Arts and Cultural Heritage Community Arts Learning Grant

Students will: Experience all aspects of a theatrical production. Improve academic performance through improved reading comprehension, fluency, vocabulary, memorization and writing skills. Understand the meaning and context of ideas in our script based upon dialogue and blocking. Students are assessed by their inflection, character development and analysis, and expression, which convey reaction to the scene. Demonstrate ability to use sewing techniques to complete a project. Learn the basics of song, learning about pitch, beat format, harmony and combinations. Increase social emotional and communication skills. Increase the number of positive, caring adults in participant's lives. The outcomes identified will be woven into these evaluation elements. Agency staff and artist work collaboratively to adapt assessment tools and ensure program design supports learners in developing identified artistic skills. Evaluations tools include: Post-session surveys addressing creative, intellectual, life-skills, and socio-emotional growth. Participants, parents and audience members complete surveys. Pre- and Post- assessment of learner comprehension, fluency, performing arts vocabulary, and memorization. These will be given to all participants involved in any of the arts learning experiences. Performance rubrics track learners’ progress in each phase of the project.