An Unfinished Canvas: Teacher Preparation, Instructional Delivery, and Professional Development in the Arts

Given the concerns raised in An Unfinished Canvas with respect to the skills and knowledge of teachers to provide arts instruction, at the request of The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, SRI International launched this follow-up study. The purpose of this new study, whose results are presented here, was to investigate the system for training and preparing elementary classroom teachers and secondary arts teachers to provide standards-aligned arts instruction, their familiarity with and use of the state’s VPA standards, their ongoing professional development, the supports and resources available to them, and the barriers to their delivery of standards-aligned arts instruction.

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