Los Angeles County Arts Commission

The Los Angeles County Arts Commission has supported school districts county-wide in restoring arts education since 2002 through Arts for All, the regional plan for arts education.  Working with Los Angeles Basin California Arts Project, an affiliated site of The California Arts Project, the Arts Commission’s Teacher Professional Development Grant Program will advance the delivery of quality arts education in 12 school districts by supporting the development and implementation of robust arts education professional development plans for teachers.  School districts will enter an intensive multi-year partnership with Arts for All and participate in a series of cross district convenings to:  (1) gather data to measure the status of arts education in schools across each district; (2) develop professional development plans to address the gaps and needs identified in the data; and (3) receive matching funds to partner with local high quality arts education providers to implement professional development programs.  By the end of the initiative, approximately 6,000 teachers, reaching 168,000 students per year, will have increased their capacity to deliver high quality arts instruction within their classrooms.