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NAEA Platform and Position Statement Diagram
Process for the Development, Adoption and Review of Position Statements (Recommended for adopted by the Delegates Assembly, April 2009. Adopted by the NAEA Board, July 2009.)
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NAEA Adopted Position Statements for Review March 2013 Recommendations
NAEA Platform and Position Statements (As of March 2012)–Includes all material adopted since April 2009
1) Position Statements recommended for adoption by the Delegates Assembly, March 2012 and adopted by the NAEA Board, March 2012.
2) Position Statements recommended for adoption by the Delegates Assembly, March 2011 and adopted by the NAEA Board, March 2011 and July 2011.
3) Platform Statements and Position Statements recommended for adoption by the Delegates Assembly, April 2010 and adopted by the NAEA Board, April 2010.
Alphabetical Listing of NAEA Position Statements (Adopted as of March 2012)
• Benefits of Art Museum Learning in Education (Adopted March 2012)
• Certified Visual Art Educators in Pre-K through 12 School Settings
(Adopted April 2010)
• Collaborations between the Art Educator and the Teaching Artist (Adopted March 2012)
• College and University Art Museums (Adopted April 2010)
• Community Collaborations including those with Cultural Organizations (Adopted March 2011)
• Early Childhood Art Education (Adopted April 2010)
• Equity for All Students (Adopted March 2012)
• Excellence in Art Museum Teaching (Adopted March 2012)
• Freedom of Speech (Adopted July 2011)
• Graduation Requirements in the Visual Arts (Adopted March 2011)
• PreK-12 Teacher Evaluation in the Visual Arts (Adopted March 2011)
• Pre-service Education and its Relationship to Higher Education (Adopted March 2011)
• Professional Development (Adopted March 2011)
• Regarding Use of Race Based Mascots in Educational Settings (Adopted April 2010)
Note: This Position Statement was reviewed and revised in preparation for the March 2013 NAEA Delegates Assembly and NAEA Board Meeting. The Delegates Assembly recommended that the Position Statement be broadened to reflect the multiple ways in which art educators create an inclusive classroom to reflect diversity, including: race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and ethnic backgrounds, in the classroom The revisions were not adopted and no changes will be made to the Position Statement at this time while this process is under consideration.
• Relationship of Art Educators to Decision-makers (Adopted March 2012)
• Scheduling, Time, Funding and/or Resources for Visual Arts Education (Adopted March 2011)
• 21st Century Skills and Visual Arts Education (Adopted April 2010)
• Visual Arts as a Core Academic Subject (Adopted March 2011)
NAEA Position Statements Adopted Prior to 2008
• The Professional Code for Art Educators
• The Professional Code for Art Education Associations of States and Provinces
• What We Believe/NAEA Goals For Quality Arts Education
• Accreditation Standards: Purposes, Principles, and Standards for School Art Program
• Involvement in Art Contests and Competitions for Students at the Secondary Level
• NAEA Policy on Contests And Competitions Adopted March 2001
• Coloring Books
• Essentials Statement of the National Council of Teachers of English (NAEA cosigner)
• The Philadelphia Resolution
• Definition of Fine Arts for High School Graduation Requirements
• Censorship and the Arts
• National Arts Education Accord
• Joint Resolution on Terminal Degrees, Appointment, and Advancement
• North American Art Education Accord
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