Creative Writing ResourceAmerican Association of School Librarians
50 E. Huron The mission of the American Association of School Librarians is to advocate excellence, facilitate change, and develop leaders in the school library media field. |
Creative Writing ResourceAmerican Library Association
50 E. Huron Washington DC: 1615 New Hampshire Ave., NW First Floor Washington, DC 20009-2520 The American Library Association provides leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all. |
Creative Writing ResourceState Library of Ohio
274 East First Ave The mission of the State Library of Ohio is to: 1) Provide access to information for Ohio's state government. 2) Lead and partner in the development of library services throughout Ohio. 3) Enable resource sharing among libraries and library networks. 4) Provide specialized services to Ohio's citizens. |
Dance ResourceDance/USA
1111 16th St., NW Dance/USA advances the art form of dance by addressing the needs, concerns and interests of the professional dance community. |
Dance ResourceNational Dance Association
1900 Association Dr The National Dance Association leads in promoting and supporting creative, artistic and healthy lifestyles through quality services and programs in dance and dance education. |
Dance ResourceNational Dance Education Association
4948 St. Elmo Avenue, Suite 301 NDEO is dedicated to promoting standards of excellence in dance education through the development of quality education in the art of dance through professional development, service and leadership. We hold public discussions, sponsor institutes, workshops, conferences and programs. |
Design ResourceAmerican Architectural Foundation (AAF)
1799 New York Ave NW The AAF is a national resource for those who want our communities to be centers of civilization and our children to inherit a wholesome physical environment that uplifts the spirit. The Foundation's purpose is to help people understand the importance of architecture in their lives and then use that understanding to enrich their lives and transform their communities. |
Design ResourceIndustrial Designer's Society of America
45195 Business Ct IDSA is the voice of industrial design, representing the profession to business, government, education, the media and the general public and serving its information and networking needs. |
Media ResourceCable in the Classroom
25 Massachusetts Ave NW Cable in the Classroom is a special initiative begun in 1989 by the cable industry to provide public and private schools in the United States with free access to educational television programs. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceA+ Schools Network
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro The A+ Schools Program was initiated in 1995 as a statewide project in North Carolina by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts. The A+ Schools Program is an approach to teaching and learning grounded in the belief that the arts can play a central role in how children learn. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAbbott Laboratories Community Investments Program
Website: www.abbott.com/global/url/home/en_US HIV/AIDS, science, education programs. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAfterschool Alliance
1616 H Street, NW The Afterschool Alliance is a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the importance of after school programs and advocating for quality, affordable programs for all children. The Alliance's vision is to ensure that all children have access to after school programs by 2010. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAkron Community Foundation
345 West Cedar St.
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceAlliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc.
557 Broadway The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers is a national network for arts, education, and community leaders who foster creative expression and artistic achievement in junior and senior high school students. The Alliance was established in 1994 to expand the network of support for aspiring young American artists and writers through the distinguished Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the largest, longest-running, and most prestigious recognition programs for creative young people in the United States. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerican Arts Alliance
805 15th St, NW
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerican Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE)
1307 New York Ave NW The AACTE provides leadership for the continuing transformation of professional preparation programs to ensure competent and caring educators of all America's children and youth. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerican Association of Museums
1575 Eye St NW Founded in 1906, the AAM is dedicated to promoting excellence within the museum community. Through advocacy, professional education, information exchange, accreditation and guidance on current professional standards of performance, AAM assists museum staff, boards, and volunteers across the country to better serve the public. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerican Association of School Administrators
801 N Quincy St AASA's mission is to support and develop effective school system leaders who are dedicated to the highest quality public education for all children. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerican Educational Research Association (AERA)
1230 Seventeenth St., N.W. Presents an Annual Meeting Conference that offers very inexpensive training workshops in many areas including: Data Gathering and Analysis, Grant Writing, Getting Published, and Statistics. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerican Federation of Teachers (AFT)
555 New Jersey Ave NW The AFT represents one million teachers, school support staff, higher education faculty and staff, health care professionals, and state and municipal employees. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerican Society of Association Executives (ASAE) & The Center for Association Leadership
The Ronald Reagan Building ASAE, known as the association of associations, is considered the advocate for the nonprofit sector. The society is dedicated to advancing the value of voluntary associations to society and supporting the professionalism of the individuals who lead them. Founded in 1920 as the American Trade Association Executives with 67 charter members, ASAE now has 25,000 individual members who manage leading trade, professional, and philanthropic associations. ASAE represents approximately 10,000 associations serving more than 287 million people and companies worldwide and vendors that offer products and services to the association community. Programs include: Management and Technology Conferences and Exposition, Symposia, Seminars, and Publications. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerican Youth Policy Forum
1836 Jefferson Pl, NW AYPF provides policymakers and their senior aides with information and experiences useful in the development of an effective youth education, training and transition-to-employment system for the United States (including formal and informal learning opportunities, internships, national community service, and other experience-based learning methodologies). AYPF does this by bringing leading policymakers, researchers and youth-serving practitioners into dialogue with a bipartisan group of senior Congressional aides, Executive Branch leaders, state offices located in Washington, DC and their counterparts in national associations focused on the education of youth and career development. AYFP provides a variety of informal learning events including policy discussions, reader-friendly reports, and opportunities for exchanges of perspectives with leaders and program implementers outside Washington through forums on Capitol Hill and site visits to programs in the field. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmericans for the Arts
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceAmerica's Promise
909 N. Washington St. America's Promise is dedicated to mobilizing people from every sector of American life to build the character and competence of our nation's youth by fulfilling Five Promises for young people. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAnnenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown
Brown University, Box 1895 The Annenberg Institute works in collaboration with education reform organizations, school districts, school improvement networks, and education funds to develop the capacity of urban communities to build and sustain programs and policies that improve teaching and learning. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Annenberg Public Policy Center
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceApple Learning Professional Development
Website: http://www.apple.com/education/professionaldevelopment/ Online Courses provide an array of self-paced courses designed to help educators integrate technology into teaching and learning. Each course consists of an interactive tutorial, and hands-on course projects. Online courses allow educators to proceed at their own pace, learning anytime and anywhere they are connected to the Internet. Apple also offers workshops in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Integration, and Leadership at select U.S. locations. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceArizona Teaching, Learning & Assessment Consortium
Farmer Building Room 140 The primary purpose of the AZ/TLA Consortium is to develop the expertise of members regarding performance-based teaching, learning, and assessment, and related educational practices which includes research, product development and staff development activities. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceArts Education Partnership
One Massachusetts Ave., NW Since its founding in 1995, the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) has become the primary forum and meeting ground for organizations to explore how the arts can transform American education. Partnership organizations have led the national movement to establish education standards that include the arts. They have conducted and published groundbreaking research on the impact of learning in the arts on student achievement. And they have identified the policies and practical steps that will enable schools and school districts to achieve educational excellence by incorporating the arts into teaching and learning. Partnership teams are at work in every state. The teams consist of representatives from state departments of education, state arts agencies and state alliances for arts education as well as the state and local affiliates of national Partnership organizations. The Partnership maintains an electronic network of state and local teams and partnerships and provides training and resources to strengthen their impact. The Partnership issues reports and documentation of all of its meetings and activities available in PDF format. The Arts Education Partnership publishes research and advocacy materials supporting the role of arts education in schools. The Partnership maintains a listserv through which organizations share and receive timely information on issues relevant to arts education at the national and state levels. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceArts Extension Service
Division of Outreach The Arts Extension Service has, since 1973, connected the arts with communities through education. AES is a national, nonprofit arts service organization, a program of the Division of Continuing Education, University of Massachusetts Amherst. The agency strives to achieve access to and integration of the arts in communities through continuing education for artists, arts organizations and community leaders. Through workshops, courses, conferences, and consulting AES has taught artists, community and state arts leaders how to manage the arts. The Artist in Business course provides aspiring and professional artists with the basics of marketing, business practices, and funding. The Fundamentals of Arts Management workshop series introduces volunteer and professional community arts managers to planning, marketing, board and volunteer development, fundraising, financial management, and programming. Advances workshops and courses have included Peer Advising Training, Local Education and Arts Partnership Planning, Community Partnership Training Institute, and Program Planning Evaluation. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceArts for Learning
