1. ARTS IN EDUCATION SURVEY THEMES How sharing best practices and collaborating with the community can help to overcome shared obstacles

2. “If for no other reason, art education will make students more visually literate and that will continue to be an important kind of intelligence for young people to acquire and hone.” “Creative thinking and exploration supports the processes of ‘thinking outside the box’ which aids in problem solving, confidence, and communicative skills.” ONE THING IS CERTAIN…LEHIGH VALLEY ARTS EDUCATORS UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR WORK (95% BELIEVE THAT ART EDUCATION IS ESSENTIAL TO LEARNING IN OTHER SUBJECT AREAS)… …and support their students’ artistic endeavors (80% present exhibits or performances that are open to the community)…

3. “We used to take three but our funding was cut”… “We may not have the funds for even one trip this year”… “One if we are lucky”… BUT AS BUDGET CUTS HAVE MEANT 1 OR LESS FIELD TRIPS FOR 75% OF ARTS PROGRAMS… …art educators need now, more than ever, to think outside the box and utilize these low cost, but effective, means to broaden the impact of art in your students’ worlds…

4. “We write in all curriculum areas. We use writing to explain understanding as well to explore possibilities!” “I work with social studies teachers on incorporating music into their classes and research into mine” “I have collaborated with the science and history department in relation to their subject in order to connect art projects to covered ideas and objectives” COLLABORATE TO WRITE CURRICULUM ACROSS SUBJECT AREAS (40% OR EDUCATORS ARE ALREADY BENEFITING FROM COLLABORATION)…

5. Muhlenberg Center for the Arts…State Theatre…Allentown Museum of Art…Mayfair…Allentown Symphony…DeSales University performances…public concerts - community bands in parks…Lehigh Arts Alliance events and workshops…First Fridays in Bethlehem …faculty art show at the Baum School…Mock Turtle Marionette Theatre…PA Youth Theatre… MARKET, ADVERTISE, AND ENCOURAGE YOUR STUDENTS TO ATTEND THE VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS EVENTS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL THAT OVER 75% OF ARTS EDUCATORS ATTEND…

6. “Debra Dick came and taught Calligraphy. IT WAS WONDERFUL!!” “At East Hills, the three art teachers plan a day with Kutztown University where all 8th graders work with Kutztown students (studying to be art teachers) on projects…. The response from the 8th grade students is amazing! They love it!...It's great for Kutztown students, as well.” “Each year or every other year there has been an artist and residency at our elementary school” INVOLVE YOUR STUDENTS IN ARTIST RESIDENCY OR COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS (44% ALREADY DO)…

7. “We do not have an active PTO” “I have not heard one way or another if they support or not” “[Support] is dependent on their funds” AND A HUGE THANKS GOES OUT TO THE 48.5% OF LEHIGH VALLEY PTOS/PTAS THAT TIRELESSLY SUPPORT THEIR SCHOOLS ARTS PROGRAMS… …BUT SINCE MANY ART EDUCATORS DO NOT RECEIVE THE SUPPORT, OR ARE UNAWARE OF ANY SUPPORT OF THE PTO/PTA (52%)… …you may be the only artistic outlet or the only path to the world of arts in your students’ lives…

8. MENC…PMEA…ACDA…Easton State Theater…Allentown Symphony…Allentown Art Museum…ArtsQuest…Lehigh Valley Arts Council…Lehigh Valley Couturiere Society…Chasonnette Theatre Company…Bach Choir… …LOOK TO PARTICIPATE IN AN ARTS ORGANIZATIONS TO CONTINUE TO BE ABREAST OF WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE COMMUNITY…AS 25% OF YOU DO…

9. …OUR HOPE IS THAT YOU UTILIZE THIS WORKSHOP AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO FURTHER COLLABORATE AND SHARE BEST PRACTICES. THE LEHIGH VALLEY ARTS COUNCIL IS HAPPY TO ASSIST IN FACILITATING THAT COLLABORATION. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.