Please review this draft of the re-visioned NC Professional Teaching Standards for specialty areas (Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts) and also the elementary and middle grades requirements and provide feedback to Dr. Kathy Sullivan (ksulliva@dpi.state.nc.us) by September 12, 2008.

Please share with your colleagues and anyone you think might be interested in reviewing them and send their feedback to Kathy by Friday, September 12th. The plan is to take the standards to the State Board of Education for discussion in October and final approval in November.

Please note:

1. The specialty area standards are addressed as 3b of the Teacher Standards.

2. Middle Grades programs must address the generic middle grades standards as well as the English/LA, math, science, or social studies standards for middle grades.

3. Secondary Education programs must address the generic secondary education standards as well as the English/LA, math, science, or social studies standards for secondary grades.

4. CTE programs must address the common CTE standards AND the standards specific to the CTE area (AG, BITE, FACS, etc.)

5. Kathy will still need to edit the standards for consistency across them (e.g., do we use the term teacher or candidate throughout...consistency in headings after standards, etc.) She also needs to finish the chart that shows the standards across the grade levels.

Thank you for your assistance in reviewing these standards!

"North Carolina's goal is to prepare students to be successful in the 21st century, and that includes arts education," said Dr. June St. Clair Atkinson, Superintendent of Public Instruction.

NCDPI ARTS EDUCATION UPDATE August 22, 2008
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The extended entry below includes archived editions of the NCDPI Update.

Overview of the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Framework:
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“The guiding mission of the North Carolina State Board of Education is that every public school student will graduate from high school globally competitive for work and postsecondary education and prepared for life in the 21st century.”

http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/music/archives/2007/10/ncdpi_arts_educ_3.php

For further information about employment opportunities, you may wish to contact individual school systems and visit WORK FOR NC SCHOOLS
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/work4ncschools/ -This site pulls together a wealth of information to help people on their way to employment in NC schools.

Please visit the NCDPI Arts Education Update archives for current professional development opportunities:
http://community.learnnc.org/dpi/music/archives/2007/10/ncdpi_arts_educ_3.php

The ARTS EDUCATION COORDINATORS OF NC met on September 21, 2007 in Raleigh, NC.

The next meeting will be held April 18, 2008 in New Bern, NC (co-hosted by Craven and Pamlico Counties).

The fall meeting will take place September 26, 2008 at Meredith Collge, Raleigh, NC.

Stay tuned to this website or contact Christie Lynch for more information.

Continue below to access links to materials that were shared at the September 2007 meeting.

If you have not already done so, you may wish to consider joining associations for your discipline. Professional journals, conferences, and opportunities to collaborate and share ideas with other arts educators are just a few of the reasons to join!

In November 2004, the State Board of Education approved standards to be used for all honors courses effective with the 2005-2006 school year as a result of State Board of Education Policy HSP-L-004.

Based on surveys and data from the field, the arts education SCS did not have any significant revisions during the 2005-2006 revision cycle. The only minor change that took place was the addition of AP courses to the SCS. The next revision cycle is scheduled to take place in 2010.

Keep informed through the NCDPI Arts Education Listserv Weekly Update to find out how you can serve on an arts education revision/writing committee and/or provide input and feedback to drafts of the Standard Course of Study during the next revision cycle. For more information, or to join the listserv, please contact Christie Lynch.

Arts Education K-12: North Carolina Public and Charter Schools (2007) is a summary of the most up to date information regarding arts education programs in North Carolina schools. It includes information from all available sources including the NC Statistical Profile, Surveys, Public Policy and School Law, and other resources. This document is available through NCDPI publications (http://www.ncpublicschools.org/publications). For more information, please contact Christie Lynch, Arts Education Consultant, NCDPI.

State Board of Education members approved a Future-Ready Core Course of Study (June 2007), which affects the entering freshmen class of 2009-2010. The 21 required units (beginning with the entering class of 2010) include 6 elective units, two of which must be any combination of Career Technical Education, Arts Education or Second Language. (Students entering a UNC-system college or university must complete two units of credit in a second language).