10) Narrative Outline (AIE-ACP)
A. Encourage artistic excellence, diversity, and innovation (20 points)
1. Describe the proposed ACP in as much detail as possible, including overall goals and objectives of the project.
Outline the activities to be included and explain how this project will assist in the establishment of on-going arts
programming and/or curricula
Walton Arts Center will present the Arts With Education (AWE) Institute, a 40-hour, weeklong
summer intensive that prepares teachers to integrate arts across the curriculum to make teaching
more engaging and effective. AWE in FY08 will explore Arkansas history through drama,
music, reading and writing. Workshops will be led by the John F. Kennedy Center for
Performing Arts workshop specialist Sean Layne and blues artist Guy Davis.
For the past 16 years, AWE has been the cornerstone of Walton’s education programming
and serves to launch our season of professional development opportunities for teachers. It is
designed to provide educators with enduring understandings about arts integration and to inspire
a whole year of teaching. During the week of July 30-August 3, 2007, forty K-12 classroom
teachers, ESL, music, and media specialists from Northwest Arkansas will participate in hands
on, experiential workshops on the Walton Arts Center campus.
The goals of AWE are to provide the tools of drama and song writing to teach Arkansas
history and to demonstrate effective strategies to engage students. In addition, AWE activities
will introduce the history of the blues in ways teachers can share with students. Goals of AWE
also include the development of positive classroom management skills and meeting Arkansas
learning standards under the Arkansas history curriculum framework.. (Strand 1: Time,
Continuity and Change; Strand 2: People, Places and Environments; Strand 3: Production,
Distribution and Consumption; Strand 5: Social Science Processes and Skills. (See section 15
for detailed content standard list.)
AWE objectives include providing opportunities for teachers to develop and practice
teaching skills. Teachers will learn to assess student pre-knowledge as well as student learning
through arts based activities. Physical action evaluation techniques will be explored. These
strategies provide immediate assessment from which teachers can adjust and refine their
teaching.
AWE activities include a series of artist-led workshops focused on the technique of tableau to
teach Arkansas history content, the exploration of the history of the blues and exercises to create
original blues compositions. Teachers will participate in skill building activities, demonstration
activities with students, daily writing and reflection time. Special guests will speak to the group
on Arkansas history and heritage and participants will join school administrators and policy
makers for the AWE Advocacy luncheon. (See Section 15 for 2006 agenda and a 2007 draft
agenda.)
Walton Arts Center believes it is vital to assist teachers in integrating the arts into the
curriculum. With the focus of the current education environment on teaching to tests, AWE
provides essential resources that support and nurture efforts to reach multiple learning styles and
enrich classroom teaching.
2. Name the program coordinator and the proposed artist or consultant involved, and indicate the specific length of
the ACP.
AWE is a 5 day, 40-hour summer intensive scheduled for July 30-August 3, 2007. AWE
Program Coordinator is Walton Arts Center Arts Learning Specialist Dr. Patricia Relph, the 2005
recipient of the Arkansas Governor’s Arts Award honoring an exemplary Arts Educator. Dr.
Relph is an artist educator, an Arkansas Arts Council roster artist and has inspired thousands of
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Northwest Arkansas students for the past 15 years. FY08 will be her 7th year to administer and
facilitate AWE.
Kennedy Center workshop leader Sean Layne will present workshops focused on exploring
Arkansas history through tableau. Artist Guy Davis, Old Time blues musician will share the
history of the blues and teach workshops focused on writing blues compositions.
3. Describe why the selected artist or consultant is tailored to fit the needs of the proposed ACP.
Mr. Layne’s experience and background make him ideally suited to lead professional
development workshops and activities during AWE. Besides his 8-year history as an Arts
Education Consultant with the Kennedy Center, Mr. Layne has been a Master Artist with the
Wolf Trap Institute Early Learning Through the Arts since 1989. He has extensive experience
developing curriculum and teaching professional development workshops. In addition, he has
successfully led intensive summer institutes, arts integration residencies and artist coaching
residencies throughout the country. With a three-year history of working with Walton Arts
Center and Northwest Arkansas educators, Sean is respected by our education community and
his return visit is highly anticipated due to his ability to inspire and change teaching practice.