Website: www.arts4learning.org Developed by Young Audiences, Inc., Arts for Learning is a comprehensive education program connecting community arts resources to the K-12 curriculum. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceArts in the Basic Curriculum (ABC) Project
105 McLaurin Hall The ABC Project is a statewide collaborative initiative begun in 1987, whose goal is to ensure that every child in South Carolina, from pre-school through college levels, has access to a quality, comprehensive education in the arts, including dance, drama, music, visual arts and creative writing. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Arts/Literacy Project
Education Department The Arts/Literacy Project (A/LP) in the Education Department at Brown University is a year-round professional development program for teachers and actors linking the performing arts to student literacy development. A/LP links Brown's academic resources with local professional performing artists, teachers, and elementary, middle, and high school students. Each annual cycle of the program includes workshops that model how the performing arts can be used as a tool in the classroom to enhance student literacy. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceArtsConnection
520 Eighth Ave ArtsConnection is New York City's largest and most comprehensive, not-for-profit, arts-in-education organization. For over twenty years, ArtsConnection has made a profound difference in the lives of the City's children by providing exceptional programming in the performing, visual, literary, and media arts to metropolitan area public schools and, ArtsConnection midtown Center. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceARTSEDGE
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts ARTSEDGE — the National Arts and Education Network — supports the placement of the arts at the center of the curriculum and advocates creative use of technology to enhance the K-12 educational experience. ARTSEDGE empowers educators to teach in, through, and about the arts by providing the tools to develop interdisciplinary curricula that fully integrate the arts with other academic subjects. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceArtswire/SpiderSchool
155 Avenue of the Americas, 6th Floor SpiderSchool provides information and online curriculum for the arts community on how to integrate technology into their work. Includes: Technology Planning 101; Using the Internet to Get Your Work Noticed; A digital version of the manual published by NYFA called "Building Arts Audiences and Communities on the Web;" and SpiderSchool's BookMarks Annotated list of web-based technology resources useful for small nonprofit arts organizations and individual artists. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Ashland Inc. Foundation
Website: www.ashland.com/commitments/contributions.asp Education - our primary concern, Arts and Culture, Civic and Community, Human Services |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAssociation for Psychological Type
9650 Rockville Pike The Association for Psychological Type (APT), founded in 1979, is an international membership organization open to any individual interested in personality type. APT members come from a variety of backgrounds and professions including positions in business and industry, organization development, religion, education, psychotherapy and counseling. Members seek to extend the development, research, applications and ethical use of Myers-Briggs (MBTI) type theory. APT provides opportunities for sharing type information through: publications, international and regional conferences, local chapter meetings, and various training programs. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
1703 N. Beauregard St. The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development is a unique international, nonprofit, nonpartisan association of professional educators whose jobs cross all grade levels and subject areas. Founded in 1943, ASCD's mission is to forge covenants in teaching and learning for the success of all learners. ASCD offers a number of services that could be of interest to, and accessed by, arts education professionals including: Annual Conferences (three are offered each year); Institutes (one-to-three-day meetings located throughout the US); Academies (five-day meetings involving experts and school teams from around the world); Online Tutorials (short web-based multimedia lessons); and Online Courses. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE)
Bolz Center for Arts Administration The Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) is an international organization that represents college and university graduate and undergraduate programs in arts administration, encompassing training in the management of visual, performing, literary, media, cultural and arts service organizations. AAAE was created to provide a forum for communication among its members and advocate formal training and high standards of education for arts administrators. AAAE also sponsors an annual Conference. Information is available on each member program's history, purpose, background, administration, degree(s), curriculum and application procedure through hyperlinks on the web site. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE)
Box 78 Teachers College The Association of Arts Administration Educators (AAAE) is an international organization that represents college and university graduate and undergraduate programs in arts administration, encompassing training in the management of visual, performing, literary, media, cultural and arts service organizations. AAAE was created to provide a forum for communication among its members and advocate formal training and high standards of education for arts administrators. AAAE also sponsors an annual Conference. Information is available on each member program's history, purpose, background, administration, degree(s), curriculum and application procedure through hyperlinks on the web site. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Association of Fundraising Professionals
4300 Wilson Boulevard The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) represents 25,000 members in 163 chapters throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, working to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education, and certification programs. Programs include: International Conference on Fundraising (offering over 200 workshops sessions on fundraising); The Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE) credential; Online courses in fundraising; Executive Management Institute and Executive Leadership Institute (2 1/2 days each). |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceAssociation of Performing Arts Presenters
1112 16th St., NW The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is a membership organization, dedicated to bringing performing artists and audiences together in every place and way imaginable. The Association achieves its goal by providing visionary thinking, professional development, resource sharing, and advocacy, in support of its members and all those who create and disseminate the performing arts. Presents an Annual Conference in New York offering numerous professional development workshops (e.g. The North Group's Fundraising Workshop); also an Emerging Leadership Institute, and continuing education opportunities in the area of audience development. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Banff Centre
Box 1020 The Banff Centre is Canada's only learning centre dedicated to the arts, leadership development, and mountain culture. Banff serves the needs of accomplished artists, business and community leaders, and members of the global mountain community through year-round programs designed to enrich professional practice beyond the realm of traditional education. The Centre is also home to a world class conference facility. Programs in: Leadership and Management, Dance, Theatre, Writing, Music, Opera, Media and Visual arts, Aboriginal Arts. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Berkana Institute
350 East Tenth Avenue Berkana is a nonprofit organization that "…works with people around the world to discover new organizational forms, processes, and leadership based on an in-depth understanding of how life organizes in ways that are interdependent, generous and self-organizing." Videotapes, audio cassettes and books. Based on the work of Meg Wheatley (author of Leadership and the New Science,) who can be contracted for lectures, seminars and workshops. A possible partner for creating instruments for training in leadership. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceBoardSource
1828 L St., NW BoardSource (formerly the National Center for Nonprofit Boards) provides practical information, tools and best practices, training, and leadership development for board members of nonprofit organizations worldwide. BoardSource provides: Resources to nonprofit leaders through workshops, training, and an extensive Web site; Governance consultants who work directly with nonprofit leaders to design specialized solutions to meet an organization's needs; Tools on nonprofit governance, including more than 100 booklets, books, videos, CDs, and audiotapes; An Annual Conference that brings together approximately 800 board members and chief executives of nonprofit organizations from around the world. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceBravo
150 Crossways Park W Bravo, the Film and Arts Network, offers critically acclaimed American and international films and performing arts, including dance, theatre, classical music and jazz. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCarnegie Corporation Task Force on Youth Development and Community Programs
437 Madison Ave Carnegie Corporation of New York was created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote "the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding." |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCatalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
Website: http://12.46.245.173/cfda/cfda.html The online Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance gives you access to a database of all Federal programs available to State and local governments (including the District of Columbia); federally -recognized Indian tribal governments; Territories (and possessions) of the United States; domestic public, quasi-public, and private profit and nonprofit organizations and institutions; specialized groups; and individuals. After you find the program you want, contact the office that administers the program and find out how to apply. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCenter for Arts Education
14 Penn Plaza The Center for Arts Education is a not-for-profit organization committed to restoring and sustaining arts education as an essential part of every child's education in the New York City public schools. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCenter for Collaborative Organizations
University of North Texas The Center for Collaborative Organizations, at the University of North Texas, was created for scientific and educational purposes. Through annual conferences, public workshops, on-site training, change projects, and publications, the Center provides knowledge, skills, design and development information, tools, and assistance to build collaborative work systems and enhance teaming. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceChicago Arts Partnership in Education (CAPE)
203 N. Wabash Ave The mission of CAPE is to serve students by advancing the role of the arts in K-12 public education. CAPE catalyzes and supports school improvement through the creation of partnerships that integrate the arts into the overall educational program of Chicago public schools. The arts, when introduced through integrated instruction as well as discipline-specific study, can be an essential element to school improvement. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceChildren's Television/Sesame Workshop
