JUST iMAgINE

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JUST iMAgINE

• Findings and Next Steps from the Maine Arts
  Education Census

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Background

• Origins
• Support from Betterment Fund, Kennedy Center,
  Maine DOE, Maine Arts Commission
• Goal A clear statement of what is on which to
  build campaigns for what could be

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The Basic Facts

• Two year, voluntary online survey
• Responses from all counties
• More than a third of all arts teachers
• 44 of the schools
• A strong overview of arts learning throughout the
  state

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Much To Be Proud Of

• Arts are taught by certified arts teachers
• Good infrastructure
• Strong beginning
• Evidence of very strong programs
• Dedication

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Much to Work Towards

• Very little theater and dance
• Enrollment drops
• Overall inequity
• Isolation and lack of support
• Broken paths

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Next Steps

• Phase III iMAgINE Communities
• A closer look at a diverse set of Maine
  communities
• 6 - 8 with outside team
• Community-wide audit
• Tool from the Kennedy Center adapted to Maines
  geography and strengths

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To Build iMAgINE Campaign

• Teachers created community maps at conference
• Determine criteria and select communities
• Visits Winter and Spring 2010

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Why Does This Matter?

• Partnership for 21st Century Skills
• New York report - the arts and graduation
• Daniel Pink-preparing students to use the whole
  brain
• Sir Kenneth Robinson-creativity is as important
  as literacy

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iMAgINE

• Maine needs students who are inspired and
  motivated.

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iMAgINE

• Maine needs communities with a revived culture of
  creativity.

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iMAgINE

• Maine students, regardless of the income levels
  of their parents and community, deserve equity of
  access to a full and creative education.

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What You Can Do

• Consider equity issues when funding education.
  Will the funds help to address this issue?
• Use the Census tools to help communities set
  standards for what can be achieved.
• Join us as we study how selected Maine
  communities provide rich offerings of arts
  education opportunities for their students.

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See the Census Results

• Visit www.maineartsed.org to access the full
  report, including all maps and charts, of the
  Maine Arts Education Census.