PVA Curriculum & Testing
Where all PVA Curriculum is housed for teachers and campuses
Curriculum Innovation Lab in Schoology
Frequency of PLC meetings for PVA
One time per month
The amount of conference period time for teachers as required by state law every two weeks
450 minutes
Assessments used as the student growth measure for teachers and required by the district to justify the need for federal Title IV funds
Pre-Test and Post-Test
In each Performing Arts discipline, who would be considered the leader of a secondary feeder pattern?
High School Head Director
What is a common coding mistake that can be made when scheduling PVA courses?
Some PVA courses link to the same PEIMS ID.
For example, 5 uniquely voiced choir courses share the same PEIMS ID 03154131 (1st TT).
Testing windows for the pre-test
Between August 25, 2025 and September 2, 2025 (Make-up dates September 3-5, 2025)
5 "above and beyond" secondary teaching positions in PVA that cannot be reallocated
Band, Choir, Percussion, Drill Team, Color Guard
In order to be placed in the top level Theatre Arts Production class, a student would have to successfully meet which PVA course requirements?
Successful completion of pre-requisite theatre courses
Student audition and director placement
"Students passing STAAR exams during the previous school year" and "principal approval" are acceptable reasons for ________.
An individual student being excused from the acceleration/remediation period
The top reason ESC Region 4 had over 100 unfilled positions in Art, Theatre, Choir, and Elementary Music in 2021-2022.
Critical shortage of "qualified teacher" applicants
Targeted minimum campus enrollment for middle and high school band and choir
Middle School - 15%
High School - 10%
According to the TEC ยง28.002, why is it unlawful to remove students from fine arts classes for acceleration or remediation?
Fine arts classes are part of the required K-12 enrichment curriculum.
Person or persons who approve a campus program's PVA calendar
Campus Principal and Director of Performing and Visual Arts
True or False:
It is unlawful for elementary fine arts teachers to have their conference period broken up into 10-minute chunks throughout the day.
TRUE
"District of Innovation" allows for some conference time to occur before or after instruction, but specialists (art, music, PE, and library) must still have 450 minutes of conference time every two weeks with no individual period being less than 45 minutes.