ARTS IMPACT

ARTS IMPACT ARTS IMPACT'S "NATIVE VOICES" PROGRAM PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL LEARNING AND DIRECT INSTRUCTION IN ARTS AND CULTURE INFUSED READING, MATH, STEM, SOCIAL STUDIES AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING FOR NATIVE AMERICAN YOUTH AND THEIR TEACHERS. "VOICES FROM THE FIELD" TEACHES LATINX-GROUNDED VISUAL ARTS, THEATER, AND DANCE INFUSED WITH READING AND MATH TO MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS OF MIGRANT FARM WORKERS AND THE STUDENTS' TEACHERS. "CREATIVE IMPACT" ENGAGES PRE K - GRADE 5 TEACHERS AND THEIR STUDENTS IN HIGH NEEDS, LOW INCOME URBAN COMPLEX SCHOOLS IN THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE ARTS AND HOW THEY CONNECT TO LITERACY, MATH, STEM AND SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING. THE MODELS INCLUDE WEEKLONG ARTS INFUSED ACADEMIES FOR YOUTH AND TEACHERS, AS WELL AS CLASSROOM MENTORSHIPS WITH TEACHING ARTISTS IN THE CLASSROOM DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.