ArtsNow, Inc.

ArtsNow wants to positively impact the lives of students, educators, and the overall school community. Our goal is to actively engage students in non-traditional approaches in educations through the arts, which provides them with 21st century skills.

ArtsNow provides professional learning opportunities, workshops and resources on arts and arts integration. In addition, as a strategic partner helping to support and advance teaching and learning in and through the arts, ArtsNow meets with school leadership teams and faculty to create a Professional Learning Plan that supports the Local School's Improvement Plan. ArtsNow team members act as consultants to the principal in designing and delivering modules that are customized to address the needs of the teachers and students in the school. Individualized plans and professional learning service can be custom designed to provide on-going, data driven, job-embedded support. We also provide two and a half day professional learning opportunity invites teams of educators (K-12) to explore arts-integrated instructional strategies aligned to Common Core and Fine Arts Standards. These strategies promote 21st century skills, critical and creative thinking, student achievement, and academic growth. Educators leave equipped to bring creativity, innovation, and arts integration into the classroom across all content areas. Workshop participants receive research-based information and ideas to improve instructional design and delivery and are exposed to arts integration as a best practice in teaching and learning. ArtsNow becomes strategic partners with a school to design and deliver professional development workshops and coaching opportunities addressing specific teacher effectiveness and student learning needs within the school. Each partnership begins with a local school needs assessment and customized plan. Local, on-site support and experiences are provided that include workshops, collaborative planning sessions, arts-integrated demonstration lessons with students, coaching, mentoring, teacher observations, and reflections. In addition to local school support, ArtsNow offers networking, consultations, action research, strategic planning, and special projects. STEAM workshops and fine arts modules are also delivered by our highly qualified consultant team.

ArtsNow has created a team of outstanding, nationally recognized artists and educators who provide instruction and coaching to educators about integrating the arts into their daily lessons. In addition, Pamela Walker, President of ArtsNow, assisted by members of the team, offers consultation services to a school's principal and leadership team to create a strategic plan for Professional Learning that addresses the School's Improvement Plan.

ArtsNow has received several federal and state grants, focusing on increasing math and literacy scores through authentic arts-integration. Data points from these grants show increased growth for both teachers and students. Math results demonstrated double digit gains. ArtsNow has been recognized as the Young Audiences affiliate for Georgia, gaining national recognition. As well, we have expanded services beyond the state of Georgia to include Florida and South Carolina. We plan on beginning a new partnership in Tennessee and look forward to expanding our consultant team. We have established several district-wide partnerships and have designed a Center for Innovative Teaching through our partnership with a local county school system. Next steps include continuing our growth trajectory to impact more school communities through the southeast.