Guy Davis will also bring outstanding professional expertise and artistic energy to AWE. He
has worked with The Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center Institute to develop blues history
materials to supplement his performances for students. These performances are admired by the
national arts education community. He has extensive experience performing for a wide variety
of audiences and is known to be extremely versatile in effectively communicating the historical
significance of the blues.
4. Describe how this ACP will be administered and monitored to ensure it is progressing as planned.
AWE activities will take place on Walton Arts Center’s campus and Walton staff will be
responsible for planning, registration and administration of the program. Dr. Relph, Laura
Goodwin, Walton’s Education Director and staff will monitor the planning timeline and facilitate
communication with participants, workshop leaders, area partners in education and school
district partners involved in AWE.
B. Achieve equitable access to the arts for all Arkansans (20 points)
1. Describe plans to include or involve the underserved.
Walton education staff have been working with Northwest Arkansas school districts professional
development (PD) specialists to target invitations to rural schools as well as schools with high
free and reduced lunch populations. Walton has provided them grant seeking information and
advice to supplement funding resources. Each year Walton reaches out to 18-20 area school
districts with the distribution of the next season’s education guides. The guides list AWE and
other Walton professional development opportunities along with student matinee, workshop, free
gallery tour and scholarship information. Walton also works closely with the Northwest
Arkansas Education Service Cooperative (the Education Co-op), our Partner in Education with
the Kennedy Center, to utilize their knowledge of underserved populations.
2. Explain how this project will include collaboration or cooperation with other groups. Include the specific roles of
each collaborator.
Over the years AWE has developed a collaborative process with area school districts, teachers
and education support specialists and organizations. This January Walton education staff met
with area school district PD specialists to introduce this year’s AWE content, collect information
and solicit district needs. Staff will continue to communicate with the specialists throughout the
year to update them on project progress and monitor their continued interest and participation in
AWE.
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Our partnership with the Education Co-op involves ongoing communication with the Teacher
Center Coordinator to align professional development workshops with districts’ needs.
In addition to working with Kennedy Center workshop leader Sean Layne, AWE will adapt
education materials developed by the Kennedy Center and the Lincoln Center Institute, (Cue
Sheet and Window on the Work included in Section 15) in AWE activities.
Staff ensures alignment of AWE workshop content with Arkansas Department of Education
State learning standards.
3. Describe what access efforts beyond the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 the
applicant organization has made or intends to make during the project to meet civil rights or physical access
concerns of its constituencies
Walton continually monitors and maintains its facilities and goes beyond the legal requirements
of the Americans With Disabilities Act to provide the highest levels of accessibility and safety.
Listing of accessible entrances, parking, special seating and hearing enhancements are included
in Walton’s season guidebook and the website. Sign language interpreter and large print
materials will be provided if requested by AWE participants. AWE is available to all
participants regardless of race, creed, color or national origin.
C. Develop arts in education for life-long learning (20 points)
1. (OR) If this ACP is similar to a previous project, detail the rationale for continuing the same type of project.
This is a similar project. Since 1992, the first year of operation, Walton Arts Center has been
committed to providing exemplary professional development opportunities for teachers.
Through AWE and other workshops offered throughout the school year, Walton has established
valued relationships with the education community of Northwest Arkansas. As a founding
member of the Kennedy Center Partners in Education program, we have had direct access to
exemplary arts education research, learning materials and resources and the nation’s best arts
integration workshop leaders.
With more than a decade of input and feedback, institute participants confirm the
effectiveness of AWE. Its focus on changing the ways teachers teach, introducing techniques,
building skills and enhancing and improving classroom learning is vital to sustaining Walton’s
education mission and reaching the students and teachers in our community.
