Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education Fall Forum:
Higher Education + the Arts 2004

 Mobilizing a Commitment to Action:

A Discussion of Key Issues in Arts Education 

October 7- 8, 2004
Eagle Ridge Conference Center
Raymond, Mississippi 

 

H.E. + Arts

features

• Opening reception Thursday night with food/entertainment

• Panel with Q/A time

• Topic sessions on Key Issues

• Regional matrix meetings to create local partnerships among arts advocates

•  Mobile building by participants

•  Student art and music

•  Check the pulse of arts education in the U.S. and Mississippi

Key Question: How do we use all of the resources in and around a community to ensure access to excellent and comprehensive arts education in Mississippis schools? 

Target Participants: This forum seeks to create an intersection and engagement of supporters of arts in the schools; arts and education faculty and administrators in higher education; public school administrators; public school teachers; museum, gallery and performing arts organization officials; arts council officers and members; teaching artists; graduate students in education and arts education; and arts administrators.

H.E. + Arts Forum Content: Discussion will center around 6 Key Issues affecting arts education and education today: Advocacy/Policy, Partnerships and Collaborations, Assessment, Standards, Evaluation and Research, and Professional Development.

Large Group Sessions

Mobilizing a Commitment to Action:

Panelists representing higher education, public education, arts education, national arts agencies, and instructional approaches will present their ideas about how education is successful when partnerships are created among groups that share parts of the same goal.

Highlights of MAAE Services and Programs:

Learn what makes this award-winning organization tick and why they receive recognition and grants from the Kennedy Center and the Mississippi Arts Commission, including the 2003 Governors Award for Excellence in Arts Education. Includes Community Audits, Professional Development, State Awards and support of the state Visual and Performing Arts Framework.

 Small Group Key Issue Vision Sessions

Advocacy/Policy: All K12 students are required to study all the arts as core subjects. This vision is endorsed and supported by policymakers and community leaders who provide the resources needed to have highly qualified educators (individual arts specialists, classroom teachers, and teaching artists) teach and assess student learning in and through the arts. Local, state, and national organizations all play critical and complementary roles in advancing this vision.

Partnerships and Collaborations: Collaborating organizations establish sound and mutually beneficial partnerships that ensure effective and sustainable arts education policies, funding, and programming.

Assessment: Students experience a wide range of authentic assessment measures that enable them to demonstrate the breadth of their learning in the arts. Authentic assessment, both qualitative and quantitative, leads to improved understanding of the role of the arts in learning. 

Standards: Policymakers provide resources and leadership to incorporate arts into K12 education, curriculum frameworks, and course requirements to advance quality learning in and through the arts.

Evaluation and Research: Community-based organizations, advocates, and educators at all levels understand and use relevant research to improve the policy and practice of arts education.

Professional Development: Schools and cultural organizations encourage and provide high-quality professional development for arts specialists, teaching artists, K12 classroom teachers, and administrators to impact classroom practice and student achievement.

Meeting Space

Eagle Ridge Conference Center - Raymond, MS
South of I-55 on Highway 18
(Turn left at the 4-way stop across from Hinds County Community College)
 

Accommodations

Overnight hotel accommodations for Thursday evening are available at Eagle Ridge. For information, please call (601) 857-3626 or e-mail: pdykes@hindscc.edu. Individuals are responsible for the cost of their own hotel rooms.

The mission of the Mississippi Alliance for Arts Education is to advocate for high quality, comprehensive and sequential arts education for all Mississippi students.

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The goals of MAAE are to:

        serve as a common source of information and point of interaction concerning arts education for K-12 and higher education units, community and professional arts groups, the Department of Education and the Mississippi Arts Commission 

        raise the awareness of the general public concerning arts education issues 

        provide opportunities for collaboration and build partnerships among arts organizations

         cultivate legislative and governmental connections that promote the arts 

        recognize and celebrate excellence in arts education throughout the state

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Registration for the Forum

Registration is due by October 1, 2004. All fees must be paid in advance in order for meals to be reserved. All registration fees include breakfast and lunch on October 8.

Payment Method

• Please make check payable to MAAE.
• MAAE does not accept credit cards.

 Registration Fees

• $ 10 University student (verify status with copy of school identification card)
• $ 20 Current individual member of MAAE
• $ 30 Individual non-member of MAAE
  (includes a 1-year membership in the Alliance; not applicable toward renewal)

• $ 60 Organization (arts councils, school districts, museums, etc)
   Registration for 2 representatives of the organization to attend the forum

 REGISTRATION INFORMATION

To register on-line, click here.

If you would like to print a mail-in registration form, click here for a form in Word format  or click here for pdf format

Name____________________________________________________________________________
                            This name will appear on your nametag.
Title_____________________________________________________________________________
 

Organization Name________________________________________________________________

Organization Type:      ___ School District  ___ Arts Council    ___ Cultural Organization 

___ Educational Organization  ___ College/University  ___ Other, please specify

 Address_________________________________________________________________________

 City ____________________________________________ State _____ Zip _____________

 Telephone _________________________________________FAX__________________________

 Email____________________________________________________________________________

 Is this your first H.E. + Arts Forum?  Yes _____ No _____

 Are you a member of the MAAE?  Yes _____ No _____                 

 Will you attend the reception Thursday evening, October 7, 2004?

  ______ Yes   ______ No

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