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MAEA Art Advocacy
As a teacher, you are in a unique position to bear witness to the extraordinary richness that the arts can lend to your classroom. That makes you an ideal advocate for arts education.
Think about the last time you experienced the power of the arts in your classroom. Perhaps a struggling student blossomed while creating a piece of visual art. Or maybe your class made an authentic connection to their history when they wrote and performed a play about civil rights.
Advocacy often has a lofty connotation, and is assumed to be the domain of lobbyists, non-profit organizations, and policymakers. As a result, teachers tend to underestimate their own potential role—and power—as advocates.
Advocacy is really nothing more than influence—and teachers have ample opportunity to influence parents, peers, school boards, and administrators. No matter whom you are attempting to persuade, the key is to make them active partners in your mission.
adapted from Exercise Your Influence for the Arts By Barbara Shepherd
Join us for Fine Arts Education Day, March 16, 2011
The
MO Arts Council and the MO Alliance for Arts Education partner to
host this
event.
The purpose of the day is to enhance public awareness of the importance
of the fine arts in
our schools. Your presence will help bring the arts to
the forefront in Jefferson City.
Missouri Alliance for Arts Education Website
Missouri Alliance for Arts Education Statement on the Arts
Art Advocacy Websites:
Visual Arts Career Guide National PTA Arts in Education
MSIP Standards & Indicators Americans for the ARTS
Arts Education Partnership/Critical Links ArtsEdge
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Missouri
Citizens for the Arts
Americans
for the Art
Advocacy Strategies form Teaching Arts. Org
New Horizons for Learning/Arts in Education
The Mississippi Arts Commission Whole School Initiative *
Downloadable
interdisciplinary lesson plans *
*New
February '06
How To
Contact News Media
General
releases, fact sheets, advisories, press kits, developing /organizing list of
recipients, follow-up.
Includes links to TV and newspapers.
*
http://www.chevron.com/about/programs/pub-relations/media.shtml
* http://www.newspaperlinks.com/voyager.cfm
* http://newsdirectory.com/
Research
Articles
If you have an article to share please contact us.
Learning, Arts and the Brain.pdf
Study of State Arts Education/Arts Education Makes a Difference in Missouri Schools.pdf
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