California Arts Project
http://csmp.ucop.edu/tcap/
The California Arts Project (TCAP) is the state’s subject matter project in Visual and Performing Arts. TCAP’s central mission is to deepen teachers’ knowledge of dance, music, theatre, and visual art, to enhance student success pre-kindergarten through post-secondary, and develop instructional strategies to support the Visual & Performing Arts Content Standards For California Public Schools, and the state VAPA Framework. TCAP’s regional sites throughout the state offer a variety of professional development programs that work in partnership with schools, districts, County Offices of Education, and arts organizations, to ensure the highest quality arts instruction for all students.
The California Arts Project offers a number of programs year-round. Please check with the regional site near you for current or upcoming programs.
TCAP, and its regional professional development centers have extensive year-round professional development and leadership programs and support services for teachers, administrators, schools, and districts focused on supporting a high-quality standards-based arts education for every student.
California Alliance for Arts Education
http://www.artsed411.org/index.htm
The California Alliance for Arts Education promotes, supports, and advocates visual and performing arts education for preschool through post-secondary students in California schools (click here for CAAE Statements of Belief).
The California Alliance for Arts Education and its member organizations:
- Facilitate a statewide arts education information network
- Advocate for statewide policies to ensure that every student benefits from an arts education
- Educate state and local policymakers and parent organizations about the benefits of the arts as integral to a complete education
- Recognize student achievement in the arts and promote arts education excellence in California schools
- Develop strategies to ensure standards-based instruction and professional development of qualified teachers and artists
- Initiate collaborations with local, state, and national arts and education agencies to develop programs and resources
California Arts Council
http://www.cac.ca.gov/
The California Arts Council works for a broad public understanding of, and appreciation for, the positive impact the arts play in enriching cultural, economic, and intellectual life in our communities and schools.
The California Arts Council is a state agency governed by an 11-member policy-setting council appointed by the Governor and the Legislature to advance the state through the arts and creativity. Council members and professional staff have experience and expertise in the arts, creative industries, education, community development, state and local government, and the nonprofit and for profit sectors.
The California Arts Council encourages widespread public participation in, and appreciation of, the arts and creative endeavors. The agency helps build strong arts organizations at the local and statewide level, directly supports arts programs for all citizens, assists with the professional development of arts leaders, supports arts education in schools in all areas of the state, and promotes awareness of the value of the arts. The California Arts Council does this by administering a number of competitive grant programs and special initiatives, collecting and disseminating information, and assisting organizations and individuals.
California Learning Resource Network (CLRN)
http://www.clrn.org/
CLRN makes it easy for you to find the standards-aligned software, video, and Internet learning resources you need. CLRN experts have identified, reviewed, and organized hundreds of Electronic learning Resources (ELRs) in a searchable database that allows you to compare key features of selected resources. The Web Information Links (WILs) let you search or browse hundreds of free primary, secondary, and reference resources. Electronic Learning Assessment Resources (ELARs) are data management programs that simplify delivery, aggregation, and disaggregation of assessment data.
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