University/School Arts Education Partnerships and Curriculum-Based Model Programs: A Study of the Sustainability of ArtsBridge America
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2012-12-06
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Vandervoort, Thea
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Abstract
Collaborations and partnerships between universities and the K-12 public school
system have the potential to significantly impact the availability of arts education. Due to
funding challenges and almost non-existent district-level support for arts education, inschool
and highly replicable model programs like ArtsBridge America, a national
network of twenty-two university outreach programs in thirteen states, are currently being
developed to address the lack of arts education in the majority of our nation’s public
schools. In order to ensure the long-term success of these types of programs, elements of
administrative, financial, and longitudinal sustainability must be uncovered and
addressed. It is essential to focus on key elements for sustainable and long-term model
arts education programs for K-12 schools like shared leadership, parent and community
involvement, multiple and varied funding sources, and professional development in arts
education for K-12 teachers. Through an assessment of the sustainability of the
ArtsBridge America program, this study seeks to discover the strengths and weaknesses
of this model so that research outcomes may be applied to benefit other university/school
collaborations and also to nonprofit community arts outreach programs. This project
expands current understanding of arts education programming and explains necessary
elements of sustainability for a model arts education program like ArtsBridge America so
that programs of this nature may proliferate successfully.
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153 pages