Want to be part of a movement for change in California? Are you hungry to connect with your dance ed community? Ready to hone your own leadership & advocacy skills? Consider running for a board position with California Dance Education Association. Share some of your own expertise and continue to learn as you help cultivate the dance education ecosystem in our state.

Nominations are now open for CDEA’s Greater Board and Executive Board positions:

• President Elect: Learns all aspects of the organization in preparation for moving into Co-Presidency for two-year term after one or two terms as President-Elect.
• Treasurer: Creates and manages budgets included projected budgets for approval by Board (1 year term)
• Webmaster: Maintains and updates our CDEA website. Must have experience with WordPress and feel comfortable with adding media and more to the site on regular basis. Prior web experience is a must.
• Communications Director: Uses organizational templates to create Facebook, Instagram, Twitter presence for organization coordinated with blog posts. Familiarity with all social media platforms, writing, and basic design/layout experience desired.
• Video Producer: Produces or edits videos as need for the organization.
• New Member Mailing Chair: Organizes twice a year mailings welcoming new members 
• Professional Development/Conference Liaison: Helps support and plan professional development workshops/conferences with executive board members.
• Share Your Gifts: Have a skill you think CDEA would benefit from? Like to blog? Design t-shirts and dance gear? Incredible graphic designer? Kind of crafty? We are open to suggestions. Propose a greater board position that is a perfect fit for YOU.

Executive Board Nominations and Greater Board Interest are open now until November 15.  Click here below to self nominate or nominate another “dance hero”!

Did you know that 21 out of 53 California state representatives received an A in this year’s Congressional Arts Report Card? Did you also know that Congress appropriates a mere 47 cents per person to support the arts across the country? Before casting your votes November 6th, find out how your state representatives and senators rank in their support of the arts here. As artists & arts educators, who do you want to represent you?

All children deserve high quality arts education, but did you know that only 39% of CA students take an arts class? Who has access? Who doesn’t? This is the kind of data that can help teaching artists & organizations as we outreach & work with school districts, but where can we get it? Create CA’s Arts Education Data Project is our resource to show us where and how arts education is offered across the state, and gives us access to all kinds of statistics. Listen to leaders of arts ed organizations – including Luna’s Director of Community Engagement Nancy Ng! – as they share how they use the Arts Ed Data Project to collaborate with schools & districts, and find funding. 

Supported by the Declaration of Student Rights to Equity in Arts Education, arts organizations, arts councils and teaching artists are expanding and adjusting their programming to match the goals and priorities of their school district partners. This webinar highlights the capacity of these tools to empower all sectors to collaborate strategically.

Presenters representing statewide partners include Josy Miller, Arts Education Program Specialist, California Arts Council; Sibyl O’Malley, Senior Director of Advocacy and Communications, California Alliance for Arts Education; and Pat Wayne, Program Director of Create CA. California Arts Council grantees who will share their compelling arts education programs and strategic partnerships include Nancy Ng, Executive Director of the Luna Dance Institute, Eve McEneaney, Executive Director of Arts For The Schools (Placer County) and Meghan O’Keefe, Executive Director of AmadorArts.

Webinar:
Collaborating with School Districts in the Age of Data

Listen to the webinar here.

Recorded July 18, 2018.

Advance arts and arts education in your community by joining the American for the Arts ACTION fund: AFTA ACTION Fund  Stay up to date on federal arts policy that can impact your work, and tell legislators why they need to continue to support the arts.