One Lincoln Plaza Sesame Workshop, from the creators of Sesame Street, delivers high-quality entertaining and educational programming for kids and parents together. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCleveland Foundation
1422 Euclid Avenue Areas of funding interest include: Arts and Culture, Economic Development, Education, Health, Neighborhoods and housing, Social services. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCleveland Indians Charities
Cleveland Indians Community Outreach Department CLEVELAND INDIANS CHARITIES (CIC), was established in 1989 to make a positive contribution to the quality of life for Northeast Ohio youth by providing educational and recreational opportunities. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCollege Art Association
275 Seventh Ave. Founded in 1911, the College Art Association promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art. Provides annual conference, publications, career development assistance and advocacy. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceColumbia College/Chicago
600 S. Michigan Ave. Columbia is an undergraduate and graduate college whose principal commitment is to provide a comprehensive educational opportunity in the arts, communications, and public information within a context of enlightened liberal education. Columbia's intent is to educate students who will communicate creatively and shape the public's perceptions of issues and events and who will author the culture of their times. Columbia is an urban institution whose students reflect the economic, racial, cultural, and educational diversity of contemporary America. Columbia conducts education in close relationship to a vital urban reality and serves important civic purpose by active engagement in the life and culture of the city of Chicago. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Columbus Foundation
1234 E. Broad Street Arts, community development, education, health, social services, and other community needs. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCommunity Development Society
17 S. High St. The International Community Development Society (CDS), founded in 1969, is a professional association for community development practitioners and citizen leaders around the world. CDS members represent a variety of fields: education, health care, social services, government, utilities, economic development practitioners, citizen groups, and more. CDS presents an annual International Community Development Society Conference, and offers: a journal, online library and online Internet Forum on Good Practices. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCommunity Foundation of Greater Lorain County
1865 North Ridge Road, East Elyria Phone: (440) 323-4445 |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Community Foundation of the Greater Lorain County
1865 North Ridge Road, East Emphasis: Greater Lorain County |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCommunity Technology Centers' Network
1436 U Street, NW The Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) is a national membership organization that promotes nonprofit and community-based efforts to provide equal access to technology skills and usage to the general public and to disadvantaged populations. The Web site has address and contact information for the over 400 community technology centers in the U.S., Ireland, Scotland, Spain and the United Kingdom, where access to computers and computer-related technology is available. The site also has relevant news, conference and resources sharing information. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceComprehensive Centers Program
Website: www.ed.gov/programs/newccp/index.html This program awards discretionary grants to establish comprehensive technical assistance centers to help low-performing schools and districts close achievement gaps and meet the goals of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Section 203 of Title II of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 (TA Act) authorizes the Department to establish not fewer than 20 comprehensive technical assistance centers to provide technical assistance to States to benefit school districts and schools, especially those in need of improvement. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCompuMentor
435 Brannan St. CompuMentor works to provide technology resources --- person-to-person services, low-cost software and online resources --- to nonprofits and schools serving low-income communities. The web site has software packages that can be ordered online, for a fraction of the retail cost to organizations that qualify; a mentor matching program, that matches skilled technical volunteers with community organizations and schools; a consulting program that includes technology planning for small and mid-size nonprofits; and information for nonprofits interested in developing a Community Technology Center to provide access and training to low-income or disadvantaged communities. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCouncil for Basic Education (CBE)
1319 F Street, NW CBE is a highly recognized independent non-profit organization that promotes a curriculum strong in the basic subjects: English, history, geography, government, mathematics, sciences, foreign languages, and the arts, for all children in the nation's elementary and secondary schools. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceArts Education Assessment Consortium
One Massachusetts Ave., NW SCASS ARTS is the only state-based, nationally focused group addressing the development and refinement of arts education assessment materials for large-scale, district level, and classroom-based assessment and professional development connected to the National Standards in Arts Education. The SCASS/Arts Education Consortium is a collaboration among member states to develop and disseminate model local and state assessments in the visual and performing arts and provide professional development materials and opportunities for teachers in developing and using arts assessments. Through the SCASS/Arts Education Consortium, member states are able to draw on the best work from across the nation, thereby gaining a broader and higher quality product at a lower cost. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceCouncil of Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Ave, NW The council is a nationwide, nonprofit organization composed of officials who head departments of education in the states, the District of Columbia, the Department of Defense Education Activity and five extra-state jurisdictions. This organization works closely with several national arts education assessment efforts and with the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceDana Foundation
745 Fifth Ave The Dana Foundation has extended its longtime interest in education to support innovative professional development programs leading to improved teaching of the performing arts in public schools. The Foundation's arts education outreach includes offering free publications, books and articles related to the field, organizing conferences and providing access to resources in arts learning on its web site. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Dayton Community Foundation
2300 Kettering Tower The Dayton Community Foundation welcomes grant requests from organizations that benefit citizens in the Dayton/Miami Valley region only and that are recognized as tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceDisney Learning Partnership
Website: disney.go.com/disneylearning The goal of the Disney Learning Partnership is to support teachers, schools, and parents in their efforts to effectively engage children in learning. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceDominion Gas Company Foundation
Attn: Ms. Terry D. Bishop The company established the CNG Foundation in 1985 to support organizations dedicated to improving the economic, physical and social health of the communities served by CNG. Funded by the parent company, the CNG Foundation invests in organizations and programs that improve the overall quality of life in those communitie4s in which CNG serves and operates. Emphasis: Health and Human Services, including the United Way, Education, Culture and the Arts, Community and Economic Development, Environment (Company Locations: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Clarksburg, West Virginia; Reston, Virginia; Cleveland, Ohio; Norfolk, Virginia) |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceDuke Energy Foundation
Website: www.duke-energy.com/community/foundations
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceEducation Development Center, Inc. (EDC)
55 Chapel St EDC is an international, non-profit organization with projects dedicated to enhancing learning, promoting health, and fostering a deeper understanding of the world. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceEducation Trust
1250 H Street NW The Education Trust-West 155 Grand Avenue, Suite 1025 Oakland, CA 94612 Phone: (510) 465-6444 Fax: (510) 465-0859 The Education Trust works for the high academic achievement of all students at all levels, kindergarten through college, and forever closing the achievement gaps that separate low-income students and students of color from other youth. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceEducational Research Service (ERS)
1001 North Fairfax Street The mission of ERS is to improve the education of children and youth by providing educators and the public with timely and reliable research and information. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceEducational Testing Service (ETS)
Rosedale Rd ETS is the world's largest private educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in educational research. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceEdward Tufte
Graphics Press LLC Edward Tufte has written seven books, including Visual Explanations, Envisioning Information, The Visual Display of Quantitative Information, and Data Analysis for Politics and Policy. He writes, designs, and self-publishes his books on information design, which have received more than 40 awards for content and design. He is Professor Emeritus at Yale University, where he taught courses in statistical evidence, information design, and interface design. His current work includes digital video, sculpture, printmaking, and a new book called Beautiful Evidence. Tufte offers a one-day course - "Presenting Data and Information" - at locations throughout the US. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceFederated Department Stores Foundation
Federated Department Stores, Inc. Through the Federated Foundation, the company attempts to make a meaningful difference by helping organizations in cities around the country address such daunting problems and needs as: Breast cancer and domestic violence, HIV/AIDS, Education, Families, Cities: from soaring ballets, symphonies and operas to the beauty of museums and nature conservatories, the spirit of art shows and theater, the tranquility of parks and libraries-and the worst of what we have become; crime, drugs, violence, homelessness, racial conflict, unemployment, ghettos, poverty and despair. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe FirstEnergy Foundation
76 South Main Street Emphasis: Northern Ohio. Arts & Culture, health and welfare, civic activities, education. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceFranklinCovey
2200 W. Parkway Blvd. FranklinCovey Co. is a 4,500 member international firm whose mission is to inspire change by igniting the power of proven principles so that people and organizations achieve what matters most. Steven Covey is best known for his book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People. Their client portfolio includes eighty-two of the Fortune 100 companies, more than two-thirds of the Fortune 500 companies, thousands of small and midsize companies, and government entities at local, state, and national levels. FranklinCovey has also created pilot partnerships with cities seeking to become principle-centered communities, and is currently teaching the Habits to teachers and administrators in more than 3,500 school districts and universities nationwide and through statewide initiatives with education leaders in twenty-seven states. The Covey process is carried out through programs conducted at facilities in the Rocky Mountains of Utah, custom consulting services, personal coaching, custom on-site training, and client-facilitated training, as well as through open enrollment workshops and speeches. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceFuture Search Network