In addition, in-depth professional development opportunities that integrate arts into the
curriculum have not been readily available in Northwest Arkansas. Walton’s national
partnerships allow us to present top caliber workshops and activities that area school districts are
unable to present.
2. Describe the long-lasting impact of this project, including its potential district, regional or statewide significance.
Following AWE each year, Walton asks teachers to report the number of students that will be
impacted by their participation. Last year’s participants reported that their AWE professional
development experience would affect learning of nearly 15,000 students in the coming year.
Similar reported impact is anticipated from 2007 AWE participants. In addition, participants
report that the arts integration tools and techniques they learn during AWE can be and are used
effectively throughout the year, year-to-year and throughout their teaching career. Teachers
value this mode of instruction because it gives students tools to help them focus on learning
tasks, engenders respect for the collective knowledge of the learning group and builds capacity
for cooperative learning. AWE, along with Walton Arts Center’s arts education programming
was profiled in the Dana Foundation’s 2003 publication of Acts of Achievement: The Role of
Performing Arts Centers in Education.
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D. Enhance community cultural and economic development (20 points)
1. Describe the community support structure for the proposed ACP.
Throughout its 15-year history, AWE has sought to fulfill demand for quality professional
development. Community support for AWE, as evidenced by our long-standing relationships
with the Education Co-op, the University of Arkansas, area school district PD specialists and
individual teachers who return each year, is demonstrated through a variety of levels and
constituencies. In addition, Walton’s education programs are growing in awareness and
importance among superintendents and principals. We continue to receive financial support for
education programming through grants, sponsorship and individual donors as “Education
Benefactors.” Crayola©, a long-time sponsor of AWE not only provides substantial funding, but
also donates supplies and materials to support other education activities.
2. Explain how this project will be unique, innovative or different from similar activities already going on in the
school or community.
Walton Arts Center’s AWE provides a variety of unique and innovative opportunities to the
education community of Northwest Arkansas. AWE has become a highly anticipated event each
summer and educators have come to depend on it to energize their teaching and enhance their
classroom activities. AWE provides direct access to effective workshop leaders, innovative
learning strategies and outstanding support materials and activities. It provides access to one of
the nation’s top arts education organizations, the Kennedy Center, in a community that typically
has limited access to national opportunities of this kind. With its weeklong, intensive focus,
AWE fulfills demand for in-depth study. AWE 2007 is designed to meet the need for
professional development focused on Arkansas history as identified by our community partners.
3. Describe what is planned to educate state and local policy makers about the importance of this Arts Curriculum
Project and the need for public support for the arts
As mentioned in B2 above, through our partnerships with PD specialists and district personnel,
we are able to present a strong and unified message to policy makers regarding the importance of
AWE and arts education. From the beginning, we have invited state and local government
officials to a luncheon during AWE. This event provides teachers, district representatives and
Walton staff the opportunity to inform and advocate for arts education. Policy makers
experience first hand the impact of the project and the importance it has in the educational
community.
February 2007 will mark the third year AWE program coordinator Dr. Relph will meet with
Arkansas legislators during the national conference of The Kennedy Center’s Partners in
Education program in Washington DC. These meetings are specifically planned to build support
for integrated arts education. Walton Arts Center works closely with the state Arts Council and
is enhancing its relationship with the Arkansas Department of Heritage.
E. Summarize planning and evaluation (20 points)
1. Show evidence of a comprehensive planning process with the names and affiliations of all people serving on the
steering committee, and highlight the key planning steps the steering committee has taken to develop this project.
