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Washington State Graduation Requirements - The Arts

Washington State Graduation Requirements - The Arts. The Old Way:. Mathematics 2.0 Language Arts 4.0 etc… etc… Visual and Performing Arts * 1.0 *One of the elective credits must be selected from fine, visual or performing arts or any of the subject areas listed above… . Now.

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Washington State Graduation Requirements - The Arts

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  1. Washington State Graduation Requirements - The Arts

  2. The Old Way: Mathematics 2.0 Language Arts 4.0 etc… etc… Visual and Performing Arts * 1.0 *One of the elective credits must be selected from fine, visual or performing arts or any of the subject areas listed above…

  3. Now. . . • Arts: The Essential Academic Learning Requirements through benchmark three, plus content that is determined by the district to be beyond benchmark three content.

  4. Benchmark 3 • Grade 10 or 11 • Includes Creating, Performing and Responding to the Arts • It takes sequential instruction through the first 2 benchmarks to reach the third benchmark level

  5. So How does this impact Me? • Only courses teaching to the third arts benchmarks can meet the requirement • Photography, Floral Design, Web Design, etc. could meet these with some revision

  6. Impact . . . • To reach the third benchmark, a student must take at least 2 semesters of a single art form • What would you know after a semester of French and one of Spanish? • Best to take them back-to-back

  7. Impact . . . • Some courses will continue to be semester courses for flexibility • But the first-level course will be a prerequisite

  8. Impact. . . • Middle school programs will feed into high school programs, so taking an art in 9th grade makes benchmark 3 success more likely

  9. Speaking of Middle School • The need to “explore” is minimized by elementary arts block • VSD students spend 5 years building to Benchmark 1 in Visual Art, Music, and Dance • Consider phasing out “rotations,” or at least grouping like courses

  10. Plus • We need to build to benchmark 2 by 8th grade!

  11. 5-Year Plan • Dance, Music, Theatre, and Visual Art in every middle school (HB 2195)

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