Who Should Watch This Program

“Expanding the Role of the Arts Specialist” demonstrates opportunities for integrating the arts throughout the school day and curriculum. The program can be an effective introduction to a professional development workshop on this topic for arts specialist teachers, new and experienced classroom teachers, curriculum planners, and administrators.

Other audiences for this program might include:

• advocates, critics, policymakers, and prospective funders for arts-based programs, to demonstrate that the arts promote academic achievement and meet standards in all areas of academic learning; and
• specialists in other subjects such as reading, to show how teachers in all subject areas can integrate the arts with other areas of learning.