In the November-December 2009 CAPE Communiqué:				CAPE's Mission CAPE advances the arts as a vital strategy for improving teaching and learning by increasing students' capacity for academic success, critical thinking and creativity. CAPE's Vision CAPE works toward a future in which: • students are valued as creators of culture in our society; • teachers, artists and students work collaboratively to develop and share innovative approaches to teaching and learning in and through the arts in our public schools; • teachers, artists, school administrators and parents recognize the arts as a key element in transforming schools into vibrant, creative and successful learning communities; • professional colleagues and partners regularly communicate and share their practices and research in order to continually improve and evolve the field of arts in education; and • policy makers, business leaders and all citizens value the arts in education as essential to a just and equal society, a thriving economy and an inclusive democratic culture. Board of Directors Mel Smith, President Paula S. Carlin      Vice President P. Loreen Mershimer      Treasurer Jeffrey A. Byrnes, Secretary Richard M. Assmus Frank Baiocchi Christine K. Buck Phillip J. Cote Dawnmarie Domingo Carol P. Eastin Sean D. Egan, Ph.D. Nancy Jones Emrich Stephen Flisk Kurt Johnson Kylie M. Sorden Elizabeth Swanson Phillip Thomas Bill Tuggle Jan Ellen Woelffer Donate to CAPE With your financial support, CAPE can bring its extraordinary teaching and learning philosophies and methods to educators and children throughout Chicago. Your gift will enable CAPE to continue to be an effective advocate for positive change in Chicago's public schools. For the third consecutive year Chicago Arts Partnerships in Education has received a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America's largest independent evaluator of charities. Follow this link to donate to CAPE. Meet the Board Paula S. Carlin What is your occupation? I have been a development officer for Roosevelt University since April 2008. Previously, I spent many years as a private bank professional. How long have you been a CAPE board member? Eight years. How did you get connected with CAPE for the first time? I made a personal decision to volunteer my time and resources to an organization that provided an important "service", was financially sound and had a great staff and board so I would stay committed for many years. One of my client's at the time was and is still today, a very respected individual in the philanthropic field. So I asked her to recommend several organizations that might fit my criteria. CAPE was one of the organizations she suggested. I learned more about CAPE's mission, its valuable work and then met several staff and board members. The decision was really a "no brainer". What do you like about the organization? I am very proud of the impact CAPE has on the learning and success of so many deserving students in the Chicago public schools. I also have great respect for the staff who make it all happen. Where would you like to see CAPE in the future? I would like to see CAPE widely recognized and supported as the premier arts education organization in Chicago by practicioners as well as individuals outside the field of education. Pleae welcome Rashida Walker, CAPE's new Program Associate. Rashida will be supporting the International Baccalaureate Teaching Arts Project, among other program initiatives. She has a background in arts, non-profit and museum administration, having worked with such organizations as Chicago Children's Museum, the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and the Institute of Jazz Studies. She is also an emerging jazz vocalist. Rashida holds an M.A. in Jazz History and Research from Rutgers University and a B.A. in English from Oberlin College. CAPE welcomes another new staff member. Alice Magelssen joins CAPE as a part-time administrative assistant. Alice is a recent graduate of the University of Chicago where she studied English and Spanish. She also has a background in theater. She currently interns at A Red Orchid Theatre and freelance stage-manages. She is very pleased to have found a job that combines her interests in both the arts and education.
	1. Double-Up 2. New CAPE School 3. Thank You, Eric		4. See You in México 5. Never Leave Home Again 6. New Staff x2
	Your year-end gift means more than ever this year. Help CAPE meet a $40,000 Challenge Grant. Please support our programs and mission by making a donation. Each dollar you give will be matched 1:1, so the effect of your support is doubled!
	Click to read what some of our teachers and teaching artists have to say about CAPE's impact. You can see what your gift will provide to Chicago Public School students and donate now! - - - - Another great way to support CAPE is to purchase the 2010 Wall Calendar or Holiday Cards, which feature CAPE students and their artwork, available at CAPE's on-line Gift Shop. They make wonderful gifts that will show your support for improving education through art in Chicago's Public Schools. - - - -
			George Rogers Clark Fine Arts and Technology Magnet Cluster School, with the support of Principal Felicia Stewart, has engaged CAPE as the school’s primary arts partner. Through CAPE, the school is working with acclaimed artist-in-residence Mirtes Zwierzynski to bring parents, students and community members together to create a community mural.
	On November 18, Mirtes conducted a parent and child workshop to jump-start the initial planning and design. Magnet Cluster Lead Teacher Marsha Looney commented, “Our school pays serious attention to visual literacy as a significant contributor to students’ higher order thinking skills. The school is a hidden gem of student achievement and community involvement.” - - - -
	CAPE helped plan and present the second networking forum of the Chicago Arts Educator Forum, a lively symposium convened in collaboration with Columbia College Chicago, entitled A**ess This: Asking Questions that Deepen Practice.
