Standards

• Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools is the primary set of curriculum standards for arts education in California.
  
• National Core Arts Standards is a useful resource that was released in June 2014, but it is not yet adopted in California.
  
• Common Core Literacy Standards in the Technical Subjects is an overlay set of literacy standards that help inform arts instruction at the secondary level (begins on page 79).
  
• California Department of Education, English Language Development Standards - corresponding set of standards to inform teacher practice in making clear the relationships between the English language and the student's other language(s)
  

Arts Education Resources 

• Media Arts Education​​
  
• CA Arts, Media Entertainment Demonstration Schools​
  
• CCSESA Arts Initiative ​
  
• Balboa Park Commons
  
• Kennedy Center Arts Edge
  
• Junior High Band​​
  

Research, Policy, and Toolkits

• Arts Education Partnership
  
• Arts Ed Search
  
• Arts Empower San Diego
  
• Americans for the Arts
  
• California Alliance for Arts Education
  
• Local Control Funding Formula Toolkit
  
• National Endowment for the Arts: Arts Education
  
• Ovation Foundation Arts Education Toolkit
  
• Art=Opportunity
  
• Yamaha: Support Ed
  

Arts Publications

You can order any of the following publications through the California Department of Education by calling 1-800-995-4099 or visit the CDE Arts Publications website.

• Challenge Standards for Student Success, Visual and Performing Arts. 1998.
• ARTS WORK: A Call for Arts Education for All California Students, 1997. The report of the Superintendent's Task Force on the Visual and Performing Arts.
• Visual and Performing Arts Framework for California Public Schools Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, 1996.
• Literature for the Visual and Performing Arts, Kindergarten Through Grade Twelve, 1996. Includes sections for dance, music, theatre, and the visual arts.
• Prelude to Performance Assessment in the Arts, 1993. This document remains a valuable resource for defining assessment issues.
  
  

​ARTSpack mailing from the San Diego County Office of Education to Districts

The ARTSpack is a resource and information packet sent via the county truck mail system to schools and reflects the spectrum of K-12 arts education, including dance, music, theatre, and visual arts, and the wide range of community arts organization services to students and educators. The mailing is directed to K-12 administrators, K-12 arts specialists, and K-6 site teacher leaders and is sent early September. ARTSpack is assembled collaboratively with the volunteer efforts of community arts organizations.​ Email katharine.bowman@sdcoe.net with any questions about the ARTSpack. 

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