Proposal for Art

Educator Central
Casey Smith
ARE6933: Art Ed Beyond School Walls
Fall 2017
 Emotional Exhaustion Job satisfaction
Depersonalization Time pressure
Personal accomplishment Self-efficacy
Attitudes towards art educators Student accomplishment

• 8% of teachers leave the field

each year; only one-third of this
According to NPR in 2016

attrition is due to retirement

• 50% of the teaching profession

turns over every 7 years

• 40-50% of teachers leave the

profession within the first five
years.

• Enrollment in teacher-training
programs has fallen 35% in the
past five years
 To encourage art educators and boost the advancement of art
education in local schools.
• Grant writing workshop • Professional Development workshops
• Project Sharing classes • Afterschool Programming workshop
• Curriculum Integration workshop • Current Issues Discussions
 54 Primary/Elementary Schools
Who Benefits? 19 Middle Schools
15 High Schools

• 14 Community Art
Programs

• Several College
programs
 • Fabulon
Current assets
• College of Charleston

What is needed? • Teacher engagement

• Funding – grant,
donations, fees
• Space – schools,
libraries, community
centers