	Presenters included arts education researcher Dennie Palmer Wolf (above) and the Chicago based dance troupe Deeply Rooted. Participants critiqued each other’s assessment tools, and documented their own learning about evaluation and assessment. Click to see a detailed record of A**ess This. - - - -
			On November 14, CAPE Board Vice President Paula Carlin hosted a Board and Staff Professional Development session on the subject of “What is Arts Integration?” in her lovely home. CAPE teaching artist Jessica Hudson and CAPE classroom teacher Jesl Cruz presented on cutting edge projects they had developed in CAPE schools.
	Board members discussed CAPE methodology, and under the direction of Jessica, drew, wrote, read and danced, creating an on-the-spot multimedia performance on the theme of Flight. Click to see board members Sean D. Egan, Ph.D. and Phil Cote and staff member Yanira Cirino “flocking” to the accompaniment of narrative read by board member Carol Eastin, under the spell of “flying machines” invented by the board and staff.
	CAPE was delighted to receive an e-mail from our beloved colleague Eric Booth (one of the world's most innovative, forward-thinking, and big-hearted arts education advocates): Only one day into my travels in Scotland and Australia, and at least five people have cited CAPE's influence. CAPE was all over the workshop by our colleagues in Inverness, and was mentioned in several conversations. And always with such fondness for inspirational and catalytic impact. My lord, but it is amazing to witness such influence, the result of being generous, smart and loving, and hearing others' needs and offering deeply resonant answers. - - - - Join international educators and artists at the 2010 Habla Teacher Institute Into the Labyrinth July 10-17, 2010 in Mérida, Yucatán, México. The highlights of the week include talks and workshops by international leaders in the field of arts education, cultural and ecological experiences in the Yucatán, and the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with educators from different parts of the world. CAPE is a partner in the Institute. Click Teacher Institute for detailed information. - - - - On November 23, CAPE presented Valerie Hannon of the Innovation Group, London, as a guest speaker on the shifting landscape of teaching and learning in the 21st Century. She discussed  trends in where we learn (from mainly in schools to increasingly in cultural centers, open campuses, and virtual sites), who we learn from (from mainly teachers to increasingly also other skilled adults, peers, and social networks), and primary learning modes (from mainly instruction to increasingly interaction, collaboration, and learning by doing and discovery). Hosted by the Hyde Park Art Center, the presentation was followed by a lively discussion among the attending education directors of arts organizations. - - - - CAPE continues as a consultant to the Culturally Responsive Arts Education initiative of the Pittsburgh Public Schools (supported by the Heinz Endowments), in which teachers and artists are collaborating to better serve African American students. CAPE is observing and helping document (through both face to face meetings and distance communication) arts integrated lessons designed to connect academic content with the arts of the African Diaspora, and is assisting the schools and artists in critiquing and improving the quality of their collaborations. - - - - On November 20, CAPE conducted its first on-line professional development session, assisting teachers at P.S. 118 in the Bronx develop an arts integrated unit with its local partner arts-in-education organization DreamYard Project on the study of ancient Egypt. Using the video conferencing software Skype, CAPE was able to facilitate a productive planning meeting in New York State from the comfort of the CAPE offices in Illinois.
	Radio station KUT 90.5 FM, the NPR affiliate in Austin, Texas, aired a story by reporter Julie Moody on an arts education program in Austin, and included CAPE's Arnold Aprill as an expert in the field. Click to listen to the broadcast.
	CAPE welcomes another year of programming with its Veteran Partnerships. This year, Veteran partners will continue to unpack creativity, working with Research Associate Laura Tan and Researcher Gail Burnaford on fine-tuning the Creativity Survey. At the kick-off meeting, Vet teachers and artists were treated to a presentation by teaching artist Ellen Tristchler on how she used the Creativity Indicators and hands-on-workshop that explored performance and writing by vet artist Jessica Hudson. The schools on the 2009-2010 Vet roster include Agassiz, Daley, El Cuarto Año, Herbert, Kinzie, North-Grand H.S., Northside College Prep, Telpochcalli, Walsh, and Williams Preparatory. - - - - The CAPE Design Seminar Program (funded by the National Endowment for the Arts) cultivates partnerships between and schools, teachers, artists and arts organizations new to CAPE. At the first professional development work shop, the new partners were introduced to CAPE’s methodology and philosophy of arts integration. Veteran Teacher Jesl Cruz presented them with some insights on what arts integration meant to a teacher, and artist Jessica Hudson worked with the teams on ways they could integrate the arts in their classrooms. Up next for the teams are workshops in artist/teacher collaboration, and documentation and research strategies.

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