partners in excellence

 

Guiding principles

Partners in Excellence grows out of the National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts’ longstanding commitment to providing leadership to the arts education community. In carrying out this initiative we will:

• endorse the concept of partnership as a viable arts education model
• continue to encourage community arts education organizations to develop partnerships with public schools
• respect the complementary nature of effective partnerships
• continue our commitment to quality arts education for all children and youth, in school and after school
• provide leadership in establishing or endorsing criteria which address issues of programmatic quality
• encourage partnership programs which address the national, state and local standards in arts education
• advocate the importance of curricula which include discrete, skills-based arts instruction and arts integration based on fundamentally shared processes in the arts and other disciplines
• support training and professional development for teachers and artists alike and team teaching wherever appropriate
• support diverse assessment techniques which measure teaching and learning against rigorous standards

• promote partnerships that expect to achieve enduring, positive changes in people, attitudes, values, systems and institutions.

 

more information about partners in Excellence 

• Description
• The Conference
• The Partnerships
• The Training Institute

 

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