Partners in Education Institute Application

The Kennedy Center

Applications must be received no later than October 31, 2011.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Partners in Education program facilitates educational partnerships between arts organizations around the nation and their local school systems. Representatives from these organizations work together as Partnership Teams to establish or expand professional development programs in the arts for teachers.

Partnership Teams consist of one or two representatives from the arts organization (the Executive Director and/or a senior staff member responsible for education) and a representative from a local school system (a senior-level administrator responsible for professional development).The team participates in an Institute that provides models and planning strategies for professional development programs in the arts for teachers. Beyond the Institute, the program provides follow-up consultation and professional learning at annual meetings to assist teams in their continued development.

The Institute is the beginning of the Partnership Team’s participation in the program. Teams are accepted to the Institute based on their application. The next Institute will take place April 25 through April 28, 2012 at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

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The Institute Application consists of three parts:

* Applicants in proximity to existing Partnerships Teams are asked to contact the Partners in Education office prior to submitting an application. A list of teams can be found at

This application should be completed by the Executive Director/President of the arts organization or the Superintendent of Schools. The signed original and three copies should be sent to:

Director

National Partnerships - Education

The Kennedy Center

P.O. Box 101510

Arlington, VA 22210

Applications must be received no later than October 31, 2011.

The Arts Organization Letter of Commitment should be from the Executive Director/President and describe:

  • the organization’s mission statement and the role of education programming within that mission;
  • the organization’s goals for education and how participation in the Institute will support those goals;
  • the organization’s commitment to working with its school system partner to initiate or expand professional development opportunities for teachers;
  • the names and titles of the individuals that will represent both the arts organization and the school system at the Institute;
  • thy the named individuals are the most appropriate representatives; and
  • the resources available for this partnership.

The School System Letter of Commitment should be from the Superintendent and describe:

  • the school system’s goals and how participation in the Institute will support those goals;
  • the need to initiate or expand professional development opportunities in the arts for teachers, to assist them in teaching the general curriculum through the arts and/or teaching about the arts;
  • the school system’s commitment to working with its arts organization partner to initiate or expand professional development opportunities for teachers;
  • the names and titles of the individuals that will represent both the arts organization and the school system at the Institute;
  • why the named individuals are the most appropriate representatives; and
  • the resources available for this partnership.
  • Partnership Teams consist of one or two representatives from arts organization and a representative from the school system. Beyond this, representatives cannot be considered.
  • Please include the résumés (not job descriptions) of each representative.
  • Please input text into the gray boxes below.

The primary representative from the arts organization should be a full-time senior staff person responsible for education (e.g., Director of Education). In the case where there is not a senior staff person, the Executive Director should be the representative. The primary arts organization representative must attend all four days of the Institute.

Name:

Title:

Organization:

Address:

Work Phone:Fax:

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Executive Directors who will not be representatives are required to attend the first day and a half of the Institute.

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The representative from the school system should be a senior staff member from the central administration who is able to assist the school system in designing and implementing new or expanded professional development programs for teachers (e.g., Superintendent or Assistant Superintendent, Director of Staff Development, Instruction, and/or Curriculum). The school system representative must attend all four days of the Institute.

Name:

Title:

Organization:

Address:

Work Phone:Fax:

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  • Please use additional pages to respond to the longer questions in Part III and input statistics into the grey boxes below.
  1. Please include copies of the 2010-2011 season brochure and most recent annual report, including an audited balance sheet for the most recently completed fiscal year.
  1. For each of the following categories, state the approximate number of different productions presented during your organization's 2010-2011 season.

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  1. Are there months of the year in which your organization does not offer events?
  1. If your organization provides arts education programs for teachers, briefly describe the current budget, number and types of events, number of staff, number of volunteers, number of teachers served, and how long these programs have been offered.
  1. If your organization provides arts education programs for students (Pre-K through grade 12), briefly describe the current budget, number and types of events, number of staff, number of volunteers, number of students served, and how long these programs have been offered.
  1. Provide the following information for the school system with which you will be collaborating:

School System Name:

Number of Students / Number of Teachers / Number of Schools
Elementary School
Middle School
High School
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  1. How many teachers employed by local school systems (public and private) are within one hour’s travel distance from the arts organization?
  1. What professional development programs in the arts (type and number) are currently offered to teachers by the school system? Please include course descriptions/brochures.
  1. Describe the community your organization serves (e.g., population, ethnic and socioeconomic demographics, local economy, urban, suburban, or rural setting, any historical perspective on the role of the arts in your community, etc.).
  1. What other arts resources/organizations serve your community (e.g., resident companies, other local presenting organizations, artists-in-education programs, arts councils, etc.)?
  1. Have you collaborated with any of these organizations? If yes, for what purpose(s)?

What additional information might help us better evaluate your application?

Partners in Education

Financial Information

The Kennedy Center

There are two phases of participation in the Partners in Education program and the financial responsibilities for Partnership Teams change as they move from one phase to the next. Throughout a team’s participation, the costs involved in the programming of events in the team’s home community are the responsibility of that team.