African

Burbank Unified School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company (US) is a recognized leader in the fields of arts education, mentorship and community building, having been a thriving force in the underserved neighborhoods of Los Angeles County for over two decades. Our participant-driven theatre-arts programs utilize arts education to mitigate the underlying family and community risk factors that threaten the healthy development of the 1,000+ children and adults we serve annually (90% in grades 5-12), including foster youth and incarcerated minors. Designed to empower youth with lifelong skills, the benefits of our programs go beyond the reach of a typical arts education workshop to provide vulnerable youth with the hope and confidence to overcome their difficult surroundings.

US was founded over 20 years ago with the mission to empower youth in underserved and at-risk environments with the means and methods necessary to explore personal and social conflicts and develop self-esteem and communication and coping skills in order to make positive life choices and become productive members of the community. Since then, US has grown from a small youth-intervention program into a collaborative, community-based theatre arts organization with a presence in underserved schools and juvenile detention camps throughout Los Angeles County. Today, with a staff of 7; a roster of 20 professional teaching artists; best-practice, standards-based curricula; and a significant role in countywide collaborative efforts, US’s innovative, place-based programs now serve over 1,000 Los Angelinos each year between the ages of 7-65+.

Professional Development:

Description of 4 hour Lesson: Discovering Our Voice: Personal Expression through Theatre.
The Unusual Suspects 4 hour interactive professional development workshop provides middle school teachers the tools to build a creative classroom environment where students feel safe to explore personal and social group identities; and develop characters and story lines which become the foundational material to fuel a collaborative playwriting process. The US presenter will use theatre arts and playwriting exercises that demonstrate theatrical story development, script writing, and improvisation techniques. The standards based, language arts enrichment workshop will utilize ensemble exercises to establish trust, improvisation techniques to illustrate conflict and character development strategies, and writing exercises to explore the link between personal, cultural, and community issues.

Education Through Music-LA

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Phone

818-433-7600

Website

http://www.etmla.org

info@etmla.org

Supervisorial District Located

Fifth

District Partners

Compton Unified School District

Pasadena Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.CenterTheatreGroup.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

Education Through Music-Los Angeles puts music back into inner-city schools as part of the core curriculum for every child, where it belongs. Education Through Music-LA is serving nearly 12,000 students with weekly, yearlong music instruction. Music has the power to transform the lives of children and their communities, and to provide them with such lifelong benefits including self-confidence, problem-solving skills, teamwork, perseverance, concentration, and motivation to stay in school.

Our objectives include:

Weekly, yearlong instruction for every child.
Integration across the curriculum to reinforce overall learning.
Ongoing training for music teachers and class teachers.
Guidance for school leaders to build towards sustainability.
Parent engagement and involvement as advocates for their music program.

Student Programming:

ETM-LA establishes strong partnerships with Los Angeles County schools to provide comprehensive, high-quality music education based on CA State and National Standards, during the school day. While many programs may serve only a subset of the school population, we provide equity for all children, including those with special needs, engaging every child with weekly, yearlong standards-based instruction that integrates skills and concepts across the curriculum.

Areas of instruction include general music, strings, guitar, recorder, ukulele, band, and chorus, determined through customized planning with each school. Depending on the grade level, each student receives one 30-50-minute music class weekly throughout the entire school year in a designated music room.

Professional Development:

In order to ensure high quality instruction for all students, music teachers participate in six annual professional development workshops and a five-day intensive training institute every August. We also provide academic teachers at partner schools with professional development workshops on how to connect skills and concepts from the music curriculum into lesson plans. In addition, ETM-LA helps principals and school district leaders plan for long-term sustainability.

Our in-school music education and training programs are overseen by Program Director Ryan Rowles, M. Ed, a school music educator with over 16 years’ experience, as well as Executive Director Victoria Lanier, a Juilliard Pre-College trained violinist with a B.A. from Princeton University and an M.A. in Education from Columbia Teachers College. ETM-LA's professional development workshops are hands-on, relevant to the participants and their teaching needs, and customized to provide support for a wide range of teaching levels.

