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STARS
Sequential Thematic Arts Reaching all Schools
In fall 2006, the Larkspur School District and Youth in Arts began developing a comprehensive model arts education program that will provide students with arts learning experiences building from grade level to grade level and connecting with California state standards for Visual And Performing Arts. This program is now known as STARS - Sequential Thematic Arts Reaching all Schools.
Utilizing seed funds from the Corte Madera Larkspur Community Schools Foundation and the Marin Community Foundation, Youth in Arts will focus on the visual arts component of STARS for academic year 2007-08. Major funding for the fully realized Visual And Performing Arts Curriculum and Instruction Program is pending Spring, 2008. As funding allows, STARS will gradually incorporate new program elements, with the full program of Music, Dance, Theater and New Media beginning in 2010.
Results from February’s School Wide Arts Surveys (completed by both parents and teachers) indicated a strong interest in creating sustainable multidisciplinary arts learning programs. In March, Youth in Arts provided districtwide training for teachers in Arts Integration techniques (see May District newsletter). In May, at the STARS Community Arts Planning evening, stakeholders including administrators, board members, teachers, parents and art providers, developed goals for a Five Year Vision Plan. These goals will be used to create assessment tools for the program with Project Evaluator Dr. Liz Lindsely.
| YOUTH IN ARTS |
TEACHER |
STUDENTS |
COMMUNITY |
| Articulated K-8 Standards-Based Arts Curriculum |
Ongoing Teacher Development in Arts Education |
Students as Artists & A Celebration of Student Art Work |
Arts as a Catalyst for Learning, with dedicated Visual Arts Facilities |
With input from the Superintendent, Principals and Lead Teams, this academic year, the following visual arts program 2007-08 will include:
K-5th grade - 12 Visual Arts Sessions for each student led by YIA Mentor Artists
6th–8th grade - 16 Visual Arts Sessions for each student led by YIA Mentor Artists
Increased Professional Development for YIA Mentor Artists
Intensive Artist Teacher inservices with curricula mapping and linked arts experiences
Each unit culminating with documented and assessed curricula
Increased communication between Teachers and Artists in the classroom
Development of Parent Art Volunteers Program- Guerilla Art Parents
Assessment & development of classroom art boxes and mobile art carts
Development of Arts Resource Library
Celebration of student art work at Marin County Fair Youth in Arts Day
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