The Arts Learning Anchor School Initiative is an arts integration initiative creating arts focused professional development networks developing instructional leadership at the district, school, and classroom levels to recognize and address the needs of teachers, administrators and coaches seeking arts learning development. At the heart of the initiative are school-based arts integrative collaborations between instructional leaders, classroom teachers, teaching artists, students, parents and the community at large. These collaborations spark new approaches and model true success in contemporary public school education.
Arts Learning Anchor Schools utilize frameworks and tools in the arts to expand the scope of quality teaching, learning and assessment in order to improve student success. These school also expand arts learning experiences and integrate arts into the core curriculum, to grow strong communities, schools, and students.
How Does It Work?
The Arts Learning Anchor School Initiative creates professional teaching and learning networks to play a critical role in school and district instructional improvement and reform efforts. School sites are identified at the district level through a rigorous selection process as leadership models for arts learning, where new and established arts partnerships are leveraged to create a model for a school-based, arts-focused professional teaching and learning community.