Coalition would like the audiences help
  advocating to the school board. Provide a
  handout with contact information and the
  messages.)

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State-Level Advocacy Agenda

• Unified agenda
• Endorsed by 40 statewide and local professional,
  educational, advocacy groups, and cultural
  organizations

• Adequate funding for education
• uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high
  quality system of free public schools
• Identify and secure revenue sources
• Restore education funding
• Increase the investment in education

• Funding

• Flexibility and local control

• Class Size Amendment

• Tax exemptions

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State-Level Advocacy Agenda

• Funding

• Flexibility and local control of spending
• Allow the transfer of capital funds into the
  general fund
• Delay implementation of under-funded and
  un-funded mandates

• Flexibility and local control

• Class Size Amendment

• Tax exemptions

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State-Level Advocacy Agenda

• Funding

• Flexibility and local control

• Currently requires school-wide average
• 23 million to implement at classroom level
• Funded by shifting dollars from other categories
• Local Costs
• (Insert your schools costs here, as for example
  in Orange County implementation at the local
  level will require, over the life of the program,
  an estimated 22 elementary and 8 middle schools)

• Class Size Amendment

• Tax exemptions

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You Can Make a Difference

• Attend student performances and exhibits
• Support school board, principals, superintendents
  who support the arts
• Stay informed
• Visit www.faae.org
• Join the FAAE email list
• Join or start an ACE Coalition

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You Can Make a Difference

• Call, email or visit
• School administrators
• Florida State Representatives Senators
• U.S. Representatives Senators

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• Please join with us to
• ensure the future of arts education in Florida.