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Program Overview: Program Statistics
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Overview
Two of DC Collaborative's longstanding programs, Arts for Every Student (AFES) and Professional Development, continue to show dramatic increases in attendance. Since 1998, AFES has served 322,045 students and educators, 164,167 through AFES: Cultural Institutions and 157,878 through AFES: In School. In addition, more than 1,500 teachers and administrators have attended the DC Public Schools' (DCPS) Professional Development Institute and related In-School Professional Development Workshops.
Arts for Every Student (AFES) Drawing on the resources of DC Collaborative members, AFES augments students' education, which includes discipline-specific arts learning and arts-integrated curriculum.
AFES at Cultural Institutions 2007-2008 (as of 2/6/08)
- 33,603 students registered at 144 schools, 13,405 students served to date.
- Last year: 31,316 students participated from 141 schools.
AFES In School 2007-2008 (as of 2/6/08)
- 116 schools registered
- Last year: 114 schools participated with 36,000 students.
Professional Development
Our Professional Development Committee helps educators (teachers, teaching artists, and education administrators) integrate the arts and humanities into classroom instructional programs.
Professional Development Initiatives 2007-2008
There are 67 teachers registered to attend 42 workshops througout the year.
Last Year Professional Development Institute (PDI)
Four weeks of workshops were offered during the 06-07 school year
- November 2006: 41 teachers
- February 2007 (two workshops cancelled): 10 Teachers
- March 2007: 26 teachers
- May 2007: 22 teachers
- Total: 63 Individual Teachers
Arts Education Initiative (AEI) Over a three-year period (2005–2008), the DC Collaborative’s AEI will use the arts to develop, pilot, refine, and adopt a model process for collaboration in the DC public and charter schools to effect school change and enhance student learning. Through a comprehensive partnership between the DC Collaborative and the DC public and charter schools, the AEI will develop collaborators’ abilities to plan, lead, and evaluate arts education programming in schools more effectively.
DC Arts Education Summer Institute
Approximately 60 teachers from 8 schools, participated in the DC Arts Education Summer Institute, June 18–22, 2007, at the Washington National Opera’s education studio. Working in teams, the educators developed a blueprint for arts-integrated units and the foundation of an Arts Education Plan for implementation during the 2007–2008 school year. The participants also attended arts workshops, and artists helped the teachers design approaches for integrating the arts into their classroom. These ongoing efforts are part of the DC Collaborative’s Arts Education Initiative (AEI).
Partnership Schools 2007-2008
The DC Collaborative is working with the following eight partnership schools to test-drive the arts-integrated units designed at the Summer Institute:
- Arts & Technology Academy Charter School
- Capitol Hill Cluster School
- Peabody Early Childhood Center
- Watkins Elementary School
- Stuart-Hobson Middle School
Janney Elementary School
Whittier Elementary School
Robert Brent Museum Magnet Elementary School
Stanton Elementary School
For a comprehensive summary of the DC Collaborative's activities, please visit our Publications & Reports page to download a copy of our Annual Report.
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