Teaching and Learning Action Item

DATE:	Tuesday, March 6, 2018
TO:	School Board Members
FROM:	Jeff Eakins, Superintendent
SUBJECT / RECOMMENDATIONS
Adoption of Proclamation - Youth Art Month, March 2018 (Office of Teaching and Learning)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The Council of Art Education and the National Art Education Association have designated March 2018 as Youth Art Month.  Youth Art Month serves to emphasize the value of art education for all children and to encourage support for quality art programs.  It also provides a forum for acknowledging skills fostered through experience in the visual arts that are not possible in other subjects offered in the curriculum. Art education programs develop creativity, critical thinking skills, communication, and collaboration to assure our students' success in the twenty-first century.
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• Provide a student-centered learning environment that engages every child
FINANCIAL IMPACT (Budgeted:  No)
This agenda item has no financial impact to the district.
EVALUATION
N/A
SUBMITTED BY:  Erin Saladino, Supervisor, K-12 Art

Leslie S. Granich		Deborah Cook
Instructional Leadership Director, Secondary Education (813) 272-4862		Chief Academic Officer (813) 272-4221
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Hillsborough County Public Schools (Florida) * Mtg.#20180306_865 (Board Meeting) * Section A Item# 03