4700 Wissahickon Ave. The Future Search Network offers two different public workshops. They are presented by Sandra Janoff and Marvin Weisbord, co-directors of Future Search Network and co-authors of Future Search: An Action Guide to Finding Common Ground in Organizations and Communities. 1. MANAGING A FUTURE SEARCH - A LEARNING WORKSHOP (MFS) is for facilitators and managers who want to learn how applying future search principles enables a community or organization to transform its capability for action. Participants will acquire the tools needed to organize and manage future search conferences with integrity in any sector or culture. MFS runs one evening, two full days and a morning. Workshops for 2002 are offered in the United States, Europe and South Africa. 2. FACILITATING THE WHOLE SYSTEM IN THE ROOM (FWS) presents a philosophy, theory and method for transforming diverse work groups of all kinds. This seminar, integrating system change and personal growth theories is for experienced leaders who want to increase their capacity to help large diverse groups stay task-focused and accomplish ambitious goals. Future search experience is not necessary for this workshop. FWS runs one afternoon, one full day and one morning. Workshops for 2002 are offered in the United States and Europe. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceGalef Institute
5670 Wilshire Blvd The Galef Institute is a non-profit educational organization whose primary goal is to work with educators in public schools, schools of education, and other reform agencies to improve student achievement by strengthening the teaching profession. To achieve its goals, Galef developed the comprehensive school reform initiative Different Ways of Knowing. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceGeorge Gund Foundation
1845 Guildhall Building Making grants quarterly in areas of education, economic development and community revitalization, human services, arts, environment and civic affairs. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Getty Research Institute
1200 Getty Center Dr. The Getty Research Institute is an operating program of the J. Paul Getty Trust. Its goals are to promote innovative scholarship in the arts and humanities, to bridge traditional academic boundaries, and to provide a unique environment for research, critical inquiry, and debate. The Research Library - accessible to both on-site and remote users - supports scholars and researchers around the world. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceGirl Scouts of the USA
420 Fifth Ave Girl Scouts of the USA is the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls--all girls--where, in an accepting and nurturing environment, girls build character and skills for success in the real world. In partnership with committed adult volunteers, Girl Scouts cultivate their full individual potential. The qualities they develop in Girl Scouting--leadership, values, social conscience, and conviction about their own self-worth--serve them all their lives. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceGrantmakers in the Arts (GIA)
604 W. Galer St. Grantmakers in the Arts is a nonprofit membership organization comprised of private foundations, family foundations, community foundations, corporate foundations, corporate giving programs, and nonprofit organizations that make arts grants. GIA welcomes public sector grantmakers as affiliate members. Over 850 individuals - both trustee and staff - participate in GIA, representing over 250 organizations. GIA aims to: Strengthen the field of private sector arts grant making by improving communication, information exchange, and peer learning within the field as a whole. Increase the presence of arts philanthropy within the broader foundation and policy making communities, thereby promoting more meaningful support of arts and culture. Support individual arts grant makers in increasing their effectiveness and their capacity to meet their objectives. Primary activities: Annual Conference and other GIA-sponsored meetings, Tri-annual publication of the Grantmakers in the Arts Reader, GIA-sponsored research and other GIA publications, Membership Directory and Members Bulletin Web site. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceGreater Columbus Arts Council
100 E. Broad St. The Greater Columbus Arts Council, a not-for-profit organization, encourages and supports cultural development in the Columbus area. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceGroundspring.org
Presidio Building 1014 Groundspring.org's mission is to improve the effectiveness of the nonprofit sector by providing information technology solutions that facilitate and enhance communication and engagement between nonprofit organizations and their stakeholders. We do this by offering software tools and services, training, and consulting that help nonprofit organizations raise funds and communicate with their stakeholders online, and manage their operations more effectively. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceHartwick Humanities in Management Institute
Hartwick College Founded by Hartwick College in 1985, and supported by major grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Hartwick Humanities in Management Institute is a non-profit research, education, and publishing organization. Its purpose is to promote the study of leadership for emerging leaders in educational, corporate, profit and not-for-profit settings. To help achieve this goal, the Institute conducts Hartwick Leadership Seminars™ for corporate clients and for academic institutions, as well as books, case studies and audio visual materials. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceHarvard Project Zero
Harvard Graduate School of Education Project Zero's mission is to understand and enhance learning, thinking and creativity in the arts, as well as humanistic and science disciplines, at the individual and institutional levels. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceIndependent Sector
1200 Eighteenth St., NW Independent Sector is the only national forum that brings together foundations, corporate giving programs, and nonprofit organizations to strengthen the nonprofit sector. Independent Sector members include many of the nation's leading foundations, prominent and far-reaching nonprofits of all sizes and Fortune 500 corporations with strong commitments to community involvement. Since its founding in 1980, the Independent Sector coalition has had an enormous impact on strengthening public policy related to nonprofit organizations, improving accountability and disclosure, building a body of research about the sector, and education policymakers and the public about the important role of the nonprofit sector in a vibrant democracy. The INDEPENDENT SECTOR ANNUAL CONFERENCE is the only national forum for foundations, corporate giving programs, and nonprofit organizations to come together as equal partners to exchange ideas and explore strategies to strengthen not-for-profit initiative. Also provides: publications, research, regional networking events, seminars. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceInstitute for Educational Inquiry
124 E. Edgar St. The Institute for Educational Inquiry (IEI) was founded by John I. Goodlad in 1992. The IEI is an independent, nonprofit corporation with conceptual and administrative links to the Center for Educational Renewal (CER) at the College of Education, University of Washington (Tel: (206) 543-6230, pheckman@u.washington.edu). IEI is funded completely by philanthropic foundations dedicated to supporting education. The Institute works together with the CER to advance the Agenda for Education in a Democracy. Much of the work of the Institute involves conducting extensive professional development programs on a wide range of educational issues that bring together P-12, college of education, and arts and sciences faculty from the settings of the National Network for Educational Renewal (Richard W. Clark, Executive Director, 209 140th Ave. NE, Bellevue, WA 98005, Tel: (425) 747-3280, Fax: (425) 644-7514, clarkd@msn.com). The professional development programs of the IEI are diverse, including: long-term programs to expand diversity in teaching and teacher education programs; to integrate the arts into the preparation of all elementary classroom teachers; to develop leadership skills of faculty within schools, colleges of education, and the arts and sciences; and to establish greater understanding between journalists and educators, among others. One of IEI's initiatives is the three-year program just ending called Arts in Teaching and Teacher Education (ATTE), which works with eight school-university settings in examining issues surrounding integrating the arts into the preparation of all elementary school teachers, and includes some institutes and training opportunities. Contact: Mary Ellen Finch, executive director of the Metropolitan St. Louis Consortium for Educational Renewal (finch@maryville.edu). |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Institute of Cultural Affairs
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceInstitute of Museum and Library Services
1800 M Street, NW IMLS is an independent Federal agency that fosters leadership, innovation, and a lifetime of learning by supporting the nation's museums and libraries. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Interaction Institute for Social Change
625 Mt. Auburn Street San Francisco |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe International Association of Facilitators
14985 Glazier Avenue The IAF promotes, supports and advances the art and practice of professional facilitation through methods exchange, professional growth, practical research, collegial networking and support services. The Annual Conference presents a large selection of workshops covering broad areas of facilitation and facilitation-related skills. The IAF also sponsors thing tanks throughout the year, as well as regional groups and networks. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceInternational Child Art Foundation (ICAF)
1350 Conneticut Ave, NW ICAF is a non-profit organization dedicated to the premise that the innate creativity of every child on the planet needs to be nurtured, celebrated and supported. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceInternational Council of Fine Arts Deans
111 Arts Building ICFAD is an alliance of arts administrators representing institutions of higher education. ICFAD provides leadership in arts education, offers a forum for the exchange of ideas and information, and addresses issues of common concern. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceInternational Council of Museums
Maison de l'UNESCO ICOM is an international organization of museums and museum professionals which is committed to the conservation, continuation and communication to society of the world's natural and cultural heritage, present and future, tangible and intangible. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceInternational Network of Performing and Visual Arts Schools
173 Ridge View Dr The Network supports and serves the leaders of specialized arts schools, fosters communication, promotes the development of new schools of the arts and provides leadership and direction in arts education. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceInterstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
Council of Chief State School Officers The Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) is a consortium of state education agencies, higher education institutions, and national educational organizations dedicated to the reform of the education, licensing, and ongoing professional development of teachers. Created in 1987, INTASC's primary development. Its work is guided by one basic premise: An effective teacher must be able to integrate content knowledge with pedagogical understanding to assure that all students learn and perform at high levels. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceJohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
