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Date Posted: Monday, August 23, 2010
Your Quick Action is Requested NOW on Three Issues
#1 - Please review if any of your candidates responded to our candidates' survey and read
what their responses were to the questions. Click here.
# 2 - Your Input is Requested on the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in the Arts:
The proposed revisions to Florida's Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Art standards are now
available for public comment through September 6, 2010 at the following four websites:
• Dance Standards Review
• Music Standards Review
• Theatre Standards Review
• Visual Arts Standards Review
In the interest of ensuring that the Next Generation Sunshine State Standards in the Arts (NGSSSArts)
are clear, concise, and accurate, the Florida Department of Education’s Bureau of Curriculum
and Instruction invites you to rate each of the Enduring Understandings and Benchmarks, and
provide valuable feedback to the Writers. If you would like to explore the source materials from
which these standards were derived, please review the Resource Page for Florida Dance, Music,
Theatre, and Visual Arts used by the Framers and Writers of the proposed standards.
Thank you for taking the time to help promote world-class instruction for all of Florida’s students.
Please make time to share this with others, and to review and comment on this first draft of the
NGSSS-Arts. Please note: All comments are public record and subject to disclosure.
Background Information:
Big Ideas – their purpose is to focus Arts Education (the “10,000-ft. view”); not intended to be
measurable
Enduring Understandings – their purpose is to synthesize the ultimate, desired student outcomes or
understandings as a result of meeting the benchmarks (the “5,000-ft. view”); not intended to be
measurable, but should provide guidance for designing “Essential Questions” when planning
instruction
Benchmarks – their purpose is twofold: to guide instruction and assessment, and help students
discover the EUs and Big Ideas over time (the “ground-level view” of the arts education classroom,
studio, theatre, auditorium, rehearsal hall, and beyond); must be measurable.
Please contact Dr. Linda T. Lovins if you have questions:
Arts Education Specialist
Office of the Humanities
Bureau of Curriculum & Instruction
Mailing Address:
Florida Department of Education
325 West Gaines Street, Suite 432
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400
Phone: (850) 245-0762
Fax: (850) 245-0826
Linda.Lovins@fldoe.org
# 3 - Quickly Send E-mails to Your Members of Congress to Encourage Them To (1) Support Modest Increase in National Endowment for the Arts -- Click here for details and to quickly send your message; and (2) support arts education issues -- click here for details and to send your messages on this issue.
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Previously Posted Information for Your Use
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs 2010-2011 Grant Awards: On June 21, 2010, the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs released its 2010-2011 list of grantees. Please go to this page on our Website for detailed information.
Governor's Veto List: On May 28, 2010, Governor Crist released his 2010-2011 state budget veto list and veto letter. Two cultural line items were vetoed within the budget: $1 million that was earmarked to the Lauderhill Performing Arts Center and $20,000 to the Florida's Major Performing Arts Centers Task Force.
State Appropriations for Arts & Cultural Grants: Here is a PDF document that outlines the final cultural appropriations in Florida's 2010-2011 budget.
As always, thank you for your advocacy efforts.
Previous 2010 Alerts and Updates For Your Review Only
Request for Action Has Passed on These Issues
ISSUE 1: State Arts and Culture Budget ALERT Update!
The proposed FY 2010-2011 State budget as of this morning, April 23, only has $450,000 for the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs grants program under the Cultural and Museum Grant budget line item. Please take action now -- it will only take you two minutes to communicate to Speaker Larry Cretul and Senate President Jeff Atwater to encourage them to increase appropriations in this line item. Click here and take action NOW. Thank you.
Link to Excel file with contact information for all members of the 2010 Transportation and Economic Development Appropriations Budget Conference Committee. This document is just for your information. If you click on the alert link above, you will see a list of all the members of this budget conference committee. Just check off their names; quickly edit the suggested message; and send your e-mails automatically to all the members of this important budget conference committee.
Link to Excel file with contacts for Legislative Appropriations Leadership
Link to list of all the 2010 Senate Budget Conferees by Committees
Link to list of all the 2010 House Budget Conferees by Committees
ISSUE 2: Status of Senate and House Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Appropriations Bills and Status of Florida Legislative Bills the Florida Cultural Alliance is tracking as of April 5, 2010. Click here to access this information.
ISSUE 3: Have you joined us as a fan on Facebook yet?
http://www.facebook.com/search/?q=facebook+logo&init=quick#!/pages/Florida-Cultural-Alliance/105247402837675?ref=ts
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Some additional resources for the arts advocate to use:
Top 2010 Arts, Arts Education, and Cultural Legislative Platform, along with statewide endorsements listed on pages 3 and 4
Sample Talking Points (select a couple of these talking points to add to your own talking points)
One-page Graph That Shows the Substantial Cuts in State Arts & Cultural Funding
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Previous Action Requests
a. Did you follow through on the following Florida Cultural Alliance Action Alerts? When you get an Action Alert,
please take a few minutes to act on the Alert -- your voice matters.
April 5, 2010, Action Alert on State Budget -- click here to act.
March 26, 2010, Action Alert on State Budget -- click here to act.
March 19, 2010, State Arts & Culture Budget Alert Take Quick and Easy Action NOW
March 15, 2010, State Arts & Culture Budget Alert
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs016/1101841259496/archive/1103192878970.html
March 15, 2010, Action Alert -- Dealing with SB 820, Fine Arts Education
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs016/1101841259496/archive/1103192043801.html
March 10, 2010, Action Alert --Dealing With Action Taken on Cultural Budget by TED Committees
http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs016/1101841259496/archive/1103171670856.html
March 2, 2010, Action Alert -- Dealing with budget issues, legislative cultural platform, and Arts Day http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs016/1101841259496/archive/1103124545679.htmlFebruary 23, 2010, Action Alert -- Dealing with HB 461 -- Fine Arts Educationhttp://archive.constantcontact.com/fs016/1101841259496/archive/1103085839711.html
b. Have you downloaded the Excel file for your Florida county that lists all the state legislators for your county? The
Excel file makes it easy for you to have all the information for your state legislators on your computer so you can more
easily communicate with them.
c. Have you shared with your Florida Representative and Senator our 2010 Legislative Platform, and encouraged
them to support it?
Here is some additional information you can use in your communications with state policy makers:
a. One-page document you can print and send to them that clearly demonstrates how the
Florida Division of Cultural Affairs' grants programs have been cut by over 92% since Fiscal Year
2006-2007. Share with them how important Florida's investments in these grant programs are to your
community.
b. Sample talking points to use along with your own points. Select a couple of these talking points
when you communicate with your legislators and Florida Legislative leadership.
c. Use some of the quotes on pages one and two of our 2010 Arts/Cultural Platform and note the
number of endorsements for the platform from throughout Florida.
We are part of the solution and are critical to help rebuild a strong, creative, and innovative economy for our state.
Legislators can help create and sustain more jobs throughout Florida by supporting our 2010 Legislative Platform.
They need to hear from you now. Please follow through and let your state policy makers know how important
their support is to sustain these hundreds of long-established private/public partnerships through the Florida
Department of State Divisions of Cultural Affairs' and Historical Resources' grants programs. If you have questions
or need additional information, e-mail us at info@flca.net.
d. Check back here each week during Florida's Legislative Session on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to see if there
are new advocacy steps you can take. If we all take these steps together, it will make a difference.
Thank you so much for taking these simple steps to help
advance Florida's arts, arts education, and cultural resources.
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