Date
3/2006
Action
Identify need for Arkansas history professional
development opportunities in the region
10/06
Identify artist & presenter to connect with AR
History (Sean Layne & Guy Davis)
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Who
Walton and Fayetteville schools
PD Coordinator, Kristin
Scanlon, -AWE steering
committee
AWE steering committee
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12/2006 Determined availability of artist and presenter
1/2007 Budget planning
Meet with Guy Davis’ representative in Cleveland
Project Design & Planning
2/2007
Kennedy Center Congressional meetings
Meet with Sean Layne in DC
Begin content research
3/2007 Begin daily schedule plan
Begin monthly communication with Kristin Scanlon
and Linda McLeod
4/2007 Coordination between Sean and Guy
Outreach to Linda McLeod Education, Co-op rep.AWE steering committee and district administration
to build participation
Scholarship application process begins
5/2007 Preparing materials and resources, make invitations
to special guests
6/2007 Tweaks and staffing, facility plans made
7/2007 Invitations to press, district leaders, principals and
policy makers; planning of associated public events
July 30- Walton Arts Center’s 16th AWE Institute
Aug 3
Advocacy Luncheon
8/3
Complete AWE evaluation
8/18
Review of AWE plan and implementation, teacher
and artist evaluations
Impact survey sent to participating teachers
Impact survey results forwarded to Kennedy Center
2/08
3/08
Walton Staff
Walton Staff
Walton Education Director,
Laura Goodwin-AWE steering
committee
Walton, Northwest Arkansas
District PD Coordinators; Sean
Layne and Guy Davis
Dr. Relph -AWE steering
committee
Dr. Relph
Dr. Relph
Sean, Guy, Walton Staff
Walton Education Staff
Facilitated by Dr. Relph
Walton Education Staff
Walton Education Staff
Walton Education Staff
Walton Education Staff
Walton Education Staff
Walton Staff, 40 area teachers,
Sean Layne, Guy Davis
District Officials, AWE Partners,
Policy Makers, Press
AWE participating teachers and
artists
Walton Education Staff
Walton Education Staff
Walton Education Staff
2. Describe the consultant involvement in the planning and development process, including a brief description of the
planning meeting(s) with the artist/consultant prior to the start of the ACP.
In addition to meeting in person with Sean Layne in February, Dr. Relph, AWE project
coordinator will communicate monthly thereafter via phone and email, and weekly beginning in
April to confirm workshop topics, coordinate schedules, develop support materials, collaborate
in content choices and ensure connection to Arkansas learning standards.
Laura Goodwin initially worked through Guy Davis’ representative to establish his interest
and participation in AWE. Dr. Relph will prepare an information packet relating to Arkansas
history and learning standards to focus Mr. Davis’ workshop planning. His ideas will be
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explored by conference call with Walton Education staff and Sean Layne in March. Follow-up
communication in April will coordinate his and Mr. Layne’s work with teachers during AWE.
3. Describe how the completed ACP will be evaluated in order to measure its value to the participants.
Staff will conduct on-site evaluations with participants at the conclusion of AWE. Evaluation
topics of interest include: workshop content, presenter preparedness and knowledge, AWE pace
and timing, utility of techniques and their application.
The summary is shared with AWE partners, district PD coordinators, The Kennedy Center,
Education Co-op and AWE consultant and artist. Feedback and summaries are used to shape
upcoming professional development activities and future AWE institutes. In February, as a
Kennedy Center requirement, follow-up impact surveys are sent to teachers attending AWE.
Follow-up meetings to assess partner satisfaction will be scheduled.
4. Describe how evaluation results will be used to make future ACPs more successful.
Standard protocol for AWE involves surveying participants and seeking feedback on a number
of project areas. Responses help to evaluate content, effectiveness of the workshop leader,
teacher interest and needs, time allotment and resources. This information will be used as a
guideline for shaping future AWE institutes. For example, previous AWE feedback showed us
that teachers valued the opportunity to see Mr. Layne demonstrate teaching techniques with
students. Because of teacher response, this demonstration component will be included in AWE
2007.
5. Describe how the ACP will be documented, and how the site will use this documentation in the future.
AWE activities will be photographed daily. A copy of the resource notebook compiled
throughout the week will be archived along with the blues composition that was created
collaboratively. Press coverage and evaluation summaries will be collected and archived.
AWE information will be shared with our colleagues through the Kennedy Center
partnership, partnerships with the Education Co-op and school district PD representatives.