2700 F Street, NW The Kennedy Center continues its efforts to fulfill President Kennedy's vision by producing and presenting an unmatched variety of theater and musicals, dance and ballet, orchestral, chamber, jazz, popular, and folk music, and multi-media performances for all ages. The Center also nurtures new works and young artists, serving the nation as a leader in arts education and creating broadcasts, tours, and outreach programs. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceKennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network
2700 F St., NW The Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network (KCAAEN) includes forty-six state Alliance organizations, operating in partnership with the Kennedy Center to achieve the following mission: "Recognizing that the arts express the essence of civilization and nurture the highest aspirations of the human spirit, the Kennedy Center Alliance for Arts Education Network is dedicated to the support of policies, practices and partnerships that ensure the arts are woven into the very fabric of American education." State Alliance organizations bring together educators, community leaders, arts organizations and concerned citizens to plan and implement programs and activities. On the national level, the KCAAEN identifies community partnerships which provide effective school arts programs, serves as an information exchange, and actively participates in the arts in education organizations. Website lists full contact information for each Alliance, plus full profiles, calendars of upcoming events and workshops, and annual reports listing accomplishments. The Education Department of the Kennedy Center also provides professional development opportunities for Teachers, College Students in Arts Administration, and Performing Arts Managers. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceKnowledgeWorks Foundation
1 West 4th Street Columbus Address: 500 South Front Street |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceLearning First Alliance
4455 Connecticut Avenue The Learning First Alliance represents unprecedented, self-initiated commitment by its members to work in concert to improve student learning. The Alliance organizations represent more than ten million individuals engaged in providing, governing, and improving America's public schools at the local, state, and national levels. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceLearning Through the Arts
90 Croatia Street Learning Through the Arts (LTTA) is a dynamic, arts-driven education program providing teachers with creative tools to engage all students in math, science language arts and social studies. It is now the largest full school intervention program in the world, reaching more than 100,000 children each year. Demand for LTTA continues to increase exponentially. We anticipate that, by 2008, there will be 600 LTTA schools in Canada, and teacher professional development centers in 10 countries. With LTTA, the arts become tools for delivering general curriculum. LTTA students explore new ideas by |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceLincoln Center Institute for the Arts in Education
70 Lincoln Center Plaza
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceMartha Holden Jennings Foundation
Business Office: Distribution Office: The Halle Building |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceMaryland Assessment Group
415 Andover Rd. The Maryland Assessment Group (MAG) is a nonprofit organization of Maryland educators established to facilitate the improvement of all educational assessment; to inform the Maryland education community about assessment activities and results for the state and nation; and to encourage the use of assessment results to better inform instruction. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceMatchbook.org
Phone: (617) 951-0010 x529 Matchbook.org is an online cultural marketplace that brings together New England’s performing artists and the people and organizations who present them. This free website features an easy-to-search directory of artists, performance spaces and presenting organizations, designed to MATCH artists with presenters that BOOK them to perform. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceMissouri Assessment Consortium
Missouri Department of Higher Education In 1991, coordinators and directors of assessment from a number of Missouri's higher education institutions came together and formed the Missouri Assessment Consortium (MAC) for the purpose of exchanging ideas among themselves. In 1992, the MAC issued a statement listing eight "Principles for Assessment in Missouri's Public Institutions of Higher Education." These principles emphasized the need to develop assessment programs that would lead to increased student learning and improved programs, and which also would assure the public that their moneys are being spent wisely. This MAC web page will try to keep you posted and up to date on the purposes, goals, and progress of Assessment issues for Missouri's Public & Private two- and four-year institutions of higher education. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceMorino Institute
11600 Sunrise Valley Dr The Morino Institute is a nonprofit organization that explores the opportunities and risks of the Internet and the New Economy to advance social change, by stimulating entrepreneurship, advancing a more effective philanthropy, closing social divides and understanding the relationship and impact of the Internet on our society. The Web site has speeches and publications, information on the Institute's programs and venture philanthropy partners, plus additional resources. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Art Education Association
1916 Association Dr. NAEA was founded in 1947 with the merger of the Western, Pacific, Southeastern, and Eastern Region Art Associations, plus the art department of the National Education Association. The organization promotes art education through Professional Development, Service, Advancement of Knowledge, and Leadership. Its annual five-day Convention includes over 750 to 850 participatory workshops, panels, seminars for job-alike groups, research reports, discussions, exhibits, and keynote addresses by world-acclaimed educators, artists, researchers, and scholars. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Arts & Learning Collaborative (NALC)
12 Highland St The NALC is a non-profit organization that develops, implements, and evaluates model programs that incorporate the arts into the core curriculum of urban schools, and forges networks to support those activities among schools, arts/cultural organizations, businesses, and institutions of higher education. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe National Arts Education Consortium
Department of Art Education A $4.3 million Challenge grant, matched one-for-one by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts, supports the National Arts Education Consortium (NAEC), which is made up of six regional consortia members in California, Florida, Ohio, Nebraska, Tennessee, and Texas. Composed of representatives from school districts, universities, museums, and other arts and cultural organizations, the consortium members have selected a total of thirty-six partner schools to participate in the effort. From eight states and a diverse range of urban, suburban, and rural communities, participating schools receive instructional resources, professional development opportunities, and technical assistance to serve as demonstration sites for implementing a comprehensive approach to arts education linked to whole-school reform strategies. The Consortium members offer training programs throughout the year. Resources include samples of lessons authored jointly by teachers and museum educators and a video series featuring real-life examples of ways the curriculum can be adapted to a variety of teaching techniques and student learning styles. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Assembly of Education Progress (NAEP)
Institute of Education Sciences In 1997, NAEP administered an arts assessment of approximately 6,480 students in grade 8 in the nation. The assessment measured student's knowledge and skills in music, theater and visual arts. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Assembly of State Arts Agencies
1029 Vermont Ave, NW The National Assembly of State Arts Agencies is the membership organization of the nation's state and jurisdictional arts agencies. NASAA's mission is to provide member agencies with the information, resources and representation they require to engage issues proactively and serve the public effectively. Each of the 50 states and six jurisdictional governments has created an arts agency to support excellence in and access to the arts. For the last 30 years, the state arts agencies have invested in our nation's cultural life by nurturing artistic endeavors nationwide and giving millions of people greater opportunities to participate. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
1313 L Street, NW
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe National Association of Elementary School Principals
1615 Duke St. NAESP was founded in 1921 by a group of principals who sought to advance the profession. Since its beginning, the Association ahs worked to ensure that our children get the best education possible. NAESP has since become the strongest unified voice for K-8 leaders across the U.S. and around the world. NAESP offers an Online Academy of professional development courses, an International Institute for Instructional Leadership, standards seminars, and a National Convention and Exhibition. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Association of Secondary School Principals
1904 Association Dr. In April 1916, 78 high school principals met to form a new professional organization, the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP). Since that time, membership has grown to approximately 40,000 middle level and high school principals, assistant principals, and aspiring principals from the United States and more than 60 other countries. Offers publications, leadership assessment tools, professional development programs, and an Annual Convention. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Association of State Boards of Education (NASBE)
277 S. Washington St. NASBE's principle objectives include strengthening state leadership in educational policymaking; promoting excellence in the education of all students; advocating equality of access to educational opportunity; and assuring continued citizen support for public education. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBTS)
1525 Wilson Blvd NBTS is leading the way in making teaching a profession dedicated to student learning and to upholding high standards for professional performance. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Center for Education Statistics
1990 K Street, NW NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI)
1120 Connecticut Ave, NW The National Coalition Building Institute (NCBI) is a nonprofit leadership training organization based in Washington, D.C. Since 1984, NCBI has been working to eliminate prejudice and intergroup conflict in communities throughout the world. NCBI has trained leadership teams in a variety of settings, including high schools, colleges and universities, corporations, foundations, correctional facilities, law enforcement agencies, government offices, and labor unions. Currently NCBI has 50 city-based leadership teams, known as NCBI Chapters; 30 organization-based leadership teams, known as NCBI Affiliates; and over 60 college/university-based teams, known as Campus Affiliates. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
444 N. Capitol St., NW NCSL is a bipartisan organization dedicated to serving the lawmakers and staffs of the nations 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Education Association (NEA)
1201 16th St, NW The NEA is America's oldest and largest organization committed to advancing the cause of public education. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Endowment for the Arts (NEA)
