On behalf of the County Superintendents of the State of California, we are pleased to introduce the California Arts Advocacy Toolkit for K-12 Education developed by the Monterey County Office of Education as part of the CCSESA Arts Initiative and the Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) Visual and Performing Arts Subcommittee.
The California County Superintendents Education Services Association (CCSESA) is an organization consisting of the County Superintendents of Schools from the 58 counties in California working in partnership with the California Department of Education. The Curriculum and Instruction Steering Committee (CISC) is a subcommittee of CCSESA, consisting of county office associate superintendents, focusing on curriculum, instruction, and professional development. The Visual and Performing Arts Subcommittee includes regional arts leads representing all eleven service regions geared at strengthening support and service in arts education to California school districts. Through the CCSESA Arts Initiative and the CISC VAPA Subcommittee and county superintendents and their staffs are building capacity to advocate and increase visibility for arts education in California public schools. One area of this work is in the development and development of K-12 arts education curriculum resources aligned to the Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools.
This project was developed by Hamish Tyler, Regional Arts Lead for Monterey County Office of Education in consultation with Armanasco Public Relations, Inc. Also, we extend a special thanks to Patty Taylor, CCSESA Arts Consultant, and the CCSESA/CISC Visual and Performing Arts Regional Leads who provided input for this project. It is our hope that this will be a tool that will be used by school, district, county office educators, as well as other community members to help advocate for K-12 arts education as part of the comprehensive core curriculum. We encourage you to use these tools to help “tell the story” of why dance, music, theatre, and visual arts are essential for ALL students.
Sarah Anderberg,
Director, CCSESA Arts Initiative
California County Superintendents Educational Services AssociationFrancisca Sanchez,
Chair, Visual and Performing Arts Subcommittee
Associate Superintendent, San Francisco Unified School District
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