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font-size: 8pt;" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1">Issue No. 9 </td> <td style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; font-style: italic;" rowspan="1" align="center" colspan="1">A publication of the Michigan Youth Arts Leadership Roundtable </td> <td style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" rowspan="1" align="right" colspan="1">March 2010</td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#FFFFFF;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" align="left"> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK3"><tbody><tr> <td style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" valign="top" styleclass="style_IntroText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="2"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">In this issue</span></font></td></tr><tr> <td style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" valign="top" width="30%" styleclass="style_IntroText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" href="#MAEA">Addressing Threats to Professional Preparation</a><br><font size="1">The interdependence of higher and secondary education for art teachers.</font><br></font></td><td style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" valign="top" width="30%" styleclass="style_IntroText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" href="#ArtServe">Great Debates</a><br><font size="1">ArtServe cosponsors gubernatorial and legislative debates.</font><br><br><a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" href="#MHC">MHC Touring Program Grants</a><br><font size="1">New funds available for 2010.</font><br><br></font></td><td style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" valign="top" width="30%" styleclass="style_IntroText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" shape="rect" href="#News">News and Opportunities</a><br><font size="1">Green Papers; MCACA Bus Grants; Theatre Conferences; Imagining America News Page</font><br></font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK8"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" styleclass="style_ArticleText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><hr><font style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;" size="4"><img height="100" border="0" width="150" src="http://www.michiganyoutharts.org/images/oMAEA.jpg" align="right"></font><a shape="rect" name="MAEA"><img alt="MAEA" title="MAEA" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"></a><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">Addressing Threats to Professional Preparation <br> </span></font><br><div>Originally written for the Spring 2010 edition of <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnAIH9d6ijZA6X4SUWj_NoMfbaalnBBYcIIJU7CwSfJwHHDewweF0n81y9K07sYZId7uwHobf-ZIltMuWzdkK3FmRwpN8AmQW9U=" linktype="link" target="_blank">Michigan Art Education Association</a>'s quarterly <span style="font-style: italic;">ArTeacher</span> by William Charland, PhD </div><br><div>During the 2009 MAEA Conference, a group of concerned art educators, including representatives of college and university art education programs and K-12 art teachers, met to discuss an issue of vital importance to our students and our profession - the trend across Michigan's school districts to replace trained art educators with untrained teachers drawn from the ranks of general education. </div><br><div>Michigan's school districts cannot be faulted for developing strategies to stretch their budgets - we are all aware of the dire financial situation that cripples our state and threatens our schools. What is inexcusable is undercutting core programs, as defined by the U.S. Department of Education, to foist untrained generalists on unsuspecting children and parents. </div><br><div>While the effects of unqualified and mis-appointed personnel are most immediately felt by children in the art classroom, the trend has not gone unnoticed more widely. It's likely that every K-12 art teacher across the state knows of an instance. Many of our members have been personally affected. The MAEA stands squarely against this practice, and continues to represent us when related policy issues are discussed in Lansing. The Michigan Youth Arts Leadership Roundtable, a coalition of 17 arts education organizations in consultation with the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs and the Michigan Department of Education, also recognizes this practice as being detrimental to arts education across the board, and in their <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnDqZtMc-YevSglTlt0nOBH7cSadQt3nDrLQHFT-B65LEtC5vQzJWl78eNXTZQTK8jQxiO2Bu0z1f9CBspiIix3lrJ_BBc3opeRnrqKksugTRMBXtak7mDsasxKTgBfpCSoWfbwFFKi057_M_uHFMltj" linktype="link" target="_blank">2010 Policy Agenda</a> states the importance of qualified arts specialists in K-12 schools. "To ensure high quality learning experiences in the arts for all students, it is important for them to have instruction that is delivered by a Highly Qualified educator in that content area." </div><br><div>The implications for art teacher training programs in higher education are obvious - when there is no longer a need for trained, certified and properly endorsed professionals in the art classroom, there is no longer a need for college and university art education programs. And while our immediate influence on district decision-makers may be limited, we do have the power to get their attention. </div><br><div>I urge my higher-education colleagues to consider the following plans of action: </div><ul><li>Participate in district meetings where you live. Often, budget and personnel decisions are based on the best information available. Without the voices of arts advocates, many K-12 school boards and administrators are unaware of the implications of their decisions in terms of teaching and learning. As a local tax-payer and authority in your field, your perspective is necessary.