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The Connecticut Art Education Association is a non-profit organization that has seven clear goals:

  1. High school graduation requirement in the Arts.  (Such a requirement could also provide a window of opportunity for growing dance and theater programs)
  2. Fill the state visual arts consultant position, which has been vacant for more than 10 years.
  3. Replace the current #110 "Unique Endorsement" (miscellaneous) category of certification offered for dance and theatre with formal dance and theatre certification, similar to that already available in Visual Arts and Music.
  4. Include arts- and media-rich items in CMT and CAPT tests. (The arts need to be in our assessments.  Currently there are a few arts educators on the CAPT interdisciplinary writing committee.)
  5. Collect data about the status of arts education in our state.  (The 1999-2000 State of the Arts survey has been used widely by teachers, but needs to be repeated soon, so that we can have current data and monitor our progress over the past several years. There is receptivity in the education department to doing so. ) 
  6. Fund the Connecticut's Summer Arts Institute. (Close to 10 % of the state's arts teachers have attended past workshops. Other states commit a portion of their professional development funding to arts education; Connecticut should do the same.)
  7. Fund an endowment to promote Visual Arts Education by certified Visual Arts teachers in the state of Connecticut.

If you want to get involved with any of these issues or want to take more of a leadership role in the Art in Connecticut, join us at CAEA to shape the future of Arts Education in Connecticut. The children of Connecticut thank you for your participation.