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Title IV Part A Funding
Notes from NAfME webinar on Title IV, Part A
Title IV Part A federal funding, which comes to the school district, may be applied to support aspects of music and arts programs if decisions are made at the school district level that point the funds that way.
NAfME has released an expanded and updated Title IV-A Toolkit, featuring answers to questions they have received, as well as examples from across the country on how Title IV-A funds have been used to support music and arts education.. They have also created a blog to help promote the toolkit and explain how it can support music educators within their school districts and as advocates at the state level.
Toolkit: https://nafme.org/wp-content/files/2018/10/Title-IV-A-Toolkit-FAQ.pdf
More background and details are here: https://nafme.org/nafme-unveils-title-iv-a-toolkit/
For some ideas, see https://drive.google.com/open?id=1f3XdvGgJKKMNAEplk3q_gKMAoW3rjVEV
Special Report that highlights the ways that states and districts can engage the arts in the ongoing work of the Every Student Succeeds Act. Designed to continue growing as ESSA implementation proceeds, this report currently contains chapters exploring the opportunities for arts education within the following topics: Accountability, Assessments, Stakeholder Engagement, State Plans, Tiers of Evidence, Title I, Well-Rounded Education and Title IV.
Other resources are here:
- https://nafme.org/advocacy/essa/
- How Pennsylvania Schools Used Federal Title IV Money for Music Education
- How To Use Federal Title IV For Your Music Program
- From Arts Education Partnership
Current Info Related to Advocacy
- Legislator Survey Results, Fall 2008
- KMEA Input to KDE Task Force on Assessment, Oct. 14, 2008
- KMEA Interchange with Ky. Board of Education, 2010
- KMEA Letter to the Ky. Board of Education, 12/06/2010
- Ky. Coalition for Arts Education Introduction to the KBE
- Education Commissioner Terry Holliday’s Keynote Address at 2011 KMEA Conference
Music Advocacy Tools
Why Music In Schools is GOOD for Kids
- KMEA Guide to Performances of School Music Groups in Secondary Schools
- KMEA Advocacy Handbook (2003)
- SAT correlations with music studyGrassroots advocacy guide booklet – printable brochure; customize with organization name and contact information.
- Arts Education Showcase
- Mailing inserts
- Research Posters – Printable fliers to promote music education benefits.
- Arts in the schools – More information about music and arts education.
- What research is telling us – PowerPoint presentation for meetings
- The advocate’s plan – PowerPoint presentation for meetings
- PSAs – Six 30-second spots addressing the impact of quality music education. Not for broadcast.
- Media communications templates
- Community letter template
- Petition templateCommunity Contact forms – A tool to help with local coalition’s record-keeping.
- Email sign up forms – A tool to help with local coalition’s record-keeping.
- Glossary of educational terms
Above information provided by NAMM and MENC on supportmusic.com.
Other Resources
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Advocacy Guide
- Critical Evidence: How the Arts Benefit Student Achievement
- Education Commission of the States: Mapping Opportunities for the Arts
- Governor’s Commission on the Arts in Education: Findings and Recommendations
- Guide to Building a Music ProgramThird Space: When Learning Matters
- Ohio Music Education Association Advocacy Page
- NAMM Support Music Coalition
- Americans for the Arts
- The Arts Education Partnership
- President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities
- ArtsEdge, a program of the Kennedy Center
- Music for All Foundation
- Support Music
- Project Vote Smart
- Music Friends
- Arts Education Partnership
- AEP Publications
- The Benefits of Music and the Science Behind It
Music Facilities
Opportunity to Learn standards for music: https://nafme.org/my-classroom/standards/opportunity-to-learn-standards-for-music-instruction-grades-prek-12/ Scroll down to STANDARDS FOR MIDDLE SCHOOL AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL/ Facilities.
Kentucky Facilities Guide
Wenger Planning Guide
https://www.wengercorp.com/Construct/docs/Wenger%20Planning%20Guide.pdf.
See especially page 7, “The Four Critical Factors,” and page 10, “Cubic Volume.” See also page 49, “The Case for Space.”
Music teachers should take the Wenger guide and go to school on it. Read it, absorb it, and take notes. You can give it to your principal but he/she will not read it. You can give it to your architect but he/she will not read it. Only if you read it and become an expert will you have the facts in your mind to serve you during any upcoming conversation.
2018 Survey on Graduation Requirements
Talking Points for Graduation Requirements 2018
Vision
KCAE Purpose Flyer
Kentucky State Budget
Kentuckians for the Arts Letter
Assessment and Accountability System
Assessment and Accountability System Position, July 2017
Comments on Regulation, October 2017
KCAE Comments 703 KAR 5:270 as amended in December, 2018
Senate Bill 1, 2017
SB 1 2017 KCAE Analysis-and Position Statement
Senate Bill 1, 2016
SB1–2016 KCAE Analysis — Initial Response