ABOUT CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT & ACCESS LEADERSHIP GRANTS (2001-2003)

The
Curriculum Development and Access "Leadership" Grant Program,
initiated in spring 2001, provided two-year grants to New York
City public schools that had participated in the Center’s Partnership
Grant Program. Leadership grants allowed the schools to share
the products of their exemplary arts programs. Their projects,
which included viewbooks, CD-ROMS, web sites, and curriculum guides.

The
eighteen grant recipients and the cultural organizations with
whom they partnered attended the Center’s professional development
and peer exchange gatherings. As a result of their participation,
they learned how to articulate their programs’ goals and objectives.
Selected Leadership schools also hosted intervisitations,
offering instruction to educators interested in implementing their
own school-wide, interdisciplinary arts programs.

Review
materials created by our Leadership schools on our Products
of Leadership link.