Arts Education: Logic Model

GOAL: To support efforts to provide standard-based arts education for all Marin students.
Strategy 1: Conduct a demonstration project that meets State arts education standards.
Strategy 2: Grantmaking to arts education providers and arts organizations to develop innovative programs serving diverse Marin students.

INVESTMENT APPROACHES OUTPUTS OUTCOMES LONG-TERM IMPACT

What resources are What actions will be carried What are the tangible and direct What changes do you expect to occur as a result of the What ultimate changes
available to implement out to achieve outcomes? results of Community Grant Community Grant? do you hope to see as a
the Community Grant? How will resources be used? activities? result of the program?

•Hire staff (District Arts Coordinator

and School Liaison)
•Assess and support current arts Delivery of standards-based arts education
Design arts education
People education offerings •Increased understanding on the importance of including
programs for elementary &
• Nonprofit agencies •Create advisory board (teachers, arts in education
middle school youth in the
• Advisory Group school staff, arts providers) •Built capacity of school districts for inclusion of arts
Larkspur/Corte Madera and
• MCF program officer •Solicit Community in-put on needs education in curriculum
Sausalito/Marin City school
(and other staff as and barriers •Improved teaching capacity of teachers, artists and arts
districts.
needed) education providers
• Consultants •Professional development for arts •Increased collaborations between parents, school staff &
education providers & school staff other stakeholders
•Instruction by nonprofit arts Adopted arts
Implement and evaluate the •Developed arts education curriculum & implementation
Funds education providers education models
demonstration project. plans
• $1.2M for grant funds •Model curricula guidelines by school districts
•Increased compliance with State standards
•Evaluation/assessment plans to •Multi-disciplinary integration of arts education
measure art learning •Arts education across all grade levels
Infrastructure
•Larkspur/Corte Madera Disseminate results of the •Communications & advocacy tools
and Sausalito/Marin City demonstration project to other for information dissemination of Greater system learning & information sharing
school districts & school districts. Demonstration Project efforts (e.g. •Developed collaborative network of nonprofit providers Greater education
foundations annual reports, student exhibits & •Strengthen inter-school districts collaborations for students in the
•Arts education providers performances) •Strengthen artists & arts education providers arts
•Leveraging advisory board collaborations
relationships •Increased schools incorporating arts education based on
•Advocacy plan to solicit interest of successes of Demonstration Project
other school districts

•Curriculum development in non- Greater school effectiveness

demonstration districts (e.g. English- •Increased collaborations between parents, school staff &
Language Learners and pre- other stakeholders
Support the design and •Multi-disciplinary integration of arts education
school/Head Start programs)
implementation of arts
•Teacher professional development &
education programs that work
mentorship for pre-school and high-
with specific underserved
school age youth
youth populations.
•After-school programs
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