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NCDPI's Office of Academic Standards serves as the authoritative source for the review, revision, and support for the implementation of state content standards in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study (SCOS).
During the 2024-25 school year, three content areas (Arts Education, Guidance, and World Languages) will be in the installation phase as outlined on pages 23-24 in the North Carolina SCOS Internal Procedures Manual.
Please see the multiple year timeline below as an overview about how we will be updating the North Carolina Arts Education Essential Standards. Then be sure to read about the launch of this work started in September 2022 and find out how you can stay informed and give feedback throughout the process.
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- The K-12 Arts Education Standards Have Been Approved by the NC State Board of Education!
- K-12 Arts Standards Structural Changes
- K-12 Arts Education Standard Course of Study Installation Phase
- Access the New K-12 Arts Education Standards and Crosswalks on the Arts Education Hub
- NC SCOS Internal Procedures Manual
- Arts Education Standards Revision Timeline
- North Carolina's Vision for Comprehensive Arts Education
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 The K-12 Arts Education Standards for Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts were presented to the North Carolina State Board of Education for review on Wednesday, June 5th and voted on for approval in the July 11th virtual meeting.
With the approval of the revised K-12 Arts Education Standards, we move to the installation phase in the 2024-25 school year. During the installation phase, the approved standards are provided to all stakeholders including internal NCDPI staff, school districts, Institutions of Higher Education, business and industry, non-formal educators, organization, and parents. During this phase, the emphasis is on communication and pre-planning to prepare for the initial implementation year to include assessment transition and district professional development plan.
ALL four arts disciplines are now aligned to the National Arts Standards strands of Connect, Create, Present, and Respond. It is our sincere hope that aligning these strands across arts disciplines will provide the opportunity for higher quality professional development and cross-curricular support.
To remove confusion about the “Proficient” level of our proficiency based standards, we have aligned with the National Standards by renaming this level “Accomplished.”
In Theatre Arts, Technical Theatre Courses have been added in both non-honors and honors levels.
Music has had significant changes, with K-8 General Music standards being extended into high school in both non-honors and honors levels. These standards will support courses like general music, music appreciation, songwriting, digital music production, and other non-instrument-based explorations of music.
Five proficiency levels of Vocal and Instrumental Music have been created for students exploring band, choir, orchestra, piano, ukulele, guitar, or other instruments and ensembles. These have been created to meet the needs of students wherever they are - even if they are beginning the trumpet as a junior in high school.
The NC K-12 Arts Education Resource Hub is a repository for all Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts supporters. The purpose of this hub is to provide a space for the arts education community to explore resources that address the K-12 Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts Standard Courses of Study and access to resources that will assist with planning, instruction, and professional learning designed to support effective standard-based teaching and learning.
The K-12 Arts Education Team has designed this repository to provide a variety of resources for supporting school leaders, administrators, educators, and parents/caregivers during the installation of the 2024 K-12 Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts Standard Courses of Study for the 2024-2025 SY. This hub houses the standards, communications, and recommended resources related to the implementation of the NC K-12 Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts Standard Courses of Study. Dance, Music, Theatre Arts, and Visual Arts Educators are encouraged to browse, reference, download, share, discuss, and adapt resources to meet the needs of their own students.
This resource hub is intended to be available to all stakeholders and can be accessed with or without a Canvas account via the short URL: go.ncdpi.gov/AE-HUBLinks to an external site. Links to an external site. or the direct link ncdpi.instructure.com/courses/9487.
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During the April 2023 State Board of Education (SBE) meeting, several updates and changes were approved for the North Carolina SCOS Internal Procedures Manual.
Please replace any saved copies or hyperlinks with the new version, and make a note of where to find details for each of the phases:
- Review phase on pages 11 - 17
- Revision phase on pages 17 - 23
- Implementation phases on pages 23 - 27
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Installation Phase: 2024 - 2025
- New standards provided to all stakeholders
- NCDPI prepares statewide professional development
- PSUs develop plans for rollout of new standards in local curriculum
Initial Implementation Phase: 2025 - 2026
- New standards used in all K-12 classrooms
- PSU rollout of local training and curriculum writing
- NCDPI facilitates statewide training with materials and support documents for new standards
Full Implementation Phase: 2026 - 2027 and beyond
- Professional development at state and local levels expanded and shared with lessons learned
- NCDPI and PSUs collaborate to identify and address needs
- Annual needs assessment survey deployed to collect data on implementation and future needs
In today's globally competitive world, innovative thinking and creativity are essential for all school children. High quality, standards-based instruction in the arts develops these skills and effectively engages, retains, and prepares future-ready students for graduation and success in an entrepreneurial economy. Dance, music, theatre arts, and visual arts, taught by licensed arts educators and integrated throughout the curriculum, are critical to North Carolina's 21st century education. (Senate Bill 66: Comprehensive Arts Education Task Force, 2010).
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Dr. Lori Major Carlin Section Chief, Social Studies and Arts
Dr. Laura Stauderman K-12 Dance and Visual Arts Consultant
Brandon Roeder: K-12 Music and Theatre Arts Consultant
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