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Key Debate Topic: Access and Equity

Key Debate Topic: Access and Equity. Countering Elitism; Discerning Potential; Creating Opportunities Donn K. Harris, Oakland School for the Arts. Current Environment in Secondary Arts Schools . Auditions designed to showcase student skills and experience

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Key Debate Topic: Access and Equity

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  1. Key Debate Topic:Access and Equity Countering Elitism; Discerning Potential; Creating Opportunities Donn K. Harris, Oakland School for the Arts

  2. Current Environment in Secondary Arts Schools • Auditions designed to showcase student skills and experience • Public schools have cut many (most) arts programs • Students with most preparation have generally had private lessons or been part of an after-school company • Traditional public school patterns do not include competitive entry • Art School demographics are often considerably different than those of the school districts in which they operate

  3. Some Creative Solutions • Design activities to bring out potential as opposed to training • Focus on certain departments for beginning students to enter – Technical Theater, Arts Management, Digital Media • Create mentorship and support systems • Hold workshops on auditions and portfolio preparation • Hold after-school classes for specialized training • Create summer programs and offer scholarships • Seek assistance from counselors and teachers at the younger grades – can they identify the artists in their midst?

  4. Key Questions • Do the school’s demographics reflect – • The local school district’s? • The local community’s? • Something else entirely? • Different categories of diversity • Geographic • Ethnic • Socio-economic • Schools of origin • Suburban/urban • Private/public/charter

  5. Audition Data • 2008 – 175 candidates for 60 spots • 2009 – 250 candidates for 100 spots • 2010 – 340 candidates for 120 spots • 2011 – 500 candidates for 140 spots • 2012 – 580 candidates for 120 spots • 2013 – 670 candidates for 120 spots

  6. School and City Demographics • OSA • White – 35% • Black – 30% • Multi-Racial – 13% • Latino – 12% • Asian – 10% • Oakland • White – 38% • Black – 30% • Asian – 18% • Latino – 14%

  7. The Creativity Index • A measurement of creative opportunities available in schools • Can be part of the overall academic index score • Includes arts classes, performances and productions, leadership opportunities, speech and debate clubs • Also looks at staff preparation, professional development • Critical thinking measured by classroom observations • Tests of creativity and innovation can be administered at certain grade levels

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