</li><li>College and university Art Education Programs must remain on top of faculty and resource changes in art classrooms across the districts with which they partner. This is made more difficult as district resources tighten and art teachers are pink-slipped and/or shifted from one school to another. Still, the relationship between higher ed and K-12 is interdependent and symbiotic. A threat to either domain is a threat to us all.</li><li>Finally, and perhaps most importantly, we must make sure that the placement offices that match art education interns with school districts and mentor teachers ensure that every mentor-teacher holds the LX, LQ or LZ endorsement. A mentor-teacher without proper art education training potentially does more harm than good to your pre-service teachers and certainly will hinder their marketability upon graduation.</li></ul><div>To extend this final point to its logical conclusion, higher education institutions can and should refuse to place interns not just in schools, but in entire districts, that supplant qualified art teachers with unqualified stand-ins. In doing so, we retain our professional self-respect, and reconfirm the value of art education to our children and the future of our state and nation. Talk to your institution's placement officers, and insist that they do the right thing.</div></font></td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK11"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" styleclass="style_ArticleText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><hr><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><img height="64.25" border="0" name="ACCOUNT.IMAGE.98" width="133.25" alt="Artserve Logo" src="http://ih.constantcontact.com/fs066/1101655400290/img/98.jpg" align="right"></span></font><a shape="rect" name="ArtServe"><img alt="ArtServe" title="ArtServe" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"></a><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;">ArtServe Sponsors Great Debates </span></font><br> <br>As we continue to develop our strategy for the coming election season, ArtServe has signed on to cosponsor the Center for Michigan's Great Debates. We are one of 19 leading trade organizations in support of this initiative designed to provide Michigan citizens with an in-depth, issues-oriented look at the candidates for governor and leading legislative seats. <br> <br>The Great Debates will consist of 3 one-hour gubernatorial debates (one in each major party, one with final candidates), 50 thirty-minute legislative debates in key races, and several multi-candidate forums. The timeframe is July through November and debates will be broadcast on public television and distributed in video format for online distribution. <br> <br>In addition to garnering statewide exposure for the importance of arts, culture and arts education, our partnership provides the opportunity to include a page in a Candidate Issue Guide to describe key issues for candidates to consider, and three questions to pose to candidates in the general areas of economic growth, talent and education, and efficient/effective/accountable government.<br> <br>To learn more about this initiative please visit <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnD_Ww97VZKl3gl0NHaptHjBj2RC_wPEZ8X7aoCx4zU9ybIPI1P1sbsOOgmvtmSq69mR9qUrby9I0yvDWxHEtsjoQsDvzfBY459YRacQ1zAFaBDToMEdNshw" linktype="link" target="_blank">www.thecenterformichigan.net</a> or download the Great Debates <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnBUMhw5iTiie4ATy1ySUNYZ0NdF-QC4EpgJThrG9Bz4JPUceQArDm3wo91F4QtMzTRiPymYdE_dCXhy3BHK23cJzdEc8AdQTgr1Kdxye13ZJElqTEz6S_fsOxwYJIIXQLX26jaET7VlFtVqW7td6h07DYIkHh7Q4P7yPoweuSWrzUd53lubn_gcuxxABw6_aZ6g7JQVA2sVtQWPt2WxeMt2K4NTbTimMg4=" linktype="link" target="_blank">press release</a>.<br></font></td> </tr> </tbody></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK6"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" styleclass="style_ArticleText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><hr> <font style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;" size="4"><img height="111.3" border="0" hspace="5" width="166.6" alt="Sphinx" src="http://www.michiganyoutharts.org/images/oMHC.png" align="right"></font><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"> <a shape="rect" name="MHC"><img alt="MHC" title="MHC" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"></a>Michigan Humanities Council Touring Program Grants</span></font><font size="2"><br><font><br><font><font>The Michigan Humanities Council is now accepting applications for grants to support arts and humanities programs between April 1 and September 30, 2010. The grants will be awarded as part of Michigan's Arts and Humanities Touring Program, which consists of an online, juried directory of some of the state's best cultural offerings including dance, music, storytellers, theatre, tradition bearers, exhibits, and visual artists. Grants of up to 40 percent of the cost of performances are awarded to schools, libraries, cultural centers, and nonprofit organizations to support presentations of those listed in the directory.<br><br>The Arts & Humanities Touring Program is a collaborative effort between the Michigan Humanities Council and the Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural Affairs. For 11 years, through this partnership, the Councils have provided thousands of programs, engaged more than 8,500 performers/interpreters, reached more than 1.5 million citizens, and invested $1,019,219 generating about $5.7 million in economic activity.