Documentation will be used for marketing future AWEs and as supporting materials for relevant
funding requests.
This fall Walton Arts Center will introduce an on-line feedback mechanism for teachers to
share the ways they have utilized their AWE learning in their classrooms. Throughout the school
year Some AWE participants will present in-school workshops and deliver PowerPoint
presentations sharing the techniques the learned at AWE with their colleagues.
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8. Budget (AIE Arts Curriculum Projects)
A.
INCOME
B.
FY08
Applicant
Match
FY08
Council
Request
C.
FY08
Project
Total
Revenue (Earned Income)
1) Admissions
a) Single Ticket Sales
b) Subscriptions
c) Memberships
Total Admissions
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
2) Contracted Services
a) Workshops/Classes
$0.00
$7,000.00
$7,000.00
b) Government Contracts
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
c) Performances/Residencies
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
d) Other Services (explain)
Total Contracted Services
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$7,000.00
$7,000.00
3) Other Revenue
a) Sales/Concessions
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
b) Fundraising
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
c) Interest Received
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
d) Miscellaneous (explain)
Total Other Revenue
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
4) Subtotal - Revenue
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$7,000.00
$7,000.00
Support (Contributed Income)
5) Private Contributions (cash)
a) Individuals
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
b) Board Members
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
c) Affiliated Organizations
Total Private Contributions
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
6) Corporate Contributions
$0.00
$15,000.00
$15,000.00
7) Foundation Grants
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
8) Government Support
a) City
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
b) County
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
d) Regional
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
e) Federal
Total Government Support
$0.00
c) State
AIE ACP (this request)
Other (explain)
$0.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
$0.00
$10,000.00
9) Applicant Cash
10) Subtotal - Support
$0.00
$10,000.00
$14,976.00
$29,976.00
$14,976.00
11) TOTAL INCOME
$10,000.00
$36,976.00
$46,976.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$39,976.00
(total of line 4+10)
12) In-Kind Contributions
8. Budget (AIE Arts Curriculum Projects) continued
A.
EXPENSES
B.
FY08
Applicant
Match
FY08
Council
Request
C.
FY08
Project
Total
Administrative (Operating Expenses)
13) Staff Salaries/Benefits
$0.00
$15,516.00
$15,516.00
14) Contracted Personnel
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$1,000.00
15) Marketing/Public Relations
$500.00
$500.00
16) Fundraising
$0.00
$50.00
$50.00
17) Space/Facilities
$0.00
$7,210.00
$7,210.00
18) Travel
$0.00
$1,700.00
$1,700.00
19) Remaining Expenses
a) Phone/Postage/Fax
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
b) Insurance
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
c) Concessions/Sales
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
d) Other (explain)
Total Remaining Expenses
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$500.00
$24,976.00
$25,476.00
21) Staff Salaries/Benefits
$0.00
$747.00
$747.00
22) Tech./Prod. Salaries/Benefits
$0.00
$638.00
$638.00
20) Subtotal–Admin. Expenses
Artistic (Programming Expenses)
23) Contracted Personnel
a) Artist/Consultant Fee
$4,843.00
$2,732.00
$7,575.00
b) Travel
$400.00
$400.00
$800.00
c) Lodging
$450.00
$450.00
$900.00
d) Meals
$157.00
$158.00
$315.00
$75.00
$0.00
$75.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
e) Planning Meeting
f) Preparation Time
Total Contracted Personnel
24) Prod. Supplies/Materials
25) Rentals/Maint. (non-facility)
$5,925.00
$3,740.00
$9,665.00
$3,350.00
$1,650.00
$5,000.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
26) Remaining Expenses
a) Phone/Fax
b) Insurance
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
$25.00
$25.00
$50.00
d) Shipping/Hauling
$100.00
