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a comprehensive education reform strategy are documenting positive changes in the school environment and improved student performance. A growing body of studies, including those in the research compendium //Critical Links//, presents compelling evidence connecting student learning in the arts to a wide spectrum of academic and social benefits. These studies document the habits of mind, social competencies and personal dispositions inherent to arts learning.
 * __ Kathryn Winn Arts Policy __**
 * __ Rationale __**
 * Schools integrating the arts into the curriculum as part of
 * Additionally, research has shown that what students learn in the arts may help them to master other subjects, such as reading, math or social studies. Students who participate in arts learning experiences often improve their achievement in other realms of learning and life.

The Site Based Decision Making council will use the following guidelines to help promote arts instruction within our school.
 * The principal will promote collaboration of the arts (Art, Music, Dance, Drama) throughout Kathryn Winn.
 * It is the policy to protect time for students to be actively involved in creating, performing, and responding to the arts.
 * Adequate space to support the teaching of the arts
 * Adequate materials and equipment and technology.
 * Leadership will work with the teachers of the art to expose students during the day as well as after school.
 * Leadership will promote cross curricular instruction on a regular school wide basis.
 * The school council will do everything in their power to assign equitable class loads.
 * All arts instruction will have equitable planning.
 * School Leadership will work with arts teacher to give them support when working with large numbers of students.( Team teaching, para professionals, parents volunteers)
 * The arts teachers will meet with the principal to devise a short term plan and a long term plan to decide next steps with arts instruction at Kathryn Winn.
 * Art teacher will work with administration to devise needs for ART program.
 * Art teachers will work in collaboration to create “Arts support group” that includes parents and community members.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The principals shall participate fully in PLC regarding the school arts program.