About this Webinar Series

A three part series on ESSA's implementation progress covering how to form a team to promote the arts, crafting an ask to gain support for the arts from decision makers, and incorporating the arts into states' new accountability systems.

#ArtsinESSA

Series Moderators:

Elisabeth Dorman, State and Local Government Affairs Senior Coordinator, Americans for the Arts	Jeff Poulin, Arts Education Program Manager. Americans for the Arts

Part 1: Forming A Team

As federal regulations for the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) are released, it is critical for arts education leaders to work together in order for the arts to be a part of the ESSA state planning conversation and process. Join fellow arts and education leaders, who have already formed state and local arts education coalitions and working groups, and hear about their top takeaways in forming relationships and strategies.

Attendees will learn from state arts education leaders about who they should be working with in their state to promote the arts in the ESSA state planning process and how to form effective working groups.

Presenters:

Ann Talbott Brown, Director of Arts Education, Tennessee Arts Commission	Leon Kuehner, Executive Director, Iowa Alliance for Arts Education	AmySue Mertens, Director of Public Affairs, Ingenuity

Part 2: Crafting the Ask

Compelled by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), states are now responsible for the implementation of education, including arts education. The transition can be confusing—what will these state plans look like? State-level arts and education leaders have a unique opportunity to come together to craft the right ask for decision makers' support. Learn more about Florida's trainings and resources to its statewide networks, Michigan's Arts Education Summit, and Ohio's ESSA policy one-pagers for arts educators.

Attendees will see examples from state arts education advocacy leaders on resources and training they provide to their networks and advocates.

Presenters:

Sherron Long, Co-Found and President, Florida Cultural Alliance @FLCULALL	Sarah Gonzales Triplett, Director of Public Policy, Creative Many Michigan, @striplett	Tim Katz, Executive Director, Ohio Alliance for Arts Education

Part 3: Accountability Systems

Under the Every Student Succeeds Act, each state is required to submit a state accountability system to the U.S. Department of Education by 2017. The research shows that the arts can play a role in state accountability systems through a multitude of paths. Learn more about New Jersey's inclusion of the arts in its state report cards from Dr. Dale Schmid; how the Connecticut Department of Education included “arts and creativity" as a new indicator in its new state accountability system from Jackie Coleman; and how the Kentucky Department of Education holds reviews to hold schools' Visual and Performing Arts programs accountable from Kyle Lee.

Attendees will learn how state department of education included the arts as part of their state's accountability systems.

Presenters:

Dr. Dale Schmid, Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator, New Jersey Department of Education	Jackie Coleman, Education Consultant for the Arts, Connecticut State Department of Education	Dr. Kyle Lee, Coordinator of Visual and Performing Arts in the Division of Program Standards-Office of Teaching and Learning, Kentucky Department of Education

Recommended On-Demand Webinars:

Understanding the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

Federal Arts Policy Quarterly Updates

Florida Cultural Alliance ("FCA"): “ESSA Action Alert" (July 6, 2016)

FCA: “ESSA Statewide Advocacy Call Agenda and Resources" (July 18, 2016)

FCA: “ESSA Action Alert" (July 19, 2016)

FCA: “ESSA Action Alert" (July 27, 2016)

Ann Talbott Brown, Director of Arts Education,Tennessee Arts Commission

Twitter Handle: @TN_Arts

Website: http://tnartscommission.org/

Email: Ann.Brown@tn.gov

Ann Talbott Brown, Director of Arts Education, joined the Tennessee Arts Commission in 2009. She manages seven grant programs, a statewide arts education conference, Poetry Out Loud, and the Teaching Artist Roster. She has served as a panelist/reviewer for the National Endowment for the Arts, National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards, and Kentucky Arts Council. Before joining TN Arts, Ann worked with the Whatcom Symphony Orchestra, Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra and Music Festival, Willamette Valley Music Festival, and university programs in Oregon and Illinois. Before that, she served as a licensed K-12 music teacher. Her interests are in supporting arts leaders to strengthen policy and practice and increasing opportunities for educators and students through professional development and grants. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Music Education from Southern Illinois University and a Master's degree in Arts Administration with a certification in Nonprofit Management from the University of Oregon.

Leon Kuehner, Executive Director, Iowa Alliance for Arts Education
Website: http://www.iowaalliance4artsed.org/

Leon Kuehner has been a fine arts educator for 42 years. He received both his bachelors and masters degree in music education from the University of Northern Iowa. He has been president of the Iowa Bandmasters Association, state chair of the American School Band Directors Association, president of the Iowa High School Music Association and state chair of the Iowa Alliance for Arts Education (IAAE). In 2012, he was named the national winner of the National Federation of High School Association's Citation for contributions to music education. He has served as Executive Director of the IAAE since July of 2013.

AmySue Mertens, Director of Public Affairs, Ingenuity
Twitter Handle: @amysuemertens and @IngenuityChgo

Website: http://www.ingenuity-inc.org/

AmySue Mertens is the Director of Public Affairs at Ingenuity where she drives marketing, outreach, policy and advocacy for both the sector and within Chicago Public Schools at the national, state, and local levels.
Prior to Ingenuity, she worked in education for CPS' Office of Family and Community Engagement and The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Extension Program; and in 2008 she ran for the Illinois State Senate. Mertens has served on numerous education and community boards of directors and committees, and currently serves as President of the Chicago Area Public Affairs Group. She earned her BS and MS from The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Sherron Long,Co-Found and President, Florida Cultural Alliance
Twitter Handle: @FLCULALL

Website: http://www.flca.net/

Email: info@flca.net

Sherron Long is co-founder and president of the Florida Cultural Alliance, which she helped to create in 1983. She worked for five years at Florida's Division of Cultural Affairs and worked in 1983-84 to develop the tourist-development-funded grants program for the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, which continues to be an important funding source for the arts and cultural organizations in Palm Beach County. She has served as president of the State Arts Advocacy League of America (now SAAN) and Americans for the Arts' State Arts Action Network Council. Sherron also served as president of the Florida Alliance for Arts Education and remains actively involved with this organization.

