History, Mission & Vision
AEMS was founded as a 501(c)3 organization in what year?
What is 1997
In the mid 2010s, this major project of AEMS brought together the amendment for the COMAR Regulations
What is the P-20 Taskforce?
A major partner of AEMS, this organization hosts over 200 professional development workshops for Maryland's arts educators every year
Who is the Maryland State Department of Education?
A new program this year, AEMS seeks to activate volunteer leaders through this webinar series
What is Advocacy 101s?
AEMS hosts quarterly meetings with higher education arts leaders under this umbrella
What is HEATforce?
Who is Mary Ann Mears?
This Maryland governing document states that arts education is a core subject
What is COMAR (Code of Maryland Annotated Regulations)?
Launched in 2021, this program is an seeks to put arts education leaders into political office to help create systemic change
What is the Arts Educator Campaign School?
A major goal of AEMS is to have this statewide program for students
What is the Youth Arts Advocacy Council?
Bringing people together across the state of Maryland to strengthen the arts education ecosystem is this main concept in AEMS's mission
What is mobilizing power to community?
In 2020, AEMS developed this "report" to allow arts education advocates to anonymously submit information about their school community's arts programs
What is the Arts Education Awareness Report form?
Launched in early 2021, this program was created to strengthen educators' pedagogy to incorporate anti-racist strategies
What is A-REALL (Anti-Racist Educators of the Arts Learning Lab)?
Coming out of a suggestion from an educator council member, AEMS will be working towards this major event for the summer of 2022
What is the Advocacy Institute?
Released in Summer 2021, AEMS created recommendations for the arts education ecosystem in order to strengthen its infrastructure
What is the community meetings report?
AEMS started as a program between these two government agencies
What is the Maryland State Department of Education and the Maryland State Arts Council?
AEMS served on multiple coalitions to ensure that the arts were a part of this education reform bill which passed in early 2021
What is the Blueprint for Maryland's Future (Kirwan)?
Due to COVID, AEMS had to host its first Arts Education Symposium of Anti-Racism and Abolitionist Teaching virtually in November 2020 featuring this globally-recognized speaker
Who is Dr. Bettina Love?
As a result of the P-20 Taskforce, one of AEMS's goals was to create THIS statewide data platform which highlights access to arts education
What is artlook?
Formed in 2020, this group is for under-40 leaders outside of the arts to learn how to advocate for arts education in their own communities
What is the "AEMS Ambassadors"?