Center Theatre Group of Los Angeles

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Phone

(310) 972-3022

Website

education@ctgla.org

Supervisorial District Located

First

District Partners

El Monte City School District

El Monte Union High School District

ICEF Public Schools Charter Network

PUC Schools Charter Network

Magnolia Public Schools Charter Network

Green Dot Public Schools Charter Network

Alhambra Unified School District

Antelope Valley Union High School District

Arcadia Unified School District

Bassett Unified School District

Beverly Hills Unified School District

Castaic Union School District

Centinela Valley Union High School District

Burbank Unified School District

Charter Oak Unified School District

Claremont Unified School District

Compton Unified School District

Culver City Unified School District

Los Angeles County Office of Education (LACOE)

Covina-Valley Unified School District

Downey Unified School District

Duarte Unified School District

East Whittier City Elementary School District

El Rancho Unified School District

Glendale Unified School District

Gorman Elementary School District

Hacienda la Puente Unified School District

Hawthorne School District

Hermosa Beach City Elementary School District

Hughes-Elizabeth Lakes Union Elementary School District

Inglewood Unified School District

Keppel Union Elementary School District

Lancaster Elementary School District

Las Virgenes Unified School District

Lawndale Elementary School District

Lennox School District

Little Lake City Elementary School District

Los Nietos School District

Lynwood Unified School District

Manhattan Beach Unified School District

Monrovia Unified School District

Montebello Unified School District

Mountain View Elementary School District

Newhall School District

Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District

Palmdale Elementary School District

Palos Verdes Peninsula Unified School District

Paramount Unified School District

Pasadena Unified School District

Pomona Unified School District

Redondo Beach Unified School District

Rosemead Elementary School District

Rowland Unified School District

San Gabriel Unified School District

San Marino Unified School District

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District

Saugus Union School District

South Pasadena Unified School District

South Whittier Elementary School District

Sulphur Springs Union School District

Temple City Unified School District

Valle Lindo Elementary School District

Walnut Valley Unified School District

West Covina Unified School District

Whittier City Elementary School District

Whittier Union High School District

Wiseburn Unified School District

ABC Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

Burbank Unified School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

At Center Theatre Group and under the leadership of Artistic Director Michael Ritchie, we believe theatre creates an extraordinary connection between artists and audiences that only starts on the stage. Theatre creates the energy that feeds a city, a culture, and a society. Theatre reflects the community it serves. As one of the nation’s most influential nonprofit theatre companies, we proudly continue our 50-year tradition of using the art of theatre to broaden horizons and illuminate new perspectives.

Center Theatre Group is a place where artists, audiences, community members, and students and educators connect through the power of storytelling. Our programs support artists at all points in their careers, engage audiences before and after the show, encourage our community to make theatre a part of their everyday lives, and inspire the next generation of theatregoers, artists, and artisans.

Student Programming:

Center Theatre Group's education programs support the next generation of theatregoers, artists, and artisans, encouraging them to learn more about themselves, the world, and the arts. Through workshops, events, discussions, and other programs, we encourage, support, and connect young people with theatre, and with one another.

SODE School of Performing Arts

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Phone

818-913-5863

Website

http://bit.ly/2sq5jzk

msgoprincess@yahoo.com

Supervisorial District Located

First

District Partners

Glendale Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

African

Latino

Other

Arts Integration Subjects

Castaic Union School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

SODE School of Performing Arts teaching artists are industry professionals who are passionate instructors, experienced in multiple dance genres, music and performing arts styles. Our goal at SODE School of Performing Arts is to educate, inspire and expose our students to dance, music, language and theater basics in a fun and safe environment. We believe in encouraging self-expression, creative thinking, and confidence building throughout all of our programs. SODE School of Performing Arts offers in-school dance programs throughout elementary and middle schools across Los Angeles. Our programs like; Happy Dancing Brain, Dancing Through Leadership, Dancing Through the Common Core, The Percussionists Adventure, Theater Workshop 101, Dance History Workshop and Stepping Stone Dance (dance for students with mental and physical limitations) are our most requested programs. We're proud to introduce our new 2016-2017 programs: Choreography Workshop, Dancing Trough Visual Arts, U.S. Dance History (Jr High/High School) and Kreative Kinders. Aside from our in-school programs we also offer after-school programs in language, music, improv, Shakespeare, Theater and dance as well as 3 different dance assemblies: The History of Dance, Mad Scientist and Dream Little Dream.

Student Programming:

Happy Dancing Brain:
Why Happy Dancing Brain?

SODE created Happy Dancing Brain to allow students of all capabilities to enjoy dance by exploring the art intellectually and creatively first. Happy Dancing Brain is a traditional dance program that focuses on cultivating creativity, building self-confidence, art integration and using dance as a problem solving tool.

