Powerful Family and Community Engagement
Implement strong family and community engagement programs that build leadership capacity and value and draw upon community funds of knowledge to inform, support, and enhance visual and performing arts teaching and learning for each specific group of students.
Overview for Principle 7: Powerful Family and Community Engagement
Planning Tool for Principle 7: Powerful Family and Community Engagement
Around the state of California, students and teachers, schools and communities, are rising to the challenge of creating high-quality arts education, often in very difficult circumstances. Below are some examples of powerful family and community engagement.
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| School/District |
Description |
Online resource |
Contact information |
| Meadows Arts and Technology Elementary School (MATES) |
MATES students develop meaningful skills in social and academic realms, with the opportunity to develop an awareness of their innate artistic and creative abilities through an arts and technology focus. The curriculum was created by a committee of staff, parents, and working professionals. |
Click Here To View Web site |
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| Alameda County Alliance for the Arts |
Watch the video called 100 Families and learn about parent organizing and resources. |
Click Here To View Video
Click Here To View Web site
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Click Here for Team Contact Page |
| San Juan Arts Community |
Through the work of the San Juan Arts Community, a variety of programs enrich arts education in San Juan. Programs include an art docent program, middle school band clinic, theatrical society, Latino Dreams club, and National Art Honor society. The Web site includes resources, newsletters, multimedia, news, and events. |
Click Here To View Web site |
Craig Faniani
cfaniani@sanjuan.edu |
| Grizzly Hill School |
A small, rural school in San Juan Ridge demonstrates success in the arts. Grizzly Hill School (K-8) is the only school in California to be featured in the AEP’s report on arts success in at-risk schools, “Third Space: When Learning Matters.” |
Click Here To View PDF |
Robert Bullwinkel
bbullwinkel@fcoe.k12.ca.us |
Walnut Elementary Education Center
Turlock Unified |
Short video highlighting how Walnut Elementary teacher-leaders work together with administrators to engage families and infuse the arts throughout all curriculum. |
Click Here To View Video |
Mark Holmes
MHolmes@turlock.k12.ca.us
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| San Diego Unified |
Short video description of standards-based professional development for teachers delivered by teaching artists. |
Click Here To View Video |
Ron Jessee
ronarts@sdcoe.net |
| Buellton Union School District |
Short video highlight honoring Ron Zell, teacher of the year, who shares his thoughts and ideas on integrating the arts. |
Click Here To View Video |
Ron Zell
rzell@buelltonusd.org |
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Thorner Elementary School
Thorner Elementary School's curriculum is based upon the California Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards, as found in the Visual and Performing Arts Framework, 2004. |
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Monson-Sultana
In 1994, the new superintendent, Mr. Tom Giampietro, saw that the band program was less than satisfactory for this small school district. |
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Capistrano Unified School District - The MITRE Project
District middle school visual arts teachers met monthly for three hours after school throughout a year to create a standards-based curriculum for our students that would have clear goals. |
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