National Art Education Association

Introduction to the Museum Education Division March 2014

Development Committee: Museum Ed Division Directors

Jackie Terrassa • Director Emily Holtrop • Director-Elect

Development Committee Regional Representatives

Eastern • Michelle Grohe Southeastern • Wendy Wolf Western • Stacy Fuller Pacific • Ben Garcia

Development Committee Regional Representatives-Elect

Eastern • Barbara Bassett Southeastern • Juline Chevalier Western • Amy Kirschke Pacific • Mike Murawski

NAEA: Mission

 The National Art Education Association advances visual arts education to fulfill human potential and promote global understanding.

NAEA Strategic Goals

Community • NAEA is a dynamic, inclusive, and diverse professional community that shares a commitment to NAEA’s mission and vision.

Advocacy • NAEA influences stakeholders and decision makers to support visual arts education.

Learning • NAEA provides exemplary learning opportunities that help members become more effective educators, artists, leaders, and advocates for visual arts education.

Research & Knowledge • NAEA conducts research and generates knowledge that enriches and expands visual arts education, and widely shares that research and knowledge.

What is our place within the larger organization of NAEA?

Who are the members of the Museum Education Division?

800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0 2011 2012 2013 2014 New Members Active members

How

many students

are in the Museum Education Division?

7% Student Members Active Members 93%

Membership

by Region Foreign; 2% Pacific; 19% Eastern; 31% Southeastern; 17% Western; 31%

Museum Education Members are:

     Younger. 53% are under 40, compared to NAEA as a whole where only 38% are under 40.

Newer to the field. 47% have less than 10 years of experience, 74% have less than 20 years. (For NAEA as a whole, the proportion is opposite—60% have 20 or more years of experience) Satisfied. 87% would recommend NAEA to a colleague. Room for improvement. Only 29% said you are very satisfied.

Primary reasons for joining:    Access to professional development networking opportunities encouragement from colleagues

What we do in support of our Strategic Goals

Learning Community Preconference Peer to Peer Learning (Google+ Hangouts) Annual Awards Teacher Exchange Conversations with Colleagues Convention Sessions Instructional Resources Gallery Advocacy Collaborative writing teams develop position papers Research Initiative Research

Peer to Peer Initiative

Connect Online

 Monthly Google+ Hangouts https://tinyurl.com/NAEA MusEdPeers  All past Hangouts have been archived https://tinyurl.com/NAEA MusEdPeers-video

Peer to Peer: Connect Online

Adult Audiences Museum Ed Game Show Teaching in the Art Museum Flirting Theory Peer to Peer Hangouts Docent Training Teen to Teen Teen Programs Artists as Audience Common Core

“I appreciated how easy it was to ask questions and participate and how many thoughtful and talented voices were heard.”

Connecting with Others

 NAEA website http://www.arteducators.org/community/museum -education  Sign up NAEA Museum Education Division List-Serve  www.Museum-Ed.org

 www.ArtMuseumTeaching.com

 Google+ Communities and Pages    NAEA Art Museum Education Division Drinking About Museums Google Art Project

Research Initiative

2010: NAEA identified Research & Knowledge as a strategic priority 2011-2013 2013 Museum Education Division

conceptualized a strategic

question: what are the benefits of art museums to people? Museum Education Division facilitated discussions with museum educators, divisional focus groups with K–12 educators and administrators, and a Research Initiative planning session during the 2013 Convention Museum Education Division convened a Task Force, conducted research interviews and developed a Request for Proposals for a Planning Year RFP Deadline: April 11, 2014 midnight EST Research Question: What are the benefits to students of engaging with original works of art within the context of object-based art museum programs that take place during the formal school day?

How do I get more involved?

Make yourself known! Express interest! Reach out to your regional representative If Convention is in your hometown, make yourself known and assist the Division and NAEA in planning the Preconference and Convention Don’t be shy! Introduce yourself to your peers and to both established and new colleagues Take the lead in addressing a need you see in the museum education field Submit a proposal and present at the annual Convention NAEA Submit a proposal to present at Convention Participate in Teacher Exchange Volunteer to start a Hangout Nominate colleagues for Awards Attend Conversations with Colleagues

How are Development Committee Members Chosen?

   Regional Representatives, along with the Directors, comprise the Development Committee Development Committee members are nominated and selected by current and upcoming Directors and Development Committee. Selection Criteria:     Actively presented at conferences and/or contributed to the field Have shown leadership and also expressed interest in national leadership Can think both with their specific area of museum education and also broadly about the needs of the field. Diversity

What makes a good Convention session proposal?

 Make it clear and compelling  Align it with the theme  Make it relevant and timely to your audience  Articulate the outcomes  What will session participants learn?

 Present programs and ideas that show rigor and innovative thinking  For 50-minute sessions: propose to co-present

Questions?

Contact Division Director:  Jackie Terrassa: [email protected]