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- CAEC Registration Is Now Open!
- Get Your CAE Swag in the ArtsNC Store
- Standards Academy & Multilingual Learners Summer Conference
- What's Behind the Numbers
- Music Will Announces New, Updated JamZone
NC Arts Council Corner
- Bringing stories to life: How the arts deepen student learning
- In case you missed it: Shaped By Sound on PBS
 Register to attend the Fall Comprehensive Arts Education Conference, Saturday, September 26th at PECK Expeditionary Learning School, in Greensboro, NC!
This day-long conference serves as a statewide professional development opportunity for dance, music, theatre, and visual arts educators, district arts education leaders, teaching artists, arts integration specialists, and pre-service teachers from across North Carolina working in K-12 programs, independent studios, performing arts organizations, and higher education institutions.
The mission of this conference is to support the three essential components of the North Carolina Comprehensive Arts Education Model: Arts Education, Arts Integration, and Arts Exposure. Sessions will be centered on the four K-12 Arts Education Standards core strands of Connect, Create, Present, and Respond and aid to reinforce the 2024 standard course of study.
This event is proudly supported by the North Carolina Music Educators Association. All conference participants will receive a boxed lunch and a NC CAEC T-shirt with registration. Stay tuned for future posts about this event on Facebook and Instagram!
Register today!
https://go.ncdpi.gov/26CAEC-Reg
 Show your support for Comprehensive Arts Education everywhere you go!
JUNE 23-25, Clayton, NC
JULY 13-16, Virtual
The Office of Teaching & Learning will be hosting a FREE conference this summer with sessions designed to empower educators in their work with Multilingual Students and the North Carolina Standard Course of Study in all subject areas. Be sure to check out these three sessions particularly relevant to Arts Education! Use the buttons below to access the conference brochure and registration links.
Honors Level Coursework: Policies to Support Implementation (offered by the NCDPI Honors Team)
In this session, participants will explore the components of the honors policy and learn how to assess current honors-level courses to ensure they meet the required depth and complexity. They will explore the Honors Level Course Development and Evaluation Tool, along with other resources. Additionally, participants will deepen their knowledge of advanced learning indicators and engage with best-practice instructional strategies that support honors-level coursework.
Arts Education
This session will assist administrators and educators in deeply examining the common framework of the four artistic process strands of Connect, Create, Present, and Respond, the eight standards and 16 learning objective throughlines in Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Arts. Participants will gain an understanding of how the new structure of the standards promotes interdisciplinary connections between the arts disciplines and other academic content.
Setting Up Multilingual Learners for Success in Arts Education Classrooms
No matter how you say it, “Art” reaches across languages and geography. Yet, the instructional language of arts education is often overlooked when placing newcomers into these courses. It is essential to have resources and tools necessary to meet the needs of our English Learners. Learn how to read an EL plan, navigate the NC ELD Standards to support the Arts Education Standards, apply required individual modifications to existing lessons, and familiarize yourself with the crosswalks of the 2020 WIDA Framework with NC Arts Standards to help make every student successful.
 The JamZone just got a major glow-up. If you haven't heard of it, think of JamZone as the PBS of music education—it’s Music Will’s free digital resource hub where any teacher or student in the country can find song charts, lessons, classroom resources, and more, regardless of where they teach or what their school budget looks like.
The new JamZone is built around how teachers actually teach.
- Easily find songs, lessons, and classroom-ready resources
- Save and organize your favorite resources so they're ready when you need them.
- Generate class codes that give students direct access to curated songs and lessons—so kids can explore and practice more independently, on their own time.
With Music Will’s new JamZone, there’s less searching and more music-making.
If you’re new to Music Will, check out the Getting Started with Music Will page for information on professional learning, special events, resources, and more.
 Welcome to the North Carolina Arts Council Arts Education Corner! The North Carolina Arts Council Arts Education Corner is a new monthly newsletter feature supporting arts educators statewide. Each month, we'll share valuable resources, highlight opportunities for teachers and students, and showcase the incredible work of schools, organizations and teaching artists who are making an impact in their communities.
Bringing stories to life: How the arts deepen student learning
Literacy, storytelling, and art are intertwined disciplines that communicate our deepest emotions and help us find common ground. In education, arts integration takes many forms—visual art, music, drama, or literary arts, such as creative writing. The teaching artist Melissa Rooney exemplifies this approach in her writing workshops with schools, where she uses storytelling to spark imagination, strengthen literacy, and help students build confidence in their creative identities.
Read more about Melissa’s workshops and learn practical ways to strengthen literacy with arts-integration.
In case you missed it: Shaped By Sound on PBS
All episodes of Shaped by Sound (Season Two) are now available to watch on PBS. Shaped by Sound spotlights North Carolina’s thriving music scene, featuring artists from a broad range of genres, including indie rock, hip-hop, R&B, alt-country, jazz, bluegrass, and folk. Each episode weaves a visually stunning live studio performance by an NC artist or band with an intimate conversation about their creative journey. Shaped by Sound is made possible through support from Come Hear NC, a program of the NC Arts Council within the NC Department of Natural and Cultural Resources. Watch now
 All Episodes Now Available for Streaming!
PBS North Carolina’s original series Shaped by Sound spotlights our state’s thriving music scene with artists from a broad range of genres. Each episode weaves a visually stunning live studio performance by an NC artist or band with an intimate conversation about their creative journey.
Stream Shaped by Sound online, with the PBS app or on YouTube.
 Meet the Artists
Learn more about the featured artists, watch episodes and enjoy special behind-the-scenes photos.
 Shaped by Sound Podcast
Take a deeper dive with the Shaped by Sound podcast. NC musical artists featured in this season of Shaped by Sound share the stories behind their songs in intimate conversations with host James Mieczkowski. They discuss their creative journeys and processes, plus what makes the North Carolina music scene so special.
Shaped by Sound is made possible through the support from Come Hear NC, a program of the N.C. Arts Council within the N.C Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
North Carolina's Vision for Comprehensive Arts Education
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)
Learn More about Comprehensive Arts Education
NCDPI Arts Education - NCDPI Arts Education Website
@ncartsed - NCDPI Arts Education Instagram
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Contact Us!
Laura Stauderman: K-12 Dance and Visual Arts Consultant
Brandon Roeder: K-12 Music and Theatre Arts Consultant
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