Nancy Hanks Center The National Endowment for the Arts is a public agency dedicated to supporting excellence in the arts--both new and established--bringing the arts to all Americans, and providing leadership in arts education. Established by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government, the Endowment is the nation's largest annual funder of the arts, bringing great art to all 50 states, including rural areas, inner cities, and military bases. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW The NEH is an independent grant-making agency of the United States government dedicated to supporting research, education and public programs in the humanities. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA)
444 Brickwell Ave, P-14 NFAA's mission is to identify emerging artists and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development, to raise appreciation for, and support of, the arts in American society. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Guild of Community Schools of the Arts
520 8th Avenue The Guild contributes to the growth and development of its constituent schools by providing a broad range of programs and services to the field. Its key programs include TRAINING INSTITUTES that develop professional skills and competencies in individuals, and INSTITUTIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS that lead to improvements in organizational effectiveness. In addition, the Guild fosters the replication and dissemination of best practices through conferences, publications, and grantmaking. Two important national initiatives are currently underway: Creative Communities, a three-year $4.65 million partnership with the US Department of Housing and Urban Development and the National Endowment for the Arts, that provides free instruction for young people living in public housing in 20 cities; and Partners in Excellence, a national initiative to identify the most effective practices in exemplary K-12 public school arts partnerships. The Guild offers three two-day seminars each year to provide training for staff and trustees at community schools of the arts. Typically, two of the three seminars are offered immediately before the national conference each year. The ANNUAL CONFERENCE - in addition to a full program of workshops, panel presentation and interactive group discussions, pre-conference seminars offer in-depth opportunities for delegates to develop their skills. The FACILITIES PROJECT PLANNING WORKSHOP helps individuals understand the financial and organization implications of a facility project whether it be expansion, renovation or relocation. PARTNERS IN EXCELLENCE is a two-day workshop focusing on arts education partnerships. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational Head Start Association
1651 Prince St
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Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe National Network for Folk Arts in Education
City Lore: The New York Center for Urban Folk Culture The National Network for Folk Arts in Education, funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, is a program of Cultural Arts Resources for Teachers and Students CARTS, which in turn is a project of City Lore in New York City. NNFAE advocates the full inclusion of folk and traditional arts and culture in the nation's education. Provides extensive list of training opportunities for K-12 educators in folk arts, folklife, and oral history. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational PTA
541 N Fairbanks Court The National PTA is the oldest and largest volunteer association in the United States working exclusively on behalf of children and youth. The mission of the National PTA is: to support and speak on behalf of children and youth in the schools, in the community and before governmental bodies and other organizations that make decisions affecting children; to assist parents in developing the skills they need to raise and protect their children; and to encourage parent and public involvement in the nation's schools. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented (NRC/GT)
University of Conneticut Our orientation and related research has been to apply the strategies of high-end learning to total school improvement and to focus our research on developing gifts and talents in young people based on a broad array of both traditional and emerging indicators of potential for high performance. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNational School Boards Association
1680 Duke St. The NSBA hosts an Annual Conference and Exposition - the nation's largest policy and training conference for local education officials on national and federal issues affecting public schools in the U.S. Serving over16,000 school board members, school administrators, exhibitors and family members, the conference features a broad range of programming, including training clinics and workshops. NSBA has many other programs including a journal, publications, reference library, Education Technology Programs and advocacy. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe NEA Foundation for the Improvement of Education
1201 16th Street, NW The NEA Fine Arts Grants enable fine arts teachers to create and implement fine arts programs that promote learning among students at risk of school failure. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNellie Mae Education Foundation
1250 Hancock St The Nellie Mae Education Foundation is New England’s largest public charity dedicated exclusively to improving academic achievement for the region’s underserved communities. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe New England Consortium of Professional Artist-Educators
Brown University The New England Consortium of Professional Artist-Educators is a group of artist-educators and arts council education staff from the New England states (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT). They have banded together to create a "Professional Development Calendar" from each state (available from Nancy Safian), and they present - in conjunction with Brown's Arts Literacy Project - a summer professional development conference: "The Professional Artist Educator: A New England Gathering." |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNew York Foundation for the Arts
155 Avenue of the Americas The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) helps artists turn inspiration into art by giving more money and support to individual artists and arts organizations than any comparable institution in the US. Our goal is to provide the time and resources for the creative mind and the artistic spirit to think, work and prosper. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNonprofit Tech
40 Benton Ave Nonprofit Tech is a 501(c)(3) technology association with nonprofit, corporate, and individual members. As a social capital venture, it offers affordable and comprehensive technological services to the nonprofit community. NT addresses the socio-economic issues of a technology-based economy and their effect on the public sector and disenfranchised communities; while building, promoting, and supporting nonprofit efficacy. NT provides expertise in technology, nonprofit management, human-computer interactions, and the psychology of service-driven industries. Professional Development includes efforts to keep staff, consultants, and volunteers abreast of new technology, its effect on the nonprofit sector, and its usefulness to the nonprofit sector. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Nord Family Foundation
747 Milan Avenue The Nord Family Foundation is especially interested in programs which strengthen families and the public service in Lorain County, Ohio. Grants are awarded in the fields of social service, health, education, the arts, and civic affairs. Within these fields, high priority is given to programs which address the needs of economically or social disadvantaged families. Projects which attack root causes of problems are of special interest. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceNTL Institute
300 N. Lee St Founded in 1947, NTL (National Training Laboratories) Institute for Applied Behavioral Science offers training for professional and personal success by focusing on the individual as a change agent. NTL programs are designed for relevancy in today's rapidly changing environment. In NTL's view, self-awareness and self-knowledge are integral to effective organizational change at both the individual and the group level. Over 100,000 executives, managers, planners, trainers of Fortune 500 companies along with individual consultants have been introduced to experiential learning - learning in small groups through direct experience. Experiential learning is the cornerstone of NTL training. NTL pioneered the T Group, a ten to thirteen person group that ensures an intense group experience with an opportunity for shared learning. This concept has become one of the most widely accepted techniques for improving personal, professional and organizational effectiveness. NTL offers unique training programs in five areas: Change Management, Individual and Group Dynamics, Diversity, Organization Development Training and Consultation, and Professional and Personal Development. Within these areas, sixty programs are offered yearly to the general public. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceOhio Alliance for Arts Education
Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts Founded in 1974, OAAE advocates for all the arts including music, dance, drama/theatre, literary arts and visual arts. The OAAE works to help establish the arts as an integral part of the education of every Ohioan. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceOhio Appalachian Arts Initiative
Chagfield College The Ohio Appalachian Arts Initiative, a program of the Ohio Arts Council, provides assistance in grants writing and funding for artist residencies in Ohio's 29 Appalachian counties. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceOhio Citizens for the Arts
Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts The Ohio Citizens for the Arts is a statewide, grassroots, nonprofit organization committed to increasing public awareness and support for the arts in Ohio. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceOhio Department of Education
25 S. Front St. The State Board of Education and the Ohio Department of Education are unified in their mission to ensure all students reach high levels of academic achievement, a primary key to their success as individuals, workers and citizens. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceOhio PTA
40 Northwoods Blvd. The Ohio PTA is an association of volunteers seeking to unite, home, school and the community in promoting the education, health and safety of children, youth and families. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceOPERA America
330 Seventh Avenue OPERA America — the national service organization for opera — leads and serves the entire opera community, supporting the creation, presentation, and enjoyment of opera. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceParkersburg Area Community Foundation
501 Avery Street, Lobby The Foundation offers three grantmaking programs: Community Action Grants, Ruth Hornbrook Memorial Fund Grants, and Focus Grants. The Foundation Community Action Grants focuses its grant making in the following areas of interest: Arts and Culture, Education, Health and Human Services, Recreation, Youth and Family Services. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Perpich Center for Arts Education
6125 Olson Memorial Highway The Perpich Center for Arts Education is a state agency charged by the Minnesota Legislature to bring the arts into all K-12 education. Its mission is innovative public education, centered in the arts. A thirty-acre campus in Golden Valley, a suburb of Minneapolis, houses the Center's three main components: the Arts High School (AHS), the Professional Development Institute (PDI), and the Research Assessment and Curriculum Division (RAC). The Professional Development Institute (PDI) presents programs ranging from one day workshops for beginners through multi-year partnerships with schools seeking systematic change through the arts. The Research, Assessment and Curriculum (RAC) division focuses on meaningful research and policy, and best practice development to promote school effectiveness, and teacher and artist growth. The Learning Resource Center (LRC) is housed at the Center, and provides an extensive arts-focused collection of free resources for teachers, students, and artists throughout Minnesota. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourcePresident's Committee on the Arts and Humanities
