If you have come to this page from a search engine, here is a link to CAPE's Home page.
 
Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
203 N. Wabash, Suite 1720, Chicago, Illinois 60601-2417
312/870-6140 • fax 312/870-6147 •

Building Curriculum, Community, and Leadership Through the Arts: Three Year Goals

Curriculum Schools are engaged in an inquiry based approach, whether the curriculum is art instruction or arts integration Schools document their work throughout the process in more than one media, and the documentation is accessible to students, other classrooms, other schools and visitors Schools have a demonstrated capacity to create thematic curriculum Schools look at and incorporate contemporary practice in art forms, whether music, visual, dance, or theatre Schools engage new technologies in their curriculum

Community "Big Idea" curriculum is explored by several teachers in different subjects working together as a team Students engage in a stimulating mix of group and individual learning across all classes Parents are part of arts learning Students and teachers regularly engage their neighborhood (sites, people who live there, relatives, shops, businesses) as subject matter for learning or as support resources for their learning Schools have their walls covered with vibrant documentation and works of art Schools develop at least one partnership with a community organization Teachers regularly mentor other teachers (including in other schools), lead professional development for their school and other FPAMCP schools, and collaborate with other teachers in other FPAMCP schools Principals do the same There is a FPAMCP website that teachers regularly contribute to and use to share information

• Principals clearly are engaged in all concepts of curriculum, community, and leadership, support the MCLTs in these goals, and develop long-term strategies in the arts to support these goals
• MCLTs and principal have agreed on vision and 5-year plan
• MCLTs are heading up leadership team with art as the main focus
• MCLTs are planning professional development each year with their team at their schools
• MCLTs lead the charge in innovations in arts instruction
• MCLTs have full support of school faculty
• MCLTs are clearly recognized as the schoolÕs curriculum leader, but leadership is also apparent in other teachers and staff as well
• Principals set inquiry-based curriculum and documentation as a standard for their arts learning (whether "pure" art or arts integration)
• Student leadership is also understood; students are seen as artists, researchers, and documenters

© 2006 Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education (CAPE)
203 N. Wabash, Suite 1720, Chicago, Illinois 60601-2417
312/870-6140 • fax 312/870-6147 • • www.capeweb.org
 
If you have come to this page from a search engine, here is a link to CAPE's Home page.