$100.00
$200.00
e) Documentation
$100.00
$100.00
$200.00
c) Travel (non-contract)
f) Other - catering
Total Remaining Expenses
27) Subtotal-Artistic Expenses
28) TOTAL EXPENSES
$0.00
$5,000.00
$5,000.00
$225.00
$5,225.00
$5,450.00
$9,500.00
$12,000.00
$21,500.00
$10,000.00
$36,976.00
$46,976.00
$0.00
$0.00
$0.00
(total of line 20+27)
29) Surplus (Deficit)
Staff
Pat
Laura
amy
1 tech
facilities
NB
JB
JTS
TT
AKS
MDK
JI
Julie
MP
Erin
10 weeks
3 weeks
3 weeks
7 days
7 days
4 days
2 days
2 days
1 day
.5 day
0.5 days
1.5 days
1.5 days
2 days
4 days
$7,468
$3,029
$1,611
$638
$712
$530
$365
$650
$297
$308
$137
$246
$225
$283
$402
Facility Use of Starr
7 days
$7,210
$746.80
2007 WORLD PROPOSAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Executive Summary
•
Organizational overview (including: history, location, mission)
Since 1992, Walton Arts Center has been fulfilling its mission of bringing great performing
artists and entertainers from around the world to Northwest Arkansas, connecting and engaging
people with a variety of acclaimed musical theater, dance, dramas, opera, visual arts and arts
education opportunities. Situated in the Ozark Mountains located in the northwest part of
Arkansas, Walton’s service area includes a mix of rural/agricultural communities and several
small to mid-sized cities. In 2006-2007 more than 100,000 people attended 695 performances
and events, including 20,000 students and teachers who attended discounted matinee
performances, participated in workshops and attended spring break and summer arts education
camps.
Walton Arts Center exists as a joint venture between the University of Arkansas and the city
of Fayetteville. Its governing board is mandated to represent these entities and constituencies.
In its 16th year of operation, Walton employs 55 staff members, enlists a volunteer force of 330,
maintains a four-building, 82,000 square foot campus and operates on a $7.1 million budget.
•
Program/project overview and objectives (including: implementation schedule)
Walton Arts Center will present the Arts With Education (AWE) Institute, a 40-hour, weeklong
summer intensive that prepares teachers to integrate arts across the curriculum to make teaching
more engaging and effective. AWE in FY08 will explore Arkansas history through drama,
music, reading and writing. Workshops will be led by the John F. Kennedy Center for
Performing Arts workshop specialist Sean Layne and blues artist Guy Davis.
The goals of AWE are to provide the tools of drama and song writing to teach Arkansas
history, to introduce the history of the Blues, to train teachers to develop positive classroom
management skills and meet Arkansas learning standards. AWE objectives include providing
opportunities for teachers to develop and practice teaching skills.
•
Need for the project in the target community
AWE provides essential resources that support and nurture efforts to reach multiple learning
styles and enrich classroom teaching. Because in-depth professional development opportunities
that integrate arts into the curriculum have not been readily available in Northwest Arkansas,
Walton’s national partnerships enable top caliber workshops and activities that area districts are
unable to present.
•
Anticipated impact and outcomes
Forty K-12 classroom teachers, ESL, music, and media specialists from Northwest Arkansas will
participate in the AWE Institute. Over the course of the teaching year, approximately 15,000
students will be impacted by AWE training and resources. Staff will conduct on-site evaluations
with participants at the conclusion of AWE. Evaluation topics include: workshop content,
presenter preparedness and knowledge, utility of techniques and their application
•
Funding requirements (initial breakdown program/project costs and timeline for funding)
Income: Workshop fees: $7,000, Sponsorship: $15,000, Applicant Cash: $14,976 Total: $36,976
Expenses: Administrative: $25,476, Artistic: $21,500 Total: $46,976
•
Donation dollar request
$10,000 (maximum)
•
Recognition opportunities available
Grantor will be recognized in all program materials, during appropriate times throughout the
workshop and at the AWE educators’ luncheon attended by the participants, media, education
and government officials.
Walton Arts Center
Barbara Putman
12/07