The West Valley Arts Council Arts Education Program provides Arts Education Assessment, Training and Technical Assistance to school districts in western Maricopa County,

2. Goals of the Partnership
1. Guide school districts in creating
inventive and engaging arts
programs that make schools
effective places to learn.
2. Facilitate opportunities for school
leadership to understand the
value arts education as an
effective tool for meeting
instructional outcomes.
3. Empower arts educators to
become thought leaders and
mentors among their p-20
teaching peers
4. Equip certified and classified front
line staff with the skills to
effectively use arts integration
techniques to build meaningful
project based learning
experiences during the traditional
school day and during out of
school time.
Depth of Knowledge
Breadth of Perspective
Tolerance for Ambiguity
Creative and Critical Thinking
Humanities
STEM
Art

3. Buckeye Elementary SD
Buckeye Elementary School District is a
rural district . In the 2013-14
academic year the district served 900
students. The district has grown from
a “C” rated district in 2011 to a “B” in
2014.
The AEP has been working with this
district since 2013. Since that time the
district has
•Buckeye Arts Teachers contributed to
the PARCC assessment
•been a recipient of the VH1 Save the
Music Grant.
•Buckeye Music teachers are adopting
a new music curriculum
•Superintendant Kristi Sadvick was
named VHI Superintendant of the
Year 2014-15

4. Liberty Elementary District
Liberty Elementary District is a “B” rated rural district in Buckeye, AZ . Liberty
partnered with the AEP to grow their arts capacity. They will be opening their new
school, a dual immersion arts school for the 2015-16 academic year.

5. Science
Technology
Engineering
Arts & Humanities
Mathematics

7. Science In Art
ArtsTeachers at Buckeye Elementary School learn about polymers and
how the resulting creations can be used in print making and sculpture.

8. Scientist as Illustrator
Conversely, a science teacher can integrate an art experience in their
classroom helping children understand the importance of illustration in
science learning. ( art - Jan van Kessel 1650-55)

9. Math and Music
Students at Westar Elementary School
work with David Simmons from
Arizona Broadway Theater learning
that music isn’t an isolated subject but
rather a real way explore math
through song structure and lyrics.
WVAC partners had an opportunity to
learn this process directly from Mr.
Simmons at the Inter-District
Symposium in November.

10. Arts Education Partnership Packages
Assessment, Training and
Technical Assistance
Site Based Observation and
Assessment
Quality Improvement Plan
Development
Coaching and Technical
Assistance
Professional Leaning
Communities
Monthly PLC’s on STEAM
integration for arts teachers
Monthly PLC’s on STEAM
integration for non-arts
teachers
Quarterly Administrator PLCs
2 arts teacher membership to
WVAC per site
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