A panel of teaching artists, school administrators, and cultural leaders will discuss the effects of No Child Left Behind on teaching artists.

We all have a general idea of how NCLB has affected AIE, but this panel will explore the specific effects of NCLB on teaching artists. Our panelists will examine NCLB policies from a variety of perspectives and shed light on how their impact on the teaching artist profession. Questions from the audience will be welcomed.

Thursday 2:15-3:45

Conference Strand: Education/Policy Reform

Educators: Teachers have unions, but they often don’t understand the working realities of teaching artists.  This panel will give them knowledge that will create stronger partnerships with teaching artists.

Artists: Teaching artists will understand more fully the NCLB mechanisms that affect their work and learn new strategies to work within these boundaries.

Organizational Administrators: Cultural organization leaders must balance the needs of teachers and teaching artists in their partnerships.  This panel will give them new information and strategies to advocate for teaching artists.

Educational Administrators: Administrators will be able to support the teaching artists working in their districts in new ways through the insights gained in this panel.

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Glenn McClure is a composer and arts-integration consultant.  His award winning compositions are widely played through the US and Europe, and his arts integration work can be found in school partnerships around NYS and beyond.  His project “Galileo’s Universe” was featured on National Public Radio in May 2006.