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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Arts Education and Healthful Living Section from the Instructional Services Division of the Department of Public Instruction gratefully acknowledges the cooperation and assistance received from individuals and groups throughout the State in this current revision process. Without such cooperation, the revisions of the North Carolina Arts Education Standard Course of Study would not have been possible.

We wish to express special thanks to:

• The Office of Instructional and Accountability Services for providing the leadership and vision that guided the development of this document,
• The many educators, parents, and business and community members who participated in the current revision process by serving on curriculum committees, focus groups, and/or by reacting to draft documents,
• The faculty from the institutions of higher education who advised the staff and assisted in the revision of the curriculum,
• The Department of Public Instruction staff who carried the primary responsibility for revising and editing the curriculum, and
• The developers of the National Standards for Arts Education upon which the preface and other sections in this document are, to a considerable extent, based.

The current revision process involved on some level the entire arts education community, and the end product is a curriculum of which we can be proud. We will regularly revise and improve the curriculum to meet the needs of the students of North Carolina.

In addition, we would like to express special gratitude and appreciation to the members of the Revision Committees who devoted their time, energy, and expertise to the development and writing of the Arts Education Standard Course of Study. The members of the four committees are as follows:

Dance Revision Committee

Gerrie Bowen, Dance Teacher, Wake County
Kacy Crabtree, Associate Professor, Performing Arts Department, Lees-McRae College
Dee Ellis, Dance and Physical Education Specialist, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools
Susan Hartley, Dance Teacher, Wake County Schools
Rebecca Hill, Dance Teacher, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools
Tamela Mosteller, Dance Teacher, Catawba County Schools
Sherri France Newhouse, Dance Teacher, Wake County Schools
Laura Potter, Dance Teacher, Cumberland County Schools
Molloy Rogers, Dance Teacher, Durham County Schools
Lydia Stewart, Arts Education Supervisor, Cumberland County Schools
Katie Sutton, Dance Teacher, Robeson County Schools
Christie Lynch Howell, Dance/Music Consultant, NC Department of Public Instruction

Music Revision Committee

Susan Bradley, Music Teacher, Beaufort County Schools
Robert Chilton, Music Teacher, Surry County Schools
Amy Daw, Music Teacher, Durham County Schools
Chris Ham, Music Teacher, Vance County Schools
Hariette Lovin, Music Teacher, Robeson County Schools
Anne Moorman-Smith, Music Teacher, Wake County Schools
Donald Morris, Music Teacher, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools
Valerie Morris, Music Teacher, Durham County Schools
Mark Propst, Performing Arts Specialist, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools
Lisa Ireland Rice, Music Teacher, Pamlico County Schools
Rhonda Stair, Music Teacher, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools
Maribeth Yoder-White, Assistant Professor, School of Music, UNC at Greensboro
Christie Lynch Howell, Dance/Music Consultant, NC Department of Public Instruction

Theatre Arts Revision Committee

Patricia Clark, Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts Department, East Carolina University
Jerry Cribbs, Arts Education Director, New Hanover County Schools
Elizabeth Hayes, Theatre Arts Teacher, Wake County Schools
Andrea Leonard, Theatre Arts Teacher, Catawba County Schools
Sue Scarborough, Theatre Arts Teacher, Wake County Schools
Nan Stephenson, Theatre Arts Teacher, The Achievement School, Raleigh
Cynthia Thompson, Theatre Arts Teacher, Catawba County Schools
Koko Thornton, Theatre Arts Teacher, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools
Devan Ward, Theatre Arts Teacher, Rockingham County Schools
Mershon West, Theatre Arts Teacher, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools
Rebecca Whitaker, Theatre Arts Teacher, Carteret County Schools
Bryar Cougle, Theatre Arts and Visual Arts Consultant, NC Dept. of Public Instruction

Visual Arts Revision Committee

Rebecca Bailey, Head, Department of Art, Meredith College, Raleigh
Richard Beatty, Visual Arts Teacher, Wake County Schools
Kathleen Cooper, Visual Arts Teacher, Richmond County Schools
Jan Davis, Visual Arts Teacher, Alamance/Burlington Schools
Dean Johns, Visual Arts Specialist, Charlotte/Mecklenburg Schools
Rebekah King, Visual Arts Teacher, Pender County Schools
Patricia Meek, Visual Arts Teacher, Wake County Schools
Sharon Rayburn, Visual Arts teacher, McDowell County Schools
Suzanne Sload, Visual Arts Teacher, New Hanover County Schools
Robert Sox, Visual Arts Teacher, Wake County Schools
Margaret Stevens, Visual Arts Teacher, Beaufort County Schools
Irene Talton, Visual Arts Teacher, Wake County Schools
Bryar Cougle, Theatre Arts and Visual Arts Consultant, NC Dept. of Public Instruction

     

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