Timeline
The following list chronicles when ongoing SCEA events were established and when major changes took place.
1988
Founding of visual art institute with a grant from Getty Center for Education in the Arts
Founding of music and theatre institutes with a grant from Lyndhurst Foundation
Creation of Lyndhurst Chair of Excellence in Arts Education
Hiring of music, theatre, and visual art directors and support staff
Collaboration with Hunter Museum of American Art to create poster reproductions
1989
Establishment of district consortium for planning with contacts from participating school districts
Awarding of competitive grants to teachers and schools for innovative projects
First three-week summer institutes in music, theatre, and visual art
First follow up site visits to participating schools
First one-day fall and spring renewal workshops
1990
First two-day summer administrators institute
First one-week summer renewal institutes in music, theatre, and visual art
First SCEA video
Development of a culminating DBAE course at UTC as part of a 12-hour sequence for elementary education majors
1991
Hiring of first Southeast Center director
First artists training workshop for Allied Arts of Greater Chattanooga
First Centerpoint newsletter
1992
First collaborative programming for summer one-week renewal institutes in music, theatre, and visual art
Participating schools required to submit and update five-year long-range plans
First music docent program for Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Association Guild and Cleveland Symphony Guild
Consultation on building design and education program for Creative Discovery Museum
1993
New York City excursion for Chattanooga teachers
Condensation of three-week summer institutes in music, theatre, and visual art to two weeks
Founding of first satellite institute in Savannah
Invitational strategic planning meetings for visual art and theatre
Establishment of endowment fund with challenge grant from National Endowment for the Arts
1994
Invitational strategic planning meeting in music
Invitational conference on discipline-based music education
Theatre docent project with Chattanooga Theatre Centre and Arts & Education Council
Cultural Olympiad Regional Designation Award
1995
First SCEA website
Founding of second and third satellite institutes in Atlanta and Montgomery
Writing of DBAE frameworks for dance, music, theatre, visual art, and multi-arts
Invitational conference on discipline-based theatre education
First summer multi-arts institute with participants rotating through music, theatre, and visual art sessions
Invitational discipline-based arts education theory development symposium in Park City, Utah
National Endowment for the Arts grant for poster reproductions of works from Hunter Museum of American Art, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, New Orleans Museum of Art, and Telfair Museum of Art Association with National Arts Education Consortium to conduct five-year Annenberg/ Getty Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge (TETAC) project
1997
Selection of six regional TETAC partner schools
First TETAC leadership academy
Founding of fourth satellite institute in New Orleans
First catalog of instructional materials
Children's Theatre Foundation of America Medallion award
1998
Development of first CD-ROM for Aires 12: Mission to Mars unit of study
1999
Development of Transcendent Voices: The Work of Artists in Isolation unit to prepare for Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time at UTC Contemporary Music Symposium
2000
Think tank on theatre teacher education in collaboration with American Alliance for Theatre and Education
Condensation of two-week summer music, theatre, and visual art institutes to one week and addition of first dance institute
First distance learning theatre education course with University of Texas at Austin
Second SCEA video
Development of television series "The Arts In Every Classrooom" for the Annenberg/CPB Channel
2001
Taping of television programs for A/CPB "The Arts In Every Classroom" series
2002
Move to new offices at 723 McCallie
Launch of new expanded website
Focus on arts integration
Publication of Transforming Education Through the Arts Challenge final report
2003
Tennessee Governor's Award for Arts Leadership
Three one-week summer workshops on Arts Integration in the Elementary and Middle Classroom
Beginning of Arts Integration course for UTC education majors
Development of A/CPB "Connecting With the Arts" television series and website
2004
Two one-week summer workshops on Arts Integration and Arts Exploration
Year-long professional development onsite in Covington, TN for faculty of Covington Integrated Arts Academy
Development of A/CPB "The Art of Teaching the Arts" television series and website
2005
• Arts Integration & Reading Workshop in Chattanooga; Macon, GA; and Albany, GA
• Arts Exploration Workshop in Chattanooga
• Year-long professional development onsite in Macon, GA for faculties of Vineville Academy of the Arts, Miller Magnet Middle School, and Central High School
2006
• Presentations at Tennessee Arts Commission's Arts Education Summit Conference
• One-week Arts Exploration & Integration Workshop
• On-site arts integration workshops at Stonebridge Academy in Fayetteville, TN
and Grassland Middle School in Franklin, TN
• Hiring of dance director
2007
Collaboration with United Way's Project Ready for School
Consultant to Arts Education Partnership for Ford Foundation's Integrating the Arts and Education Reform iniative
Center profile included in Dana Foundation's book Transforming Arts Teaching: The Role of Higher Education