Dancing Through the Common Core:
Theme: Four artistic processes organize the standards across the arts disciplines: Creating, Performing, Responding, and Connecting. During the length of the program students will execute dance warm ups, participates in Common Core based dance exercises that explores the four artistic processes, perform across the floor combinations, work on the end of term class choreography and practice stage presence skills for the end of term performance; the final exam. The Program: SODE School of Performing Arts has created Dancing Through the Common Core which combines traditional dance teaching with an emphasis on the Common Core Dance Standards. The goal is to use dance for critical thinking and allow the mind to do the work first before the body does. Messy Giants (workshop): Ever see a 3D papier mâché Mona Lisa? Or a tissue paper Degas painting? Messy Giants is a fun (but messy) class that allows your little artist to explore art history using arts and crafts, music and Theater games. Each week a SODE Teaching Artist will guide your young artist through eclectic arts and crafts project that will allow your little Picasso to express himself creatively and passionately! At the end of the session, every artist will take home their very own art portfolio.

Santa Clarita Performing Arts Center

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Phone

661-362-5305

Website

http://bit.ly/2tj2QTH

linda.candib@canyons.edu

Supervisorial District Located

Fifth

District Partners

Newhall School District

Saugus Union School District

Sulphur Springs Union School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

Manhattan Beach Unified School District

Special Education

Yes

About:

The Santa Clarita PAC K-12 Arts Education Outreach Program provides exceptional workshops, residencies, assemblies & bus-in opportunities for schools and students. Our roster continues to grow as we add new teaching artists and workshop choices as well as exceptional assembly programs. All of our programming meets or exceeds California’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards, and many of them support the California State Common Core Standards.

Since 2010, the PAC K-12 Arts Education Outreach Program has grown from a program servicing one school with residencies to a program that is now in 30 out of 40 elementary schools in the Santa Clarita Valley. Working with more than twenty teaching artists and performers we bring a wide variety of programs to participating schools. In addition, we host between five and seven bus-in performances at our state-of-the-art theatre located on the College of the Canyons Valencia campus.

It is our belief that early first-hand exposure to the arts plays an important role in child development. To reach this goal, the K-12 Arts Education Outreach Program exposes students to the visual and performing arts, while collaborating with local educators to develop enhanced arts education programs. Through school assemblies, bus-in events, classroom visits and family performances, students enjoy performances that meet or exceed California’s Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) standards.

Student Programming:

LA Arts Group

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Phone

626-378-1445

Website

http://LAArtsGroup.com

cammy@laartsgroup.com

Supervisorial District Located

Fifth

District Partners

Mountain View Elementary School District

Redondo Beach Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.inner-cityarts.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

Los Angeles Arts Group (L.A. Arts Group) is committed to excellence in arts education and believes the arts are powerful tools for expression and communication and vital to the development of every child. Our goal is to provide high quality, standards-based arts education for grades K-12 in creative environment that promotes collaboration and respect. Our programs aim to engage students, teachers and the community to provide learning in and through the arts. L.A. Arts Group consists of trained and experienced professional artists in dance, music, theatre and visual arts.

Student Programming:

Artist residencies and workshops are aligned with the Visual and Performing Arts Standards and designed to integrate the arts with other subject areas. Teaching Artists bring professional experience, skills, and content knowledge in the art form, and collaborates with teachers to meet grade-level curricular standards. Students learn arts content, vocabulary, and skills, and have opportunities to develop self-expression, communication, and collaboration. The number of workshops depends on school/district goals for depth of student learning.

Inner-City Arts

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Phone

(213) 627-9621

Website

pd@inner-cityarts.org

Supervisorial District Located

Second

District Partners

Compton Unified School District

Pasadena Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.grandvision.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

Inner-City Arts' mission is to engage young people in the creative process in order to shape a society of creative, confident and collaborative individuals. We provide arts classes and workshops for school-aged children, classroom teachers and school administrators.

When budget cuts eliminated arts instruction from Los Angeles public schools in the late 1970s, it was up to local communities to fill the gap. Skid Row area schools and students, already struggling, were at a clear disadvantage—until artist and educator Bob Bates was inspired by a vision to "create an art space for kids" to serve this population. He and Irwin Jaeger, a businessman, teamed up to form Inner-City Arts in 1989. Knowing the benefits of the arts in the lives of all children, Bob and Irv were determined to bring the benefits of a safe, creative environment to children in downtown neighborhoods, who would otherwise miss out.

A groundbreaking—and enduring—partnership with the Los Angeles Unified School District brought students from 9th Street Elementary School to Inner-City Arts' first studio space on Olympic Boulevard. In its inaugural year, Inner-City Arts served a total of 60 elementary school students. With evidence mounting that Inner-City Arts' unique approach to arts education supported student gains in literacy and overall achievement, principals and teachers from other schools soon signed on. Inner-City Arts forged collaborations with other educators and the academic community to develop new programs targeting specific student needs. Programs were created to support classroom teachers, bringing the lessons of the studio to other academic disciplines. To date, Inner-City Arts has served over 200,000 students and 10,000 teachers in the Los Angeles area

Professional Development:

Inner-City Arts’ Professional Development Institute serves 1,400 classroom teachers, teaching artists, administrators and community members annually.