Sarah Gonzales Triplett , Director of Public Policy, Creative Many Michigan
Twitter Handle: @striplett

Website: http://www.creativemany.org/

Sarah Gonzales Triplett is Director of Public Policy at Creative Many Michigan, leading the strategic direction of Creative Many's advocacy for Michigan's creative economy, developing campaigns and public policy initiatives to build support for the arts, culture, arts education and the creative industries within the Michigan Legislature, State Executive Office and U.S. Congress. Her focus includes promoting the contributing impacts of the arts and creativity as a strategic asset in Michigan's communities, its economic vitality and in the education of Michigan's children. Triplett joined Creative Many Michigan, formerly called ArtServe Michigan, in 2013.

Tim Katz, Executive Director Organization: Ohio Alliance for Arts Education

Website: http://www.oaae.net/

Tim is responsible for OAAE operations and project work, including statewide partnerships, professional services, and advocacy for arts education in K-12 schools and community settings. Previously, he directed the Greater Columbus Arts Council's arts education programs and partnerships from 1997-2012. Tim has served as a grants reviewer for the US Department of Education's Arts in Education Model Development and Dissemination (AEMDD) Grants, for the Ohio Arts Council's Arts Learning-Arts Partnership program, for Special Projects Grants of the Montgomery County Arts and Cultural District (MCACD) in Dayton, Ohio, and for the Community Arts Fund of the Columbus Foundation. He has a BA and a Master's degree and served as a United States Peace Corps volunteer from 1984 to 1987 in Ghana, West Africa. Tim also worked as a training consultant for the US Peace Corps from 1990-1994 in the United States, Thailand, and Gabon.

Dr. Dale Schmid, Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator, New Jersey Department of Education

Website: http://www.state.nj.us/education/cccs/coordinators.htm

Dr. Dale Schmid is the Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator for New Jersey's State Department of Education. One of 47 state education agency directors of arts education in the country, Dr. Schmid helps shape state and national arts education policy and provides technical assistance to teachers, administrators, and arts service providers in support of model education programs, standards, and systems of assessment that foster arts literacy and expand opportunities for learning in the visual and performing arts. During his tenure at NJDOE, he has held numerous leadership positions including the steering committees of the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards, the Arts Education Partnership, the States Collaborative on Assessment and Student Standards, the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education, the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership, and NJN Public Broadcasting Authority. He is also Past-President of the National Dance Education Organization and member of the writing teams for the National Core Arts Standards in Dance; NDEO's Standards for a K-12 Model Program: Opportunities to Learn in Dance Arts Education; the Professional Teaching Standards for Dance Arts; and the Standards for Learning & Teaching Dance in the Arts: Ages 5-18.

Jackie Coleman, Education Consultant for the Arts, Connecticut State Department of Education

Twitter Handle: @ArtsLearningCT

Website: http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2618&q=32...

Currently, Jackie Coleman serves as the Education Consultant for the Arts with the Connecticut State Department of Education. In her last position as Senior Executive Advisor for the Arts with Hartford Public Schools, Jackie galvanized Hartford's arts and business community along with the school district's staff to form a public/private partnership intended to inspire student success through the arts. (This partnership is now formally a non-profit organization called Hartford Performs). Prior to Hartford Schools, Jackie worked as the Director of Education at Hartford Stage.

Jackie is a Master Teaching Artist on the roster for the Connecticut Office of the Arts visiting classrooms with arts integrated lessons aligned to curriculum. She has 15 years of acting credits in and around New York City and Connecticut. She holds an MFA from the University of South Carolina and a BFA from the University of Connecticut.

Dr. Kyle Lee,Coordinator of Visual and Performing Arts in the Division of Program Standards-Office of Teaching and Learning , Kentucky Department of Education

Website: http://education.ky.gov/comm/pages/programs-and-se...

Dr. Kyle Lee is currently the Coordinator of Visual and Performing Arts in the Division of Program Standards-Office of Teaching and Learning at the Kentucky Department of Education. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Lee served as principal at Hearn Elementary School in Frankfort, Kentucky along with previously teaching music in both Kentucky and Tennessee public schools. Dr. Lee obtained his Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Kentucky, Rank I Superintendent certification from the University of Kentucky, Masters in Educational Administration-Principalship P-12 from University of the Cumberlands, and Bachelors of Music Education P-12 from Morehead State University. As an artist, Dr. Lee has toured throughout the United States and Brazil, performing at the largest conservatory in South America, De Campos Conservatory of music, in Tatui Brazil along with Sala Sao Paulo Concert Hall, Sao Paulo Brazil, and Theatro Castro Mendes located in Campinas Brazil. Being very active in the marching arts, Dr. Lee was a member of the Cadets Drum and Bugle Corps for two years and helped lead the group to a 1st place DCI World Percussion Title in 2003.