Model Arts Program Network History
The Model Arts Program Network (M.A.P. Network) provides a school district
self-study, self-assessment and planning process for establishing quality,
standards-based arts education programs for all students. The 22
participating school districts are funded through the California Department
of Education ARTS WORK Grant program. The network activities are the result
of collaboration between the school districts, the California Department of
Education, the California Alliance for Arts Education, the California Arts
Council, and The California Arts Project.
The network partners developed arts program self-study resources and then
used them locally to help guide arts education program implementation. The
resulting self-assessment toolkit represents a journey; it is not intended to
prescribe a path. In developing and sustaining dynamic school-based arts
education programs, a self-assessment and planning process helps reveal
success, identify needs, and create further questions. The participating
districts are finding that the self-assessment process results in meeting the
goal of enabling the young people in California public schools to learn in
and through the arts leading to fulfilling and productive, creative and
expressive lives.
Each district in the network made a commitment to develop standards-based
arts education programs in dance, music, theatre, and visual arts. This
includes comprehensive curriculum and instruction in the arts, a long-range
arts program implementation plan, and collaborative agreements with, for
example, outside consultants, arts education providers, arts organizations,
arts and arts related business and industry, artists, parents and volunteers.
Why is the work of the M.A.P Network important? It makes explicit a broad
vision of education in the arts. It brings understanding to the local school
communities regarding the delivery of arts programs and the improvement of
student learning in the arts. The network activities build on the CDE’s
Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools,
Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve (1996) and will help all school districts
move toward providing standards-based arts program in alignment with the
State Board of Education adopted Content Standards in the Visual and
Performing Arts (2001). The primary goal of this project is to provide
outstanding arts education programs for all California students at each grade
level by connecting school districts to their entire community of thinkers,
learners, and arts providers and to arts education communities throughout the
state.
Contact: Beth Mott, M.A.P. Program Coordinator
California Alliance for Arts Education
P.O. Box 583
San Luis Obispo, CA 93406
Phone: 805-543-7072
Fax: 805-543-7072
Beth@...
