6. Art
creative arts
Research Benefits
• Disengaged students are more likely to benefit
from visual arts instruction1
• At-risk students tend to have better academic
results, better workforce opportunities,
and more civic engagement 2
• Students of low socioeconomic status with arts
instruction show better academic outcomes –
better grades and higher rates of college
enrollment and attainment – than those without
involvement in the arts2
1 www.arteducators.org/learning/learning-in-a-visual-age/NAEA_LVA_09.pdf
2
www.nea.gov/news/news12/Arts-At-Risk-Youth.html
7. creative arts
Foreign Language
Research Benefits
• Improves native language ability which benefits
Language Arts1
• Boosts memory which is beneficial to all classes1
• Boosts overall brain function1
• Research has shown that learning a second
language can sharpen focus and other cognitive
abilities2
1
www.ehow.com/info_7956189_effects-learning-foreign-language.html
2
www.news.aaas.org/2011_annual_meeting/0219the-benefits-of-babel.shtml
8. creative arts
Industrial Arts
Research Benefits
• Understand the principals of math and science
project based learning1
• Learn the value of persistence1
• Find satisfaction in taking a project from
start to finish1
• Teach hands on skills that are useful
in everyday life2
1
www.education.com/magazine/article/shop-class
2
www.howellcustombuild.com/educators-finialls-seeing-benefit
10. creative arts
Physical Education
Research Benefits
• Increases oxygen to the brain thus improving
mental clarity
• Positively affects learning and memory
• Improves connections between nerves
and the brain thus improving attention
and information processing skills
• Decreases likelihood of developing obesity
and reduces the risk factors for Type 2 Diabetes
and heart disease
• Reduces anxiety and depression
www.letsmoveinschool.org
11. creative arts
5th
Grade Results
PLC Data
5th
Grade EARNED GRADE Total
A B C D E
Brown 19 0 0 0 0 19
Hutchinson 29 2 0 0 0 31
Van Hoose 18 1 0 0 0 19
Total 66 3 0 0 0 69
Percent 96% 4% 0% 0% 0% 100%
Trimesters 1 & 2
12. creative arts
6th
Grade Results
PLC Data
6th
Grade EARNED GRADE Total
A B C D E
Anderson 11 11 4 1 0 27
Brown 30 0 2 0 1 33
Hutchinson 34 0 2 1 0 37
Total 75 11 8 2 1 97
Percent 77% 11% 8% 2% 1% 100%
Semester 1
13. creative arts
7th
Grade Results
PLC Data
7th
Grade EARNED GRADE Total
A B C D E
Aiello 3 7 12 3 9 34
Bade 21 9 9 1 5 45
Krueger 13 17 3 1 0 34
Olmstead 17 7 0 0 1 25
Van Hoose* 9 1 0 0 0 10
Total 63 41 24 5 15 148
Percent 43% 28% 16% 3% 10% 100%
*Grades from 2nd
Trimester only
Trimesters 1 & 2
14. creative arts
8th
Grade Results
PLC Data
8th
Grade EARNED GRADE Total
A B C D E
Aiello 9 7 7 2 1 26
Anderson 5 14 12 4 2 37
Bade 12 11 8 3 2 36
Krueger 25 10 8 1 0 44
Olmstead 29 7 0 0 0 36
Van Hoose* 5 0 0 0 0 5
Total 85 49 35 10 5 184
Percent 46% 27% 19% 5% 3% 100%
*Grades from 2nd
Trimester only
15. creative arts
Arts Education
Conclusions
• Some students find success ONLY in creative
arts classes
• As difficult as it may be to motivate the
unmotivated, our goal is to find ways to inspire
and stimulate these individual students
• Some students also refuse to do creative arts
work, resulting in lower grades
• Excessive absences lead to lower grades
16. creative arts
Arts Education
Conclusions
• An overwhelming majority of students ranked
in the Bottom 30, do find success ONLY
in creative arts classes
• As difficult as it may be to motivate the
unmotivated, our goal is to find ways to inspire
and stimulate these individual students
• Some students will still refuse to do creative arts
work, resulting in lower grades
• Excessive absences lead to lower grades
17. creative arts
Arts Education
Recommendations
• Continue finding ways to teach Creative Arts that
support core subjects
• Continue teaching a “discipline” that can be used
in other classes
• Continue with administrators, secretaries
and support personnel to follow attendance
procedures; most importantly, for the first hour
teacher to contact parents during the first seven
days that a student is absent and document that
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