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BCCLA (Building Curriculum, Community and Leadership through the Arts) Project 2005-2008
Building Community, Curriculum and Leadership through the Arts (BCCLA) is a three-year project developed by The Fine and Performing Arts Magnet Cluster Initiative at CPS in partnership with Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education.

Over the course of this three-year grant, the goals of the program are focused on strengthening the school in the areas of curriculum, community, and leadership. The BCCLA project is made possible with a 3-year grant from the U. S. Education Department's Professional Development for Arts Educators program. BCCLA provides ongoing support and intensive professional development of arts teachers in the 59 CPS Fine and Performing Arts Magnet Cluster (FPAMC) elementary schools. This project aims to achieve significant school-wide growth in the areas of curriculum, community and teacher leadership. To this end, arts teachers will undergo intensive professional development in their roles as Magnet Cluster Lead Teachers. As they develop their own leadership skills, they will pass their training on to classroom teachers in their schools to build a stronger curriculum and community within the schools through the arts.

Click here for a listing of BCCLA project staff.

Information on BCCLA Professional Development Events is regularly updated at http://bcclaupdates.typepad.com/bccla_professional_develo/



BCCLA (Building Curriculum, Community and Leadership through the Arts) -- Participating Schools

Louis J. Agassiz Elementary School Hearst Elementary School
Avalon Park Elementary School Hedges Elementary School
Blaine Elementary School Higgins Community Academy
Boone Elementary School Holden Elementary School
Brennemann Elementary School Hoyne Elementary School
Canty Elementary School Hurley Elementary School
Carpenter Elementary School Jenner Elementary School
Carver Middle School Kipling Elementary School
Carver Primary School Madison Elementary School
Cassell Elementary School Marconi Community Academy
Clark Elementary School Mayer Elementary Schools
Crown Community Academy Mount Vernon Elementary School
Dewey Elementary School Murphy Elementary School
Disney Magnet School Nettelhorst Elementary School
Eberhart Elementary School Orozco Community Academy
Ebinger Elementary School Owens Community Academy
Edwards Elementary School Pirie Elementary School
Evers Elementary School Pope Elementary School
Fort Dearborn Elementary School Pritzker Elementary School
Foster Park Elementary School Pulaski Community Academy
Franklin Fine Arts Elementary School Ruiz Elementary School
Gladstone Elementary School South Loop Elementary School
Goldblatt Elementary School Spry Elementary School
Gompers Elementary School Stowe Fine and Performing Arts Academy
Grissom Elementary School Sullivan Elementary School
Hamilton Elementary School Swift Specialty School
Hampton Fine and Performing Arts Talcott Fine Art and Museum School
Harold Washington Elementary School Vanderpoel Magnet School
Hay Community Academy Waters Elementary School
Healy Elementary School
 

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