Arts in SPS
This article appeared in this month's Seattle's Child magazine. From the article:
"Bucking this trend, Seattle Public Schools has made the first step in a profound commitment towards ensuring that an arts education is fully fostered and safe-guarded. After a multi-year collaboration, in partnership with the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and the Seattle Arts Commission Education Committee, Carri Campbell was hired in July as the district’s new visual and performing arts manager.
"Bucking this trend, Seattle Public Schools has made the first step in a profound commitment towards ensuring that an arts education is fully fostered and safe-guarded. After a multi-year collaboration, in partnership with the Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs and the Seattle Arts Commission Education Committee, Carri Campbell was hired in July as the district’s new visual and performing arts manager.
Campbell will head a leadership team, hired over the next five years, comprised of four arts “coaches” representing each major art discipline – Visual Arts, Music, Dance and Theater. The search for the first position – a music coach – is in progress, and the second coach will be hired in the next two years."
Comments
Helen Schinske
So, I am torn. Perhaps there is a middle ground. Maybe we just hire one art director, to align our entire arts program and make sure that their are equitable options or at least a base line of options available at EVERY school. This will be especially important if we are limiting choice.
It is time the auditors, audit this leadership and their abilities because it seems they are searching for someone to make decisions instead of making the decisions themselves. STOP HIRING expensive people who do nothing for our kids!
http://www.seattleschild.com/1007-3.htm
I miss her blog, but I've found this one now and enjoy the discussions. I learn a lot here. Thank you all for your work.
Helen Schinske
My hunch, and I could be totally wrong here, is that they're gearing up for the possibility of a WASL test in the arts, which has supposedly been in the works for a while.
Helen Schinske