Program Solicitation: NEA Arts Teachers Institutes

The National Endowment for the Arts’ (Endowment) goal of providing leadership in arts education is a critical challenging element of its public portfolio. New initiatives in this domain focus on the development and assessment of a small number of pilot model projects intended to raise the quality and quantity of arts education and revise program designs through feedback provided by rigorous evaluations. Currently, this initiative includes the Institute for School Leaders and the Summer School in the Arts Initiative. From the pilot summer schools program, the Endowment has already learned a great deal about the challenge of introducing pre and post assessment tools and identifying learning outcomes in the field of out-of-school arts instruction. The Endowment is also conscious of the need for arts teachers across the nation for quality professional development tied to the teaching of sequential, standards-based, content rich curriculum in their classroom. This initiative, the NEA Arts Teacher Institutes, will address both of these issues as part of a strategic triangle focusing on children and youth, school leaders, and now, teachers and artist-teachers themselves.

The following changes are made to PROGRAM SOLICITATION PS 04-08 for a Cooperative Agreement for a program of NEA ARTS TEACHERS INSTITUTES. The deadline for receipt of proposals is extended to October 29, 2004. Paragraph III.A in SECTION III - ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION is changed to read as follows: III.A Eligibility to apply is limited to Regional Arts Organizations and State Arts Agencies. A State Arts Agency may manage seven NEA Arts Teacher Institutes in their own state, or may partner with another state agency dividing the seven institutes across two states. Award of a Cooperative Agreement is anticipated by December 2004. All other terms and conditions of PROGRAM SOLICITATION PS 04-08 remain unchanged.

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Program Solicitation: NEA Arts Teachers Institutes

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