LACAC Arts for All DAKAR Foundation STEAM Collaborative Partnership Initiative Arts for All works in collaboration with DAKAR Foundation to develop programs with educators, business, government, and community partners to create opportunities for all K-12 students to achieve career goals in the creative economy. PURPOSE Our purpose is to provide all K-12 students in Los Angeles County with access to high quality, ongoing, and long-term mentoring, course work, career pathways through business, government agencies and community partners that promote inspired learning and positive connections to employment opportunities. MISSION To develop, sustain and promote a community of practice dedicated to creating world-class workforce services to grow individual, business and community support for engaging youth in the creative economy. VALUES Equity Access Transparency Accountability Excellence Partnership METHODOLOGY: The initiative will identify and engage community stakeholders who are dedicated to creating a sustainable set of resources for empowering school district staff, classroom teachers and guidance counselors. GOALS LONG TERM • Build to scale with services provided across Los Angeles County • Partner with higher education to provide clearly articulated course offerings. • Partner with business partners to construct and update clearly articulated course offerings. • Support guidance counselors with resources to help students discover arts career pathways • Connect creative workforce industries with primary and secondary education plans SHORT TERM • Make jobs visible and motivate students • Develop standards-based, high quality instruction with rigorous mentorship components • Provide tools for students to identify an interest in the media arts • Develop pathways and resources for career readiness in media arts • Build a community of practice among counselors, administrators and teachers STRATEGIES • Provide training on opportunities in the media arts to middle and high school students • Identify and cultivate industry partners through DAKAR’s corporate partners • Build parental awareness of creative industries and the value of media arts learning • Catalog existing CTE coursework that is arts centered and document success stories
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