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OPVA: Phase
I (continued)
The Ohio Partnership's
comprehensive arts education program integrates content and inquiry
strategies from four areas: art production, art history and culture,
art criticism, and aesthetics.The goal is to significantly broaden
students' understanding of art not only by enriching students' artistic
production but also by building their abilities to inquire, to grasp
art's various cultural and historical contexts, and to examine the
powerful ideas transmitted through art.
During Phase I, the OPVA's
list of partners included over thirty museums, art centers, galleries,
universities, state arts organizations and the Ohio Department of
Education. There were 662 art teachers and 855 classroom teachers,
representing 41 Ohio school districts, served by the OPVA's professional
development program.
For the first eight years,
the OPVA's professional development program was delivered through
a variety of institutes.
- OPVA Summer Institutes
in six area sites (Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus,Lima
and Mansfield) across Ohio introduced over 1517 art teachers,
classroom teachers, administrators, school board members, parents,
museum educators, and artists to the theory and practice of comprehensive
arts education.
- The OPVA National
Leadership Academy, conducted in 1995 and 1996, enabled teams
of educators to renew general education through comprehensive
arts education by: (a) identifying and enhancing leadership skills,
and (b) developing collaborative strategic planning processes.
Over 70 art teachers, classroom teachers, administrators, museum
educators, and university educators participated in these two
academies. The strategic planning strategies created during the
academies were used by the Arts Partner Schools to develop their
one and five-year plans.
- The OPVA National
Colloquium Program conducted in 1995, 1996 and 1997 focused
on the development of model curricula that dealt with contemporary
art and artists and the simultaneous development of teaching strategies
for their use in classrooms. Over 110 art teachers, classroom
teachers, administrators, museum educators, university educators,
critics, artists and historians from the US and abroad participated
in these three colloquiums.
OPVA
Phase II: TETAC
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