1100 Pennsylvania Ave, NW PCAH works to encourage private sector support for the arts and humanities and public appreciation of their value through projects, publications, and meetings. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourcePublic Broadcasting Service (PBS)
On-line Directory PBS, headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, is a private, non-profit media enterprise owned and operated by the nation's public television stations. A trusted community resource, PBS uses the power of noncommercial television, the Internet and other media to enrich the lives of Americans. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceRelearning by Design
The College of New Jersey Relearning by Design provides services concerning student assessment and curriculum design in the form of consultation, training, workshops, seminars, videoconferencing, collaborations across institutions, and large conferences or presentations nation-wide. Relearning by Design also produces and markets products for use by educators, in the form of print material, videotapes, audio tapes, and software. Grant Wiggins is RBD's President and Director of Programs. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Robert K. Greenleaf Center for Servant-Leadership
770 Pawtucket Drive The Greenleaf Center is an international, not-for-profit institution headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, whose goals are: to help people understand the principles and practices of servant-leadership; to nurture colleagues and institutions by providing a focal point and opportunities to share thoughts and ideas on servant-leadership; and to connect servant-leaders in a network of learning. Greenleaf accomplishes these goals through the following: Books and Tapes; Annual International Conference; Leadership Institute for Higher Education. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceSaint Luke's Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio
4208 Prospect Avenue To fulfill its mission, the Foundation provides funding support for initiatives focused on general health and wellness, health and medical education, medical research, and healthcare delivery. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceSmithsonian Early Enrichment Center (SEEC)
PO Box 37012 The SEEC philosophy is based upon five key concepts: child-oriented learning, real-world integrated learning, cultural diversity, critical thinking skills, and aesthetic awareness. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceSociety for Organizational Learning
25 First Street In 1991 the Society for Organizational Learning was founded at MIT with a mission of fostering collaboration among a group of corporations committed to fundamental organizational change and advancing the state of the art in building learning organizations. One of the founders, and current lecturer/seminar leader for SOL, is Peter Senge, author of THE FIFTH DISCIPLINE. SOL is a global learning community dedicated to building knowledge about fundamental institutional change. The organization offers an annual Foundation for Leadership Course, Core Competencies Course, Executive Champions Workshop, Professional Journal, Assessment and Research. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceSurdna Foundation
330 Madison Avenue, 30th Floor Surdna is a family foundation established in 1917 by John Emory Andrus. The foundation makes grants in the areas of environment, community revitalization, effective citizenry, the arts and the nonprofit sector, with annual grantmaking of approximately $37 million. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceTeacherQuality
Website: www.teacherquality.us This site is intended to serve as a forum for NCLB (No Child Left Behind) Title II, Part A Coordinators and other state staff who work on highly qualified teacher (HQT) issues. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceTeachers & Writers Collaborative
520 Eighth Ave. Teachers & Writers Collaborative -- a nonprofit organization -- was founded in 1967 by a group of writers and educators who believed that writers could make a unique contribution to the teaching of writing. T&W brings writers and educators together in collaborations that explore the connections between writing and reading literature and that generate new ideas and materials. T&W publishes a bimonthly magazine and books, conducts staff development workshops and maintains a Center for Imaginative Writing. All programs take place in New York. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe 21st Century Nonprofit
Website: http://foundationcenter.org/getstarted/onlinebooks/firstenberg/summary.html Paul Firstenberg utilizes his extensive experience in the for-profit and nonprofit sectors to develop a systematic plan for organizational governance, providing the management know-how for nonprofit stewards who want to make their organization effective agents of change. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Foundation Center
1422 Euclid Avenue Comprehensive directory offers links to more than 70,000 private foundations, corporate-giving programs and other sources of nonprofit funding. Get funding tips. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe PRI Directory: Charitable Loans and Other Program-Related Investments by Foundation
Website: www.fdncenter.org Certain foundations have developed an alternative financing approach -- known as program-related investing -- for supplying capital to the nonprofit sector. PRIs have been used to support community revitalization, low-income housing, microenterprise development, historic preservation, human services, and more. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceFoundation Grants to Individuals Online
Website: http://foundationcenter.org/findfunders/fundingsources/gtio.html Foundation Grants to Individuals Online allows you to choose from up to nine different search fields to discover prospective funders. Foundation records include current, authoritative data on the funder, including the name, address, and contact information; fields of interest; types of support; application information; and descriptions of funding opportunities for individual grantseekers. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceFoundation Grants to Individuals on CD-ROM
Website: foundationcenter.org/marketplace/catalog/product_gtio.jhtml?id=prod180001 An essential resource for individual grantseekers as well as for financial aid offices and funding libraries, the CD-ROM offers high-speed searching of our unique database of foundations and public charities that provide support to individuals. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
Rookwood Tower Areas of funding interest include: Primary Care for the Poor, Children's Health, Substance Abuse, Severe Mental Illness, and other Health related grants. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe Hershey Foundation
Website: www.foundationcenter.org/grantmaker/hershey The Hershey Foundation is dedicated to providing Northeast Ohio children from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds with special opportunities for personal growth and development. The Foundation helps schools, museums, cultural institutions, and other non-profit organizations develop and implement innovative programs that make the future brighter for children by improving quality of life, building self esteem, enhancing learning, increasing exposure to other cultures and ideas, and encouraging the development of independent thinking and problem-solving skills. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe John S. and James L. Knight Foundation (Akron, Ohio)
please send grant-related materials to main office: Areas of Interest: Community Initiatives, Education, Arts and Culture, Journalism |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceTheatre Communications Group, Inc.
520 Eighth Ave Theatre Communications Group, Inc. is a national service organization that exists to strengthen, nurture and promote the not-for-profit American theatre. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThomas B. Fordham Foundation
1701 K Street, NW The Thomas B. Fordham Foundation supports research, publications, and action projects of national significance in elementary/secondary education reform, as well as significant education reform projects in Dayton, Ohio and vicinity. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceTime for Kids
1271 Sixth Ave The on-line version of the Time for Kids magazine is the news, information and exploration destination for kids on the internet. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceUNESCO: LEA International
Website: www.unesco.org/culture/lea LEA’s aim is to multiply contacts between specialists throughout the world for the exchange of information and dissemination of best practices, pedagogical tools and interdisciplinary resources in each discipline. It also gathers information on teacher training. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceUrban Institute
2100 M Street, NW The Urban Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan policy research and educational organization established to examine the social, economic, and governance problems facing the nation. It provides information and analysis to public and private decision makers to help them address these challenges and strives to raise citizen understanding of the issues and tradeoffs in policy making. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceUS Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave SW In 1980, the USDE was created by bringing together offices from several other departments. Its original directive remains its mission today--to ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence throughout the nation. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceVery Special Arts
818 Connecticut Ave., NW VSA Arts of Ohio: Vern Riffe Center for Government and the Arts |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceWestEd
730 Harrison St WestEd, a nonprofit research, development and service agency, works with education and other communities to promote excellence, achieve equity, and improve learning for children, youth and adults. While WestEd serves the states of Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah as one of the nation's Regional Educational Laboratories, our agency's work extends throughout the United States and abroad. It has 17 offices nationwide, from Washington and Boston to Arizona, Southern California and its headquarters in San Francisco. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceWho's Dancin' Now?
Website: pbs.org/wnet/dancin This web site is not only a companion to Who's Dancin' Now, a documentary that explores the impact of early exposures to the arts, it is also a valuable tool for educators, artists, administrators, parents and students to learn about arts education in easy and effective ways. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceThe William Bingham Foundation
20325 Center Ridge Road The Foundation's grantmaking initially focused principally on educational, cultural, and health and human service organizations in the Cleveland area. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceWilliam J. and Dorothy K. O'Neill Foundation
30195 Chagrin Boulevard Areas of funding interest include: Family, Arts and Culture, Community, Education, Employment, Health, Human Services, Recreation, Religion and Substance Abuse. |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceWolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts
1645 Trap Road The Wolf Trap Institute for Early Learning Through the Arts is a program of the Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, an internationally renowned cultural organization affiliated with Wolf Trap Farm Park, the first and only national park for the performing arts. Founded in 1981, the Institute provides arts-in-education services for children ages 3-5 and their teachers and families through the disciplines of drama, music and movement. Regional Programs of the Institute are located throughout the country (Arizona, Binghamton, NY, So. California, Delaware, Georgia, Memphis/Delta, Michigan, Nashville, TN, New Jersey, New York City, Ohio, Rochester, NY). |
Multi Disciplinary ResourceYoung Audiences, Inc.