<br><br>Learn more about the <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnCKnevC6s4lwKUqrv9McOHc9cllvOF8-WVKFtS_B_hvWdhReww1dZZwlDN7dzw7jR0qil9hbx2z8MBLpJnYHzxGoMJqXME1irau-Gpcpi9yP7Ct5qHwmAHCl240GAS0fUY3pJcL9uMa-APCfvWeBppAkdArhOLiad17mG9eY_t0bg==" linktype="link" target="_blank">touring program</a> and read the <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnCi1LQ12FpJJht6w1z95IipQp2N9RVnLo3lHInNzklqmT_9GmMDWHw7yw0Kc6t498AGRQfuAdcAbUp3u0gWDvuVdggq73iE81XeDa8Zg88ums8U3tTxBOPOh9CtFgC_xmSok0pLu6LKzKNy42rmzFAwZ9tjU_ICLA4=" linktype="link" target="_blank">grant application guidelines</a>.<br></font></font></font></font></font></td></tr></tbody></table><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK12"> <tbody><tr> <td style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;" styleclass="style_ArticleText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1"><font color="#000000" size="2" face="Arial,sans-serif" style="color:#000000;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;"><hr><font size="4"><span style="font-family: Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif;"><a shape="rect" name="News"><img alt="News" title="News" src="http://img.constantcontact.com/ui/images1/s.gif"></a>News and Opportunities<br><font style="font-weight: bold;" size="2"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Americans for the Arts collects Green Papers</span></span></font></span></font><font style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" size="2"><font style="font-weight: bold;"><font><font><br></font></font></font><font><a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnDJiRZof1O27GodDpCm5XQHHjMSQPiZDoOv0pz395o7pyvQGLxGKv4XXdsg3sa51abwNiXB6xTE6TMn_wIg3GVkboSh1wWJSL2nYuxiMwlG9MuwGO_7K4Eh7w2zo-Wczv_yl9TCaKodeQ==" linktype="link" target="_blank">Green Papers</a> are short, easy to read, visions of the future meant to inspire a nationwide dialogue on the future of the arts. As a way to celebrate the successes of the past 50 years in the arts field, Americans for the Arts has collected Green Papers from a variety of national arts service organizations and peer groups representing different perspectives and disciplines. Read and comment at <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnDJiRZof1O27GodDpCm5XQHHjMSQPiZDoOv0pz395o7pyvQGLxGKv4XXdsg3sa51abwNiXB6xTE6TMn_wIg3GVkboSh1wWJSL2nYuxiMwlG9MuwGO_7K4Eh7w2zo-Wczv_yl9TCaKodeQ==" linktype="link" target="_blank">ARTSblog</a>.<br><br><font><font><span style="font-weight: bold;">MCACA Announces Funding for the School Bus Grant Program</span><br>On March 1, 2010, the Council approved School Bus grants to 162 schools, located in 44 counties, totaling $63,151 in awards. MCACA offered grants of up to $500 to Michigan K-12 schools for thetransportation cost of an arts and culture-related field trip. The destination or performance was chosenby the school from a list of organizations affiliated with MCACA. Download the complete list of grantees <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnDa_ldL8p2Y_ac37KOGU5zaMI68D5Drybvd6aWGvk6-NRn0qiDSpFCGYoqzEcdGdQ2LDFNIRyxuezNApWNFQMSeYV4Qir_pbwShm2jKLCcLYDra5hUwq8kSr__NA7pb8suovtIo-5a6MxAd4sljfI5TB4-t4pfWkOcWneGqHD79zAp_MIw2tDuJXkNhcwtL-xowen6ozkbpMQGp2tiaUwd1_9HuuqdA-K4=" linktype="link" target="_blank">here</a>.</font></font><br></font></font><font style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;" size="2"><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">AATE's Theatre In Our Schools One-day Conferences</span><br>The American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE) is hosting its series of Theatre In Our Schools (TIOS) events in four locations around the nation. This year's theme NOW MORE THAN EVER: VITAL ARTS IN TRYING TIMES emphasizes how it is critical that we stay energized and inspired to teach and create art in the midst of these times of financial strife. Art isn't an extravagance or indulgence, but rather a necessity that must be kept at the core of education. Spend the day with fellow teachers, artists, and arts administrators experiencing hands-on workshops, observing master teachers demonstrate their work, discussing your own practice and keeping our arts education community strong!</font> Nearby locations include:<br>March 14, 2010 - Northwestern University, Evanston, IL - <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnCMv-Z1lJLp7D0qTQdxLX2K7OrFBbAXuaPbD_ygFq2ikFUvTaQj67Mj1DRsJepN97OnFOTRmIrovyuBhpOMYVZUr_rZxr5cEtGN7eKxWG6JqokKo36K1i8fqqu7cGUDRwcAzCeZEv_Nbg==" linktype="link" target="_blank">Registration open</a><br>April 24, 2010 - Indiana University, Bloomington, IN - <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnB6tK28QnqTAMKKmi_hue37h-m-9w5L6ooFnz79F9VfnS8zeNo67SoEsdwWFvDNWU1S2ST88SOKk4jS8mP3-BYmIKArTjJdtuW_IbigIapIXsyC_tMDvFAQKu11n0F6nSunLfaSVSbOkXLLZ6c1CUfnpnaiQb7s0TOVHw1L-RxBqDB7-Sv3kvWM" linktype="link" target="_blank">Registration open</a><br><br><span style="font-weight: bold;">Launching of Imagining America News Page</span><br>In collaboration with the Community Arts Network, Imagining America (IA) has created a <a style="color: rgb(93, 63, 37); text-decoration: underline;" track="on" shape="rect" href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103122804840&s=2319&e=001NwL3M0snXnD2AEPXew7Bb58suMennus9OA0V0bIjFnDcUXZdDXEOYwT_M0ZkQJ_sbPfQGI7Vg0ppWiawp1MoVwHQEjPAiqJockOsjeELKUlgxtNde6NQNTy6lk__j8PXIm0a3PdTm7b_Gol9sf5U5A==" linktype="link" target="_blank">News Page</a> to enhance communication between and within campuses and communities and to increase visibility for exemplar public scholarship and practice in the arts, humanities, and design. 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