Great news for educational theatre in Pennsylvania! The PA Arts Standards have been revised and are now a complete set of discipline specific standards. The new standards, if approved by the State Board, will include theatre specific learning goals you can use for learning goals, curriculum building and advocacy. What a tremendous boon to our programs! However, they are not yet approved. They were written by a team of PA theatre educators and submitted to the board, and are now in the next step- public review. We need teacher voices! If you are a PA Theatre Educator (or Dance, Art, Music or Media Arts), please take time to follow the link below and participate in responding to the standards as a part of the public review. We need a strong showing of PA educators to demonstrate to the state board of education that the arts deserve standards of their own.
Follow the link below for more information, attend one of the Zoom meetings and be a part of the review. Together we can make this a reality!
Cory Wilkerson, retired PA Theatre Educator
Here is the notice from Dave Deitz, PA Arts and Humanities Advisor:
The Pennsylvania Standards for the Arts have been revised and now require public comment. Your input is important and valuable to this process. Please click on the link below for more information on how to add your voice to this important work.
Arts PLC eBlast 071926__Standards Stakeholder Review .pdf
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Cory Wilkerson
Theatre Arts Consultant
Educational Theatre Association
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