Download the SCEA Instructional Resource Catalog which includes prints of artworks in regional museums, and numerous discipline-based units of study based on works of art, dance, music, and theatre that provide strategies for aesthetic, historical, and critical inquiry, as well as production activities.

SCEA is one of 50 model programs reflecting national best practices in arts education highlighted in Designing the Arts Learning Community: A Handbook for K-12 Professional Development Planners.

SCEA PROFILED IN DANA FOUNDATION PUBLICATION

SCEA is among twelve higher-education institutions profiled in the Dana Foundation’s publication Transforming Arts Teaching: The Role of Higher Education. The book examines innovations in arts-teacher training and features the proceedings from Dana’s 2007 national symposium that examined ways in which colleges and universities can enhance arts learning. It is available free from the Dana Foundation.

Gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation for the numerous art forms comprising television can strengthen students' abilities to perceive and interpret visual symbols, stories and messages in our increasingly complex media-saturated society. This 121-page Framework was authored for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation by Kim Wheetley (SCEA director) and Cyrice Griffith-Siebens. It provides background and instructional strategies to actively engage students in exploring the artistic processes utilized to create and electronically communicate visual stories.

GT JAMS MUSIC & MOVEMENT PLAYBOOK

Children move and play on the playground to their own beat. With GameTime's GT Jams playground instruments, they can move in new and creative ways as they explore music and movement outdoors. Susanne Burgess (SCEA director of music education) designed and wrote GT Jams Music & Movement Playbook. Linked to national standards in physical education and music, the program provides activities for children to explore the creative arts while being physically active on the playground.

From 1996-2001, SCEA was one of six regional sites in the Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge, a research initiative of the Annenberg Foundation and Getty Trust, providing intensive professional development to 35 partner schools in seven states. Consortium members explored, assessed, and documented ways in which intensive professional development, comprehensive arts education, and systemic school reform could transform schools.

Improving Instruction in the Arts
TETAC focused on how to improve the curricula and instruction in the arts to increase student learning in the arts and their status with core subject areas. Lessons learned:
– curricula in arts must be comprehensive
– instruction in the arts is best designed around a theme
– teachers need to use inquiry-based strategies
– teachers need to know the arts and inquiry-based techniques
– student learning in the arts must be quantified

Integrating the Arts Into the School Curriculum
TETAC explored ways to synchronize education in the arts with general curriculum reform, particularly with interdisciplinary studies. Lessons learned:
– learning in the arts must be meaningful
– the status of arts specialists must be elevated
– better tools must be developed to assess arts learning in integrated settings

Changing the School Culture To Support the Arts
TETAC looked at ways to make the school culture supportive of the arts in the curriculum. Lessons learned:
– collaborative planning must be nurtured
– self-reflection is vital to improving professional practice
– students must be considered collaborators
– assessment of student learning must be more holistic
– effective professional improvement efforts must be ongoing and focused

The Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge Report contains an Executive Summary, Complete Report, Lessons Learned, and Curriculum Guidelines.