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Act 13 Educator Effectiveness

• (Complete Toolkits)

• Overview for Classroom Arts Teachers (from 2021)

• Framework for Evaluation: Classroom Teacher

• Student Performance Measure (SPM) Sampler for Music Educators 2021

• PMEA Webinar: Changes foe Evaluation of Music Teachers Under Act 13 of 2020
  *(PMEA Member Login Required)

2024 Conference Update

Arts Education Data Project

• Pennsylvania Dashboard

SCED (School Courses for the Exchange of Data) Crosswalk Documents

• Music SCED Crosswalk

• Dance SCED Crosswalk

• Integrated Arts SCED Crosswalk

• Media Arts SCED Crosswalk

• Theatre SCED Crosswalk

• Visual Arts SCED Crosswalk

• PDE Update to PMEA 4.24.24 (PPT)

Arts Education Access Data

• Pennsylvania Dashboard

• PMEA Membership in Public School Districts

• PA Superintendent Survey Results (2019)

link to survey results sent to PA School Superintendents about the hiring practices and need for music and art teachers over the past five years.

Arts Education Policy and Regulation

• PA State Arts Education Flyer

• Pennsylvania Arts and Humanities Education Requirements

Career Readiness

• The Pennsylvania Career Ready Skills Continuum

• Alignment of the PA Career Ready Skills Continuum to PA Standards 

The purpose of this document is help teachers make connections between the PA Career Ready Skills Continuum and the PA 

Arts and Humanities Standards. Using this document will support teaching of arts workforce development as well as social 

emotional learning skills.

Certification

• PDE Website: Certification Page

• Interactive Resource: Career Opportunities

Search by county to locate hiring or human resource information for Local Education Agencies (LEAs).

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)

• PA ESSA Flyer

Social Emotional Learning (Music/Arts)

• Toolkit: Social Emotional Learning in the Music Classroom

Standards for Arts (Music) Education

• Pennsylvania Academic Standards for the Arts and Humanities

• PA Curriculum Framework: Music

• National Core Arts Standards