115 E. 92nd St. The Young Audiences National Organization certifies YA Chapters for program quality, provides a wide range of services, and advocates quality arts education for all children. YA offers an online Arts for Learning program, a comprehensive educational program connecting community arts resources to K-12 curriculum, along with a companion CD. Also: Online Discussion Groups, Conferences, National Partnerships, Resource Center, Publications, Videotapes, Certification, Skills Bank - supporting on-site technical assistance, Advocacy, Grants, and Technical Assistance. |
Music ResourceAmerican Composers Forum (ACF)
332 Minnesota St The mission of the ACF is to link communities with composers and performers, encouraging the making, playing, and enjoyment of new music. |
Music ResourceAmerican Music Center
30 W 26th St Founded in 1939 by a consortium of six composers including Aaron Copeland, the American Music Center is the nation's first information and support center for new American music. AMC has consistently pioneered groundbreaking initiatives that have supported and advanced the field through the decades, and today the Center's programs and service help make possible countless performances of new music each year. These efforts collectively further the Center's mission of building a national community for new American music. |
Music ResourceAmerican Music Conference
5790 Armada Dr AMC is dedicated to promoting the importance of music, music-making, and music education to the general public. |
Music ResourceAmerican String Teachers Association
4153 Chain Bridge Road
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Music ResourceAmerican Symphony Orchestra League (ASOL)
33 W 60th St The American Symphony Orchestra League provides leadership and service to American orchestras while communicating to the public the value and importance of orchestras and the music they perform. |
Music ResourceChamber Music America
305 Seventh Ave The mission of Chamber Music America is to promote artistic excellence and economic stability within the profession, and to ensure that chamber music, in its broadest sense, is a vital part of American life. |
Music ResourceClassics for Kids Foundation
PO Box 1537 The Classics for Kids Foundation (CFKF) was formed in 1997 in Bozeman, Montana to inspire and to empower young people to shape their own positive futures through playing music. The foundation fulfills its mission of building sustainable music programs by supporting strings education through grants for high quality instruments and mentoring. Our instrument loan program seeks to help young musicians enrolled in college with their development by providing access to instruments in our treasury that have been donated to us by generous CFKF supporters. Our matching grants have helped many music programs thrive by inspiring long-term connections with community philanthropy. |
Music ResourceGrammy Foundation
3402 Pico Blvd The GRAMMY® Foundation, a non-profit arm of the Recording Academy, has a challenging responsibility to bring national attention to important issues such as the value of music and arts education and preserving our rich cultural legacy for future generations. Through its nationwide efforts, the Foundation has made great inroads. |
Music ResourceMeet the Composer
75 Ninth Ave Meet the Composer's mission is to increase opportunities for composers by fostering the creation, performance, dissemination, and appreciation of their music. |
Music ResourceMENC: The National Association for Music Education
1806 Robert Fulton Dr. Conducts semi-annual Music Educators National Conference, as well as annual regional and state conferences. MENC is also involved in publications, advocacy, public relations and program funding. |
Music ResourceThe Mockingbird Foundation, Inc.
c/o Lemery Greisler LLC The Mockingbird Foundation, a nonprofit organization of fans of the musical group Phish, supports music education for children. The Foundation provides support for music education projects that encourage and foster creative expression in any musical form but also recognize broader and more basic needs within conventional instruction. Applications associated with diverse or unusual musical styles, genres, forms, and philosophies are encouraged. Funds may be used for the provision of instruments, texts, and office materials, and the support of learning space, practice space, performance space, and instruction. While the Foundation focuses on projects targeting children 18 or younger, projects that benefit college students, teachers, instructors, or adult students will also be considered. Nonprofit organizations and public schools throughout the United States are eligible to apply. Letters of inquiry are due February 1 and August 1, annually. Visit the website for more information. |
Music ResourceMr. Holland's Opus Foundation
15125 Ventura Blvd The Mr. Holland's Opus Foundation is dedicated to promoting the instrumental music education nationwide by partnering with businesses, schools, and communities to provide new and refurbished musical instruments to qualified schools and individual students. |
Music ResourceSuzuki-Orff School for Young Musicians
1148 W. Chicago Ave The School brings together families from a wide range of cultural backgrounds in Chicago, with a strong emphasis on reaching those who face significant economic and environmental challenges. |
Theatre ResourceAmerican Alliance for Theatre and Education
7475 Wisconsin Avenue The mission of American Alliance for Theatre and Education is to promote standards of excellence in theatre and theatre education. AATE achieves this mission by disseminating quality practices in theatre and theatre education, connecting artists, educators, researchers and scholars with each other, and by providing opportunities for its membership to learn, exchange, expand and diversify their work, the audience and their perspectives. Provides an annual conference. AOL Instant Messenger screen name: AATEMainOffice |
Theatre ResourceThe Association for Theatre in Higher Education
PO Box 1290 The Association for Theatre in Higher Education is an organization of individuals and institutions that provides vision and leadership for the profession and promotes excellence in theatre education. ATHE actively supports scholarship through teaching, research and practice and serves as a collective voice for its mission through its publications, conferences, advocacy, projects and through collaborative efforts with other organizations. ATHE also conducts a Leadership Institute. |
Theatre ResourceCreative Directions
1227 C. Central St Creative Directions has been working for over 25 years to teach, facilitate, and integrate the arts (with an emphasis on drama/theater) in schools and communities by providing creative drama resources and professional development opportunities for educators, administrators, and artists. |
Theatre ResourceEducational Theatre Association
2343 Auburn Ave The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), founded in 1929, is the professional association for theatre education. EdTA's mission is to make theatre a part of lifelong learning. The Association's major areas of effort--educational development, teacher training, and advocacy--serve to accomplish this mission by helping to improve the learning environment in the theatre arts. As the professional association for theatre educators, EdTA ecompasses the International Thespian Society, an honorary organization for high school and middle school theatre students. |
Theatre ResourcePuppeteers of America
Website: http://www.puppeteers.org
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Traditional Arts ResourceNational Storytelling Network
132 Boone Street
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Visual Arts ResourceArtsgenesis, Inc.
154 Christopher St. The mission of Artsgenesis is to create and conduct arts accelerated learning programs for students, teachers, administrators, parents and artists. |
Visual Arts ResourceArtsTeach
Spirit Square Center for Arts & Education ArtsTeach is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with the Arts & Science Council and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. ArtsTeach provides funding and professional development in support of arts education in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. |
Visual Arts ResourceBinney & Smith, Inc.
1100 Church Lane While Binney & Smith is best known for its ubiquitous Crayola crayons, the company goes far beyond those familiar sticks of wax. Binney & Smith brings hands-on products for creative personal development and fun to consumers of all ages at home and away from home. |
Visual Arts ResourceGetty Leadership Institute
1200 Getty Center Dr. The Getty Leadership Institute offers programs to enhance leadership capabilities of museum professionals; its major program is an intensive three-week residential course at the University of California at Berkeley. |
Visual Arts ResourceNational Gallery of Art
2000B South Club Dr The mission of the National Gallery of Art is to serve the United States of America in a national role by preserving, collecting, exhibiting, and fostering the understanding of works of art at the highest possible museum and scholarly standards. |
Visual Arts ResourceNorth Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts
University of North Texas School of Visual Arts The North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA) embraces a philosophy that a comprehensive education in the visual arts education can increase learning capacity in children. To accomplish this requires the development and dissemination of innovative and exemplary curricular materials, especially electronically-based materials; opportunities for classroom and art specialist teachers, school administrators, and museum personnel to engage in professional development opportunities; pre-service preparation programs for art specialist and classroom teachers that prepare them to deliver a comprehensive art education program; and advocacy and leadership training in art education. |
Visual Arts ResourceStudio in a School
410 W. 59th St STUDIO brings professional artists into public schools, childcare centers, and community organizations to encourage children's creativity and to enrich their lives with visual arts. |