Community/Schools Partnership for the Arts
Official Advisory Committee to the Superintendent
of Sarasota County Schools Since 1996
The COMMUNITY / SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ARTS (C/SPA) was created in 1996 as an independent advisory council to the superintendent of schools. This unique partnership between the Sarasota County Arts Council and the Sarasota Public School District is comprised of school and district administrators, teachers, and community arts education advocates. In 2002, C/SPA was recognized at a national symposium of the Arts Education Partnership (AEP) in Washington, DC, for its outstanding collaborative relationship between the arts community and the school district. This partnership continues to serve the students of Sarasota County.
C/SPA's long-term goals are to advance the knowledge of arts education and its strategies, to encourage continuous learning and to promote dialogue about arts education in our schools and in our community.
The COMMUNITY / SCHOOLS PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ARTS represents exemplary cooperation between leaders in the school district and leaders in the fine arts community to support and improve arts education in Sarasota County.
C/SPA’s Vision
- C/SPA envisions every student participating in a quality arts program, taught through a balanced curriculum, based on national standards with school and community collaboration.
C/SPA’s Mission
- C/SPA provides leadership in the continual development, implementation, and celebration of education in, about, and through the arts for all students in Sarasota County.
C/SPA’s Goals
1. Develop and implement curricula in five art forms: dance, media, music, theatre, and visual arts.
2. Infuse the arts into all facets of school life and into all subjects.
3. Develop and implement innovative programs including visual and performing arts magnet programs, to enhance standards-based courses, expanding the range of experiences available to students and teachers.
4. Systematically assess student learning in the arts and regularly evaluate arts education programs.
5. Recruit, hire, and retain highly qualified, certified arts teachers in all arts forms.
6. Provide regular professional development so that teachers can help their students meet National and Sunshine State Standards in the arts.
7. Address needs and resources for arts education in district planning, budgeting, and communication processes.
8. Provide equitable and adequate human, financial and instructional resources, facilities, equipment and supplies for education in all five art forms.
9. Communicate within the school district, the community, the state and the nation regarding arts education in Sarasota County and its effects.
C/SPA’s Top Ten Priorities
v ACCESS - helping to ensure that every child has access to sequential dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual art instruction at his/her level of achievement
v EQUITY - helping to ensure that students at all schools, regardless of their learning challenges, enjoy the same opportunities in arts education
v RESOURCES - helping to locate and encourage new sources of funding and monitor distribution of school and community arts education resources
v QUALITY - helping to ensure that all arts education courses are taught by qualified, certified arts educators
v CONTENT - helping to create and maintain excellence in arts education curricula and assessments as well as helping to align community arts programs with school district curricula
v INNOVATION - helping to ensure that teachers are aware of and utilizing the latest techniques and encouraging their students’ originality
v LITERACY - helping to ensure that every child is literate in the arts as well as all of the other subjects taught in schools, especially reading
v RECOGNITION - helping to ensure that the district is recognized for its outstanding collaborations and that students, teachers, and community arts supporters have opportunities for celebrating their achievements
v COMMUNICATION - helping to teach the community at large the importance of supporting a world class, balanced education for its students
v CONTINUOUS PROGRESS - helping to monitor arts education programs to ensure that there is positive movement in all of these areas every year
COMMUNITY / SCHOOL PARTNERSHIP FOR THE ARTS
2011-2012 Steering Committee Membership
SARASOTA COUNTY COMMUNITY MEMBERS
CHAIR - Nancy Roucher, Arts Education Task Force Chair
Ivonne Antonian, Riverview High School Student
Cindy Balistreri, Perlman Suncoast Program Education Director
Karen Bell, Circus Sarasota Education Director
Susan Burke, FAAE Executive Director
Brian Hersh, Asolo Repertory Theatre Education Director
Barbara Johnson, Creative Drama for Creative Learning & Players Theatre Board Member
Leslie Lacktman, Arts Education Advocate
Amanda Lynn, Ringling Museum Fellow
Elizabeth Power, Perlman Suncoast Program Executive Director
Bruce Rodgers, Hermitage Executive Director
Alyson Rozier, Sarasota Orchestra Music Education Coordinator
Bonnie Greenball Silvestri, Senior Fellow for Arts, Culture & Civic Engagement USF
Robert Warren, Van Wezel Performing Arts Center
Maureen Zaremba, John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art Education Director
New Education Director, Ringling College of Art & Design
SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOLS MEMBERS
CHAIR - Angela Hartvigsen, Fine Arts Program Specialist
COORDINATOR - Karen Johns, Lakeview Music Educator
Joe Bazenas, Booker Middle School Principal
Steve Cantees, Executive Director of High Schools
Page Dettmann, Executive Director of Middle Schools
Ron DiPillo, Oak Park School Principal
Steve Dragon, Southside Elementary School Principal
Gretchen Eidelbus, Taylor Ranch Elementary Educator
Phyllis Frederic, Oak Park Assistant Principal
Jackie Henson-Dacey, Riverview High School Art Educator
Wendy Katz, Tatum Ridge Elementary School Principal
Leanne Mcintire, The Education Channel Manager/Director
Carrie Mills, Booker Middle School Theatre Educator
Janet Ndah, Laurel Nokomis School Assistant Principal
Nancy Roberts, Exec. Director of Curriculum and Instruction
John Zoretich, Executive Director of Elementary Schools
C/SPA's 2011-2012 COMMITTEE WORK
The Community/School Partnership for the Arts is always looking for volunteers who wish to help complete its yearly advocacy projects. Committee members do not have to be on the Steering Committee.
2011-2012 C/SPA MEETINGS
All meetings are open to the public. The Fall and Spring meetings are general meetings/receptions.
The rest are Steering Committee (working) meetings.
2011-2012 C/SPA MEETING DATES
All meetings are open to the public. The Fall and Spring meetings (in bold) are general meetings/receptions; the rest are Steering Committee (working) meetings.
v Monday, August 15th Steering Committee Meeting 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at Arts & Cultural Alliance
1st floor conference room – FOCUS: Planning for Fall Meeting
v Tuesday, September 27th Fall Meeting 4:45-6:45 p.m. - FOCUS: Liaison Kick-Off
v Tuesday, October 25th Steering Committee Meeting 4:30-6:30 p.m. - FOCUS: chatting with
Superintendent Lori White 4:30-6:30 p.m. Landings Blue Room 220
v Monday, January 30th Steering Committee Meeting 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Landings Blue Room 220 –
FOCUS: chatting with Executive Directors of Middle and High Schools
v Wednesday, February 22nd Steering Committee Meeting 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Landings Blue Room 220 -
FOCUS: chatting with Executive Director of Elementary Schools, John Zoretich
v Monday, March 26th Steering Committee Meeting 4:30-6:30 p.m. at Landings Blue Room 220 - FOCUS:
planning for spring meeting
v Thursday, April 26th Spring Meeting 4:45-6:45 location TBA – FOCUS: Celebration of
Accomplishments/Honor Liaisons - public invited
v Friday, June 8th Steering Committee Meeting 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at Landings Blue
Room 101 – FOCUS: setting goals for the next year