Arts Academy
A sequenced K–8 arts curriculum, aligned to the National Core Arts Standards and built on the arts, entertainment & design industry framework. Teach it with your team, or with ours.
Two ways to bring it into your school.
Curriculum
License Arts Academy courses for your staff to teach. Everything a teacher needs to teach the course is included.
Complete K–8 scope and sequence
Lesson plans, materials lists, and student work samples
Assessment rubrics aligned to standards
Teacher professional development and onboarding
Digital access for every teacher in the school or district
Curriculum + Teaching Artist
The same curriculum, taught in your classrooms by a teaching artist alongside your team.
Everything included in the curriculum license
An approved, background-cleared teaching artist
Scheduled in-school or after-school
On site or virtual, for the length of the course
Attendance and progress reporting to the district
Curiosity first, with the standards underneath it.
Students try music, animation, improv, podcasting — enough to ignite their passion.
Every session is sequenced and mapped to the National Core and State Arts Standards.
EXPLORATORY
Throughout the school year, students explore several arts disciplines.
HANDS-ON
Students are making, playing, drawing, filming, and recording from the first session on.
SEQUENCED
Arts disciplines progress throughout the three grade bands.
One sequence, K through eighth grade.
Five arts strands run through all three grade bands, progressing at each level.
DISCOVER
Students discover each art discipline and complete projects in class.
ARTS & CULTURE
Global Arts Exploration
MUSIC & SOUND
World of Drumming
VISUAL ARTS
Creative Arts Studio
PERFORMANCE & STORYTELLING
Theater & Storytelling
DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS
Story Circle Animation
CREATE
Students complete and present a project to their classmates.
ARTS & CULTURE
Mural Makers
MUSIC & SOUND
Learning Music
VISUAL ARTS
Sketchbook & Comic Art
PERFORMANCE & STORYTELLING
Musical Theater Workshop
DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS
Sound Story Makers
PRODUCE
Students run productions with real tools and real roles.
ARTS & CULTURE
World Traditions Workshop
MUSIC & SOUND
Commercial Music Lab
VISUAL ARTS
Studio Art: Portfolio Lab
PERFORMANCE & STORYTELLING
Improv & Theater
DIGITAL MEDIA ARTS
Filmmaking & Video Production
Built to fit your funding.
We work with your team to find the right mix and put the documentation together for easy reporting.
Prop 28
Allocated to your site each year. Vendor programs are allowable in the 20% non-staffing share.
ELOP
Expanded Learning Opportunities Program, for arts programming outside the school day.
Title I / Title IV-A
Federal Title I and Title V funding that support arts enrichment and well-rounded education programs at eligible schools and districts.
Arts & general fund
District discretionary funds and school-site arts budgets support arts enrichment programs and expanded access to arts education.
FAQs
No. The curriculum license includes teacher onboarding and professional development, and the lessons are written to be taught by a generalist. If you would rather not add it to a teacher's plate, the Curriculum + Teaching Artist model puts a working artist in the room instead.
Standard sessions are 60-90 minutes per week. We can adapt and build to fit your schedule. Units are sequenced so a teacher can run them in that time.
Yes. Many districts start with a single grade or a single site and expand once it is running.
Classroom space and the devices you already have. Materials lists come with every unit, and we work with you to coordinate what is needed.
Yes. The same sequence works in an expanded learning or after-school block.