For pre-service teachers: University Partnerships Supporting Teachers in the Arts (Upstarts) provides an opportunity for graduate education students to develop a foundation for bringing the arts into the classroom. In partnership with the UCLA Teacher Education Program, Mount Saint Mary’s College and Cal State Dominguez Hills, Upstarts has provided opportunities for over 1,000 new teachers.

For schools: Arts in the Classroom offers full-staff development for schools, providing an introduction to arts engagement, integration strategies, restorative practices and trauma-informed pedagogy.

For individual teachers, teaching artists and members of the public: In Creativity in the Classroom, Creativity Practicum and STEAM Connections, participants explore their own creativity through a variety of media, and then build bridges between the arts and other disciplines to foster literacy, inquiry, critical thinking and community in their students. LAUSD Salary Points and University Extension Units are available for these programs.

For administrators: Education, Arts and Social Emotional Learning (EASEL) is a program designed for principals and administrators who want to bridge arts instruction with other content areas through a lens of social-emotional learning and brain-based research.

For the public: The Visiting Scholars and Artists Series and Intersections include both hands-on and lecture style gatherings that explore theory, research and practice in arts education and related fields.

For information about Inner-City Arts Professional Development programs, please contact: Valerie Miller, Professional Development Manager, 213-627-9621

Grand Vision Foundation

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Phone

310-833-4813

Website

joselyn@grandvision.org

Supervisorial District Located

Fourth

District Partners

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

Arts Integration Subjects

http://www.dreamaworldedu.org

Special Education

Yes

About:

Grand Vision Foundation is a non-profit arts organization that serves the Los Angeles Harbor Area community through arts presentation and education. We were established in 1996 to save the Warner Grand, a 1,500 seat art deco movie palace located in downtown San Pedro. We encouraged the City of Los Angeles to purchase the Theatre and with community support, restored it to a viable standard for productions. Today, we remain the official City Friends Group to the theater, providing marketing support and advocacy for the historic building.

We have moved forward artistically and educationally. In 2008 we converted an adjacent storefront into our own performance and live music venue, the Grand Annex where we present live innovative world, roots, Latin, jazz, and Americana concerts serving a total audience of about 8,000 annually. In 2009, we created Meet the Music (MTM), our flagship education program for underserved public school students. MTM targets eight partner Title I schools that receive federal funds to close the achievement gap for low income children in the Harbor area, creating equitable access to high quality, sequential music education opportunities.

MTM is an in-school curriculum for 4th and 5th graders that teaches students the fundamentals of music and how to read music and play the recorder. Students also experience at least three live music educational concerts at the Grand Annex and an annual introduction to opera by the LA Opera, at the Warner Grand Theatre. Each year MTM serves 1,500 students.

Student Programming:

Through standards based music instruction and participatory concert experiences, Grand Vision Foundation’s Meet the Music (MTM) opens the gateway to music education for students in the LA Harbor community and surrounding areas, building skills for musical and academic success beyond elementary school. Meet the Music programs create equitable access to music education and increase students' cultural literacy, in partnership with public schools that lack consistent music education.

Roots of Music Program (RoMP) is a ten-lesson (semester long) cumulative curriculum for fourth graders, aligned with national and state standards, that introduces foundational music concepts and world music genres through three units: Rhythm, Pitch and Dynamics. Each of RoMP's three units has three lessons: an in-school pre-concert lesson with a trained teaching artist, an interactive world music concert with a professional world music ensemble, and an in-school post-concert lesson. The program culminates with a student performance of international songs learned in the program. MTM currently serves over 800 students annually.

Recorders in Schools is a year-long program for fifth graders, which integrates standards-based weekly music lessons with teacher-led group practice and performance. In partnership with classroom teachers, highly qualified teaching artists lead students in 24 sequential weekly classes in music notation, recorder playing technique and ensemble performance, culminating in recital performances at school. MTM currently serves 600 students in 20 fifth grade classrooms across six schools.

All MTM programs are enhanced with professional development opportunities for classroom teachers, training them in program curriculum and arts integration strategies. Comprehensive student and teacher workbooks which include arts integration activities for the classroom and program materials are provided.

Dream A World Education, Inc

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Phone

(323) 932-0534

Website

bunny@dreamaworldedu.org

Supervisorial District Located

Second

District Partners

Hawthorne School District

Wiseburn Unified School District

Discipline

Program Type

Grades Served

Historical & Cultural Context

African

Latino

Other

Arts Integration Subjects