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Building on the first release of “What School Leaders Can Do to Increase Arts Education” in 2011, this updated guide offers three concrete actions school leaders can take to increase the arts in education in their schools.

The National Leadership Conference supports and enhances the effectiveness of experienced, new, and aspiring art education leaders.

AEP celebrates the many ways to meaningfully incorporate the arts into education, from arts instruction to after-school programs and beyond. In this new report, AEP explores successful practices for arts integration, with a focus on educator and school leader professional development. This resource also provides an overview of research highlighting the impact of instructor preparation and professional development on student outcomes.

At Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts, arts integration is the name of the game. Its unique educational approach requires a seasoned leader, strong external relations and fundraising professional, skilled strategic planner and passionate advocate of LFCSA’s mission to lead the school into its next phase of growth.

As trends in the field of arts education are maturing to reflect demographic shifts, leaders of these programs must facilitate meaningful and comprehensive succession planning to prepare the next generation of leaders in this important sector. Check out the toolkit now!

Teach to Lead will be hosting our 15th Teacher Leadership Summit in Nashville, TN, April, 27-29, 2018. The Nashville Teacher Leadership Summit will bring teacher leaders and other stakeholders together to collaborate, problem solve, and develop action plans to benefit students and schools. Teams must contain at least one practicing classroom teacher, and idea submissions can address any perceived area of need in schools.

If you know a district leader whose strategies or innovations would inspire colleagues nationwide, we want to hear from you. Leaders To Learn From spotlights forward-thinking district leaders who seize on good ideas and execute them well in their school systems. The deadline for nominations is August 1, 2017.

Teach to Lead will host the 12th Teacher Leadership Summit in Columbus, OH on May 5-7, 2017. This Innovation through Teacher Leadership Summit is open to applications, deadline Thursday, March 30, 2017.

As a part of National Arts in Education Week, Lincoln Center Education unveiled a series of inspiring videos featuring leaders who strongly believe that an education infused with the arts leads to developing vitals skills, such as problem-solving, collaboration, communication, self-confidence, imagination and creativity. In the series, Author/Speaker Deepak Chopra, Clinton Global Initiative Board Member Chelsea Clinton, Serial Entrepreneur Michael Lazerow, JetBlue Airways Chairman Joel Peterson and former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice share how “Thinking Like an Artist” has informed their approach to leadership.

Apply today for a grant to fund an innovative, creative leadership professional development program within your elementary school. Proposals accepted through June 20, 2016. Each grant-winning school receives $2,500 and Crayola products valued at $1,000.