Technical Assistance Program (TAP)

Funding Recipients
Sept. 2007 - February 2008

American Symphony Orchestra
Catherine Cone, Development Manager
333 West 39th Street
New York, New York Co. 10018
TAP Category: Other Professional Development areas
Abstract: A strategic foundation building retreat for Beacon School and ASO will aim to: identify long-range partnership goals and strategies; strengthen existing relationships and forge new ones; develop an action-plan for eventual school-wide integration; provide a forum for exchange between teaching artists and classroom teachers; brainstorm strategies for programming.

eba Dance Theatre
Maude Baum, Artistic Director
351 Hudson Ave.
Albany, Albany Co., 12210
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: We wish to explore our AIE partnership with Abram Lansing Elementary School in Cohoes, NY. We will develop a shared vision of AIE, determine short and long range goals, and understand each other's needs better. Our strengths and weaknesses will help us plan a rich comprehensive AIE program for our industrial river town students and teachers.

Bonnie Gale
Artist
412 County Road 31
Norwich, Chenango Co., 13815
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: Chenango Bridge Elementary School, artist Bonnie Gale, and cultural partner Ms. Laura Hobbs, Art Partners Director at the Discovery Center, will develop a long range vision for arts programming in the school and district as well as effective and positive communication within the partnership.

Susan Griss
Teaching Artist
30 Old Whitfield Road
Accord, Ulster Co., 12404
TAP Category: Other Professional Development areas
Abstract: Project Zero Classroom, a week-long intensive for teachers offered through the Harvard Graduate School of Education, addresses issues of teaching for understanding and the role of reflection and assessment to prepare students for the 21st century. The course will help my own practice as a teaching-artist, and sharpen my skills in leading PD workshops for teachers.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Rebecca Shulman Herz, Senior Educational Manager
1071 5th Avenue
New York, New York Co., 10128
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: This retreat will help our partnership transform a pilot initiative, "Wonderment," into a sustainable program. It will also help us map information about the larger culture of education and the arts at PS 9 to share with all school staff and cultural partners.

IS 98
Ellen Green, Assistant Principal
1401 Emmons Avenue
Brooklyn, Kings Co., 11235
TAP Category: Other Professional Development areas
Abstract: Professional Development sessions, taught by an expert from Creative Educational Systems, for five pilot teachers on “Teaching Curriculum Through the Arts” will improve their abilities to provide students with an arts-integrated curriculum. The school will match funds to provide additional personal coaching sessions for the teachers involved to solidify their training.

Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning
Zuri McKie, Executive Director
161-04 Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica, Queens Co., 11432
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: A strategic planning workshop, facilitated by an outside consultant, will enable us to clarify the future direction of our in-school arts-in-education program, ARTventure. We aim to: identify the program’s strengths and weaknesses, redefine the program’s vision statement, define long and short term goals, and develop a detailed timeline.

Learning Through an Expanded Arts Program, Inc. (LEAP)
Ila Lane Gross, Executive Director
441 West End Avenue
New York, New York, Co., 10024
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: LEAP and Bronx Latin will prepare a three-year strategic plan to establish a strong foundation for their partnership, develop a long-range vision, and consider the logistical needs of a successful long-term program.

The Little Orchestra Society
Rosina Cannizzaro, Director of Education
330 W. 42nd St.
New York, New York Co., 10036
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: A daylong facilitated retreat for LOS education staff and teaching artist and teachers from PS 122Q’s K, 2nd, and 3rd grades, school music teachers, and administrators will focus on strategic planning for expansion of our existing partnership and articulation of a shared vision, program goals and timeline.

Magic Box Productions, Inc.
Nelle Stokes, Executive Director
274 Bedford Rd.
Pleasantville, Westchester Co., 10570
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building, Assessment and Evaluation
Abstract: A retreat with PS 84/Manhattan, NYC Center and Queens Council on the Arts will help all partners of MOVING PICTURES: DANCE IN FOCUS solidify our common vision and plan for the expansion of our dance and animation program to the whole school in 2008-09, and begin to develop video and dance assessment and sequenced learning.

Making Books Sing
Debra Sue Lorenzen, Executive Director
340 East 46th Street
New York, New York Co., 10017
TAP Category: Curriculum Design, Professional Development
Abstract: Two professional development days will prepare our "Literature at Play" teachers and teaching artists to address the Holocaust with elementary-age students by expanding educators' knowledge of the historical, social and emotional issues, then using the "Understanding by Design" model to unveil the enduring understandings, knowledge and skills for students.

PS 14 The Sen. John D. Calandra School
A. Robert Guzzio, Principal
3041 Bruckner Blvd.
Bronx, Bronx Co., 10461
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: In a Strategic Foundation Building Retreat we will prepare a strategic plan for a three-year ongoing collaborative partnership with LEAP. We plan to: determine the partnership's vision; establish a well-grounded visual arts and music partnership; address the logistical needs of a long-range arts-in-education collaboration.

Renaissance Charter School
Rebakah Oakes, Arts Coordinator
35-59 81st St.
Jackson Heights, Queens Co., 11372
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: Four intensive planning sessions including teachers, teaching artists, administrators and cultural partners will produce an 8 - 10 minute advocacy video to help the business community of Queens see the value of partnering with local schools in providing arts-in-education programming.

Marlene Roeder
401 Harrison Street
Syracuse, Onondaga Co., 13201
TAP Category: Assessment and Evaluation
Abstract: An invitation to a Research Institute presented by Abigail Housen, co-founder of Visual Understanding in Education, directly relates to my assessment work. This will allow me place the work of NYSCA and PAE projects within a larger national forum, and enable me to be a better action researcher practitioner, observer, and professional development facilitator.

Theatre for a New Audience (TFANA)
Carie Donnelson, Educational Associate
154 Christopher St.
New York, New York Co., 10014
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building, Curriculum Design, Professional Development
Abstract: We will learn to create and administer a password-protected interactive website created specifically for our partner schools, their students and our teaching artist which will contain: a database of play-specific, language, visual arts and classical theatre resources; real-time discussion boards; playwriting resources and a script database; and other resources and educational tools specifically designed to supplement and enhance our curricula.

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts
Stephanie Turner, Director of Arts Education
CW Post/Long Island University
Greenvale, Nassau Co., 11548
TAP Category: Planning and Capacity Building
Abstract: Tilles Center, Friends of the Arts and the Gribbin School wish to expand and improve upon their current partnership, setting long-term goals and finding ways to modify our current working models to accommodate the entire school and both cultural organizations.

Young Audiences of Western NY
Helga MacKinnon, Executive Director
16 Linwood Ave.
Buffalo, Erie Co., 14209
TAP Category: Other Professional Development areas
Abstract: TAP funds will support professional consultants for a PD day aimed primarily at teachers and teaching artists on using arts integration strategies with special-needs populations including youth with disabilities or who are at-risk.