Learning Organizations List
- Appalachian Education Initiative
- Arts Kentucky
- Bay de Noc Community College
- Council of Chief State School Officers and IBM
- Eastern Kentucky University, College of Education
- Galef Institute
- Kentucky Arts Council
- Kentucky Center and the Education, Arts and Humanities Cabinet
- Kentucky Community and Technical College System
- Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education/GEAR UP KY
- Kentucky Department of Education
- Kentucky Educational Television
- Martin Community College
- Measured Progress
- Murray State University, College of Education
- Phi Delta Kappa International
- Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
- Satellite Education Resources Consortium
- University of Kentucky
- University of Louisville, College of Education and Human Development
- University of Memphis, College of Education
Kentucky Arts Council
Inset photo: Kentucky Arts Council staff participate in a 2001 CTL-led training session on developing a standards-based continuous progress model for the Council.
Status of Arts Education in Kentucky Public Schools
In 2005, CTL conducted the first-ever statewide survey on the Status of Arts Education in Kentucky Public Schools. The survey, funded by the Kentucky Arts Council (KAC), provided a snapshot of the condition of arts education in schools across the state. CTL's final report served as the basis for program and outreach planning by state and local arts and education organizations to better meet the needs of schools.
For an interactive view of the final report, click on the white arrows to the side of the report image below to turn pages, or scroll over and click on the center of the image for a full screen view (requires Flash player to view). Or download the final report (PDF).
The Kentucky survey is one of five state studies showcased in a 2006 national policy brief developed by the Arts Education Partnership (AEP). The brief, From Anecdote to Evidence: Assessing the Status and Condition of Arts Education at the State Level, can be downloaded (pdf) free of charge from AEP.
The Kentucky survey is also cited multiple times in a 2008 publication by the RAND Corporation, commissioned by the Wallace Foundation: Cultivating Demand for the Arts: Arts Learning, Arts Engagement, and State Arts Policy.
Standards-Based Continuous Progress Organizational Practice
From 2001 to 2004, CTL worked closely with KAC staff to design and implement new organizational practices based on CTL's standards-based continuous progress model. This long-term project involved the complete re-structuring of all KAC grant program guidelines, panel processes and interim and final reporting procedures for the state agency. The project also focused on assisting KAC staff members to develop their own professional growth plans, making it possible for such plans to meet agency performance standards.
Oversight and Evaluation of Grant Activity and Consultation on New Program Development
Other projects with the KAC involved CTL in the design and implementation of the School-Community Arts Partnership Planning (SCAPP) grants, designed to enable schools to partner with local arts, cultural, business, civic and government organizations to co-develop plans for the infusion of the arts in education. In 1998, CTL served in an oversight capacity for the SCAPP grant program, providing on-site consultation to participating schools and producing a final report with recommendations for program improvements to the Council.
CTL also consulted with the KAC on the planning of early childhood arts education initiatives. This work led to the KAC's ArtStart! grant program that placed professional artists in childcare facilities statewide.
CTL Advisory Board
The KAC was one of the original state-level organizations to serve on CTL's advisory board, and contributed funding in support CTL's arts consultant position for several years. The KAC was also instrumental in the development of the 1996 Arts, Culture and Technology plan for Kentucky, a plan designed and implemented by the Galef Institute and CTL .