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The San Diego County Office of Education supports school districts in designing and implementing comprehensive, standards-based arts education programs for students in preschool through high school. Programs feature dance, media arts, music, theatre, and the visual arts.

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Learning Opportunities

New opportunities will be added as they are available. If you have a learning opportunity for arts educators, leaders, or students please email pauline.crooks@sdcoe.net or complete this form.

CA Arts Ed Framework Segment: Professional Learning

This section of the CA Arts Education Framework discusses professional learning needs for all arts educators.

Directing Change Program and Film Contest

The Directing Change Film Contest is for young people ages 12 to 25 that want to combine creative expression with making a difference in their communities by creating stories about mental health, suicide prevention, and other topics that matter.

La Jolla Playhouse Tech Theatre Summer Training for Educators

Come to the Tony Award winning La Jolla Playhouse for a fun filled and action packed week of professional learning intensive in technical theatre.

Play! Youth Development Theatre

Play! Youth Development Theatre addresses the youth mental health crisis through dynamic theatre-based techniques that expand social and emotional fluency.

Universal Design for Learning Design Jam

Come together with other San Diego County educators to leverage UDL as a tool for equitable practices in order to collectively remove barriers for learning for all.

West Music's California Road Show 2025 - A World Music Drumming Teaser!

Join Paul Corbiere and Melissa Blum for workshops on World Music Drumming!

Strategic Planning and Growth

Planning - whether you're looking to create one new arts education course or launch an entirely new program district-wide, the resources here will help you get started!

The following San Diego County School Districts have strategic arts education plans:

Chula Vista Elementary
Coronado Unified
Grossmont Union High
Poway Unified
Ramona Unified
Rancho Santa Fe
San Diego Unified
San Dieguito Union High
San Marcos Unified
San Pasqual Union
South Bay Elementary
Sweetwater Union High
Vista Unified

Please contact pauline.crooks@sdcoe.net if you are interested in writing a district strategic arts education plan.

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Staffing Resources

Successfully implementing effective arts education programs requires qualified and well-prepared teachers, administrators, and staff. The resources listed here can help you achieve this goal.

Partnership Opportunities

Partner with an Arts Education organization to support arts education and integration in your classrooms. If you have a partnership opportunity for arts educators, leaders, or students please email pauline.crooks@sdcoe.net or complete this form.

Arts Education Resource Organization (AERO) Directory

View a list of arts organizations prepared to support your school or district today.

Standards-based Curriculum Resources

An effective, relevant, high-quality arts education is built on the California Arts Education Standards. The resources here will help get you started.

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Professional Arts Education Associations

Visual and Performing Arts is supported by a number of local, state, and national organizations. They offer teachers and students a number of learning opportunities as well as quality resources.

Local Associations

California Music Education Association - Southern Border Section (CMEA-SBS)

State Associations

National Associations

Educational Theatre Association (EdTA)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)

Arts Education Organizations

Visual and Performing Arts is supported by a number of local, state, and national organizations. They offer teachers and students a number of learning opportunities as well as quality resources.

County Organizations

Arts Empower San Diego — A partnership between the San Diego County Office of Education and a coalition of nonprofit arts education organizations and school districts to champion arts education in San Diego schools.
Arts Education Resource Organization (AERO) - AERO is a collective of arts organizations and artists dedicated to working together to build bridges between schools and the arts community.

State Organizations

California County Superintendents - The California County Superintendents believe that all California students from every geographic region and at every socioeconomic level deserve in-depth arts learning as part of the core curriculum. The Statewide Arts Initiative works at all levels to strengthen and expand arts education in California Public Schools and increase student access to sequential, standards-based arts education through a full complement of services utilizing the statewide county office of education infrastructure. One of its key purposes is to build educator capacity to implement California Arts Standards and the Arts Education Curriculum Framework.

National Organizations

Arts Education Partnership - A national network of more than 200 organizations dedicated to advancing arts education.
Kennedy Center for the Arts - Resources and experiences that inspire, excite, and empower students and young artists, plus the tools and connections to help educators incorporate the arts into classrooms of all types.

Resources for Arts Advocates

main contacts

Pauline Crooks

Coordinator, Instr & Curr Cont

Linda Vista Campus

School: 858-295-8881

Shelby Arnett

Administrative Assistant I

Linda Vista Campus

School: 858-298-2028

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