Creative Pathways
Launch an arts, entertainment, & design pathway with the staffing, curriculum, work-based learning and student credentials already in place.
Everything the pathway needs with one partner.
Four ways students work with professionals.
Work-based learning scaled to your needs, from a worksite tour to a working professional teaching your course all year.
Mentors
An industry professional co-teaching in your classroom every week, from first project to finished portfolio.
Internships
Placements with an industry employer for students ready to work outside the classroom.
Guest speakers & teaching artists
Working artists and industry guests who come in for a single session, a project, or a unit.
Worksite tours
Students step into a real work environment and watch professionals do their job.
Industry credentials earned by portfolios, not tests.
Students create real work and submit it to independent industry partners for assessment, earning three badges per certification over the school year — all scored against national and state model curriculum standards. The result is a portfolio and a verifiable credential leading to college and career readiness.
Theater & Stagecraft
Students build characters, scenes, and design elements, work through performance rights, and promote a production.
Film Production
Students develop and pitch an original short film, work through copyright and credit, and build an audience for it.
Visual Brand & Product Marketing
Students design a brand identity for a product, source images legally, and run a marketing campaign.
Video Game Design
Students create an original game concept analyzed through the MDA framework.
Full-year, standards-aligned, and rooted in real-world experience.
COURSE OVERVIEW
Film Production
Graphic Design
Game Design
Music Production
Animation
WHAT'S IN THE COURSE
32 weeks, built for a full-year schedule
Taught in industry standard software & tools
Industry-aligned projects
Ends in a portfolio
WHAT IT ALIGNS TO
National & State Model Curriculum Standards
National Core Arts Standards
State pathway alignment
Built to fit your funding.
We work with your team to find the right mix and put the documentation together for easy reporting.
Perkins V
Federal CTE funds that follow your approved pathway.
State Arts Initiatives
Funds to support arts enrichment, creative learning, and expanded access to high-quality arts education in eligible schools and districts.
Career Readiness Grants
Support industry-aligned arts education, career exploration, and skills-based learning programs that prepare students for future careers.
Prop 28 (CA)
Allocated to your site each year. Vendor programs are allowable in the 20% non-staffing share.
90+
Teachers supported
3000+
Students served
1,600+
Certifications issued to date
60+
Pathways supported
"Inspire EDU is a true partner in providing teachers and students with the tools needed to be successful in the classroom."
Jessica Shindle, Forney ISD Engage Opportunity Coordinator
FAQs
Your credentialed teacher stays the teacher of record. Our industry professional co-teaches alongside them.
The course runs 32 weeks on a full-year schedule and aligns to the 2024 AED Industry Skills Framework and the National Core Arts Standards. We work with you to map it against your approved pathway.
A portfolio of real work and a credential earned by submitting that work for industry assessment. Music Production & Performance is endorsed by the GRAMMY Museum and Theater & Stagecraft by Universal Studios.
Courses are taught in industry standard applications and tools. Any student licenses necessary are purchased by schools and districts directly through each tools provider.
Sessions that need to be canceled due to mentor absences are rescheduled so that students receive the full number of instructional days outlined in the program.