Resource Page for Florida Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Art Standards

I.      National and International Curriculum and Standards

• The National Standards for Arts Education
• U.S. Department of Education: National Center for Educational Statistics – Secondary School Course Classification System: School Codes for the Exchange of Data (SCED)
  •   Chapter 1. Introduction
  •   Chapter 2. Framework of SCED
  •   Chapter 3. SCED Subject Areas - Subject Area 5: Fine and Performing Arts (secondary)
• The ISTE National Education Standards (NETS-S) and Performance Indicators for Students
• Finland K-9: Music, Visual Art, and Crafts (begin on p. 230)

Queensland, Australia

•  Queensland Essential Learnings by Year Juncture, Prep – Year 9
•  Queensland Big Ideas Yrs. 3-7
•  Queensland Essential Learnings & Standards, The Arts (Years 1-9)
•  Queensland Years 10-12, Arts Senior Subjects
•  Queensland Guidelines for Students with Disabilities

Singapore

•   Singapore: 2008 Syllabus – General Music Programme (Primary/Secondary)
•   Singapore: 2008 Art Syllabus (Primary & Lower Secondary)
•   Singapore: 2008 Theatre Studies and Drama Teaching Syllabus

II.    Standards Review Report

• Benchmarking for Success: Ensuring U.S. Students Receive a World-Class Education (A Report by the National Governors Association, the Council of Chief State School Officers, and Achieve, Inc., 2008)

III.  State and City Curriculum and Standards

California:

• Visual and Performing Arts Content Standards for California Public Schools (2001)

Colorado:

•   Dance
•   Drama and Theatre Arts
•   Music
•   Visual Arts

Delaware

•   http://www.doe.k12.de.us/infosuites/staff/ci/content_areas/vparts.shtml
•   Career Pathways for the 21^st Century

Florida Next Generation Sunshine State Standards and Course Descriptions:

• Next Generation Sunshine State Standards (NGSSS) in Health, Language Arts, Mathematics, Physical Education, Science, and Social Studies
• Course Descriptions
• Access Points

Florida Standards and Course Descriptions: Sunshine State Standards (SSS) (1996)

  Dance

• Dance, PreK-2
• Dance, 3-5
• Dance, 6-8
• Dance, 9-12
• Dance Course Descriptions, 6-8
• Dance Course Descriptions, 9-12

  Music

• Music, PreK-2
• Music, 3-5
• Music, 6-8
• Music, 9-12
• Music Grade-Level Expectations, K-2
• Music Grade-Level Expectations, 3-5
• Music Course Descriptions, 6-8
• Music Course Descriptions, 9-12

  Theatre

• Theatre, PreK-2
• Theatre, 3-5
• Theatre, 6-8
• Theatre, 9-12
• Theatre Course Descriptions, 6-8
• Theatre Course Descriptions, 9-12

  Visual Art

• Visual Art, PreK-2
• Visual Art, 3-5
• Visual Art, 6-8
• Visual Art, 9-12
• Visual Art Grade-Level Expectations, K-2
• Visual Art Grade-Level Expectations, 3-5
• Visual Art Course Descriptions, 6-8
• Visual Art Course Descriptions, 9-12

  Exceptional Student Education

• 7801010 Visual and Performing Arts: 6-8
• 7813010 Music: 6-8

• Kentucky Combined Curriculum Document 2006
• Maine Learning Results: Parameters for Essential Instruction – Visual and Performing Arts (2007)
• Massachusetts Standards (2009)
• New Mexico Content Standards, Benchmarks, and Performance Standards (2009 update)
• NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards - Standard 1: Visual and Performing Arts
• New York City Department of Education: Curriculum Blueprints for the Arts
• Ohio Fine Arts Academic Content Standards
• Pennsylvania Standards Aligned System (SAS)
• Wisconsin’s Model Academic Standards for Art and Design Education (2000)

IV.  Agency and Organizational Research Reports and Documents

• Arts Education Partnership

•   Champions of Change: The Impact of the Arts on Learning
•   Critical Links: Learning in the Arts and Student Academic and Social Development
•   The Arts and Education: New Opportunities for Research in Arts Education
•   Third Space: When Learning Matters – Stevenson and Deasy (2005)

• The Kennedy Center: Arts Edge – Series: “Teaching for Understanding in the Visual and Performing Arts,” by John L. Brown, based on the principles of Understanding by Design by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe

• The Importance of Understanding, Not Just “Knowing-Doing”
• Creating Desired Results for Understanding: Applying Phase One of the Backward Design Process to the Visual and Performing Arts
• Assessing for Understanding: The Arts “Photo Album”
• Designing Teaching and Learning Activities to Promote Understanding in the Arts

• Lincoln Center: Institute for the Arts in Education – “Capacities for Imaginative Learning”
• NAEP Report 2008: The Arts / The Nation’s Report Card: Arts 2008
• Partnership for 21^st Century Skills
  • Framework for 21^st Century Learning
  • 21^st Century Outcomes
  • P21 Framework Definitions

V.    Process Documents

• 1003.41 Florida Statute, NGSSS (Document)
• Overview of NGSSS-Arts Process (Document)
• Presentation: Overview for Fine Arts Framers Meeting (May 23, 2010) (PPT)
• NGSSS CHARGE to the Writing Teams -The Arts (Document)

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