Overview
West End Academy, a Birmingham City School, seeks multiple community arts education partners to bring the joy of the arts to their students! They look forward to welcoming partners who create, increase, and deepen arts-based experiences for 2nd-5th grade students during the 2024-2025 school year as part of their school’s Turnaround Schools Action Plan. They are looking for creative ways to utilize the arts to especially build student skills in the art of discovery and mathematics. West End Academy seeks partners for both on- and off-campus experiences, and a variety of programs are desired and will be selected that meet preferred criteria. Desired programs include:
Programs that employ creativity to yield measurable progress toward arts and math outcomes, create personal connection with math concepts, bring content to life, and integrate math standards are a high priority. Important math concepts for our student population are data and measurement, fractions, geometry, and algebraic thinking and other concepts from 2nd-5th grade course of study standards in mathematics.
Programs that create experiences that encourage students to discover multiple ways to solve a problem and to reach greater depth of knowledge by embracing uncertainty and celebrating incremental growth.
Programs with other artistic outcomes that build student creativity and discovery will also be considered.
Acceptable program formats include artist residencies, after school programs, field trips with strong curriculum ties, in-school performances, demonstrations, and other formats.
West End Academy is accepting proposals for any art form including visual art, film, textile arts, music, theatre, dance, creative writing, and media arts and the subdisciplines within each.
Statement of School and Student Needs
“We are seeking experienced programs that run smoothly and execute demonstrations in an organized and predictable manner. Our student population is hungry for enriching activities that will make their voice heard. Our ELL population is small but growing, and we are seeking culturally relatable content for students of all backgrounds who love filmmaking and video production, dance, and music. We have a high degree of participation in our music classes and have a visual Arts teacher who is excited for partnerships with art studios and ceramic artists specifically. At West End Academy, we will be prioritizing programs that are available during school and after-school hours which promote social awareness, empathy, and--most importantly--integrate with standards for mathematics."
West End Academy will accept proposals in amounts: $0 - $5,000.00
Proposals Due June 23, 2024
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