Photocopy of a memo from Julie Abel, program associate of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Grant Directors. The memo is in regards to the key points and recommendations from the September 20, 1996 Goals 2000 Arts Educational Leadership fund meeting. Attached with the memo is the meeting report.

Photocopy of a memo from Julie Abel, Program Associate, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Directors. The memo is in regards to a confirmation of the number of funders attending the January 12, 1995 Funders' Dinner by October 21, 1994. Because of the low response, Abel requests that the directors follow up with the funders from each institute who have not yet replied. Attached to the memo is a RSVP list.

A letter to Phillip C. Diebel from Julie Anne Abel regarding a grant check from the Getty Education Institute for the Arts (GEIA) to the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts (NTIEVA).

An e-mail from Julie Anne Abel to D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter about the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts advocacy project.

Photocopy of a letter from Suzi Alost-Reid to Bill McCarter, writing about how much Reid loved McCarter's presentation, leading them to a higher level thinking and that the "Chimney and Water Tower" is more meaningful now that McCarter lead them through the analysis of its elements. On October 17, Reid will lead an art discussion with Art Sinks to motivation teachers and students to use art to write to the TAAS objectives. Reid writes that she will use "Chimney" to open her discussions here forward because how McCarter inspired her, she thanks him and the involvement NTIEVA has made on her.

A letter from the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists Permissions Department requesting permission to photocopy pages 23 - 26 to use as handouts to students from the booklet, Content Specifications for the Examination in Radiography.

A letter from Ann Bassi, program officer from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to a prior meeting where Davis and Sheila Brown provided information for the Center to participate in a project which director correlation for the Center's DBAE / National Dissemination Project. Bassi also writes that Davis should be congratulated for the many positive aspects of the teleconferencing and she hopes to see Davis in Santa Barbara in the upcoming week to discuss it.

A letter from Ann Bassi, program officer from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to a prior meeting where Davis and Sheila Brown provided information for the Center to participate in a project which director correlation for the Center's DBAE / National Dissemination Project. Bassi also writes that Davis should be congratulated for the many positive aspects of the teleconferencing and she hopes to see Davis in Santa Barbara in the upcoming week to discuss it.

A memo from Ann Bassi, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to participants in the October 21 - 22, NDP planning meeting. Sheila Brown, Luis Casanova, Peter Chant, Jack Davis, Leilai Lattin Duke, Anne Forster, Leanna Landsmann, Valsin Marmillion, Inabeth Miller, Elizabeth Paul, Bonnie Pitman, Lee Rockwell, Nancy Reynolds, Vicki Rosenberg and John Wedman. The memo is in regards to the agenda for the October 21 - 22 meeting, whose primary purpose is to observe and discuss results from the joint teleconference developed by the Center's Nebraska and Texas regional institutes.

A memo from Ann Bassi, program officer for the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Regional Institute Directors, Sheila Brown, Luis Casanova, Peter Chat, Jack Davis (underlined), Leilani Lattin Duke, Anne Forster, Leanna Landsmann, Valsin Marmillion, Inabeth Miller, Elizabeth Paul, Bonnie Pitman (crossed out), Lee Rockwell, Nancy Reynolds (underlined), Vicki Roseneberg and John Wedman. The memo is in regards to the attached agenda for the October 21-22, NDP meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to observe and have an opportunity to discuss results from the joint teleconference. Following the discussion of the teleconference they will spend the afternoon reviewing the consultant's case studies showing both successful and unsuccessful examples of distance learning.

Photocopy of a letter from Thomas F. Beech, executive vice president of the Tandy Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the Tandy Foundation's earlier rejection of the grant support proposal submitted by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and Beech writes that there is not much encouragement that their decision will be changed in the matter.

A letter from Nancy Berry to Julie Anne Abel informing Abel that the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts' National Specialty Program financial report has been approved.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Berneice Patterson, teacher at Evers Park Elementary School. In regards to how much Broadus enjoyed visiting Patterson's classroom and how Patterson is a wonderful teacher to her students. Broadus would like to share some of the things Patterson is doing with other teachers in the Institute, especially some of the hall displays Patterson had. Enclosed in the letter Broadus has provided details about a Token Response Game that Patterson needs to collect for a future event.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Pam Pedigo, Pilot Point Elementary School. In regards to Pedigo and the other fourth grade teachers on their Persian Miniature and Islamic art display in the school's foyer. Broadus writes that when she visited the school the past Wednesday, Sylvia Russel shared Pedigo's Mid-East unit and how art was included into the study. NTIEVA will be working with PPISD for the next five years and Broadus wants Pedigo to be apart of the program to help teachers integrate visual arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Cassandra Broadus, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Val Franks. Thanking Franks for inviting Nancy Cason and Broadus to the November 4th In-Service at Greenbriar, writing that they are excited that Frank and her school are interested in the implementation of discipline-based art education, DBAE. Enclosed in the letter is an agenda for Broadus's visitation on Monday and the planned details for that afternoon.

A letter from Sheila Brown, director of Prairie Visions, the Nebraska Consortium for Discipline-Based Art Education, to Nancy Cason and William McCarter, project coordinator and co-director for North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the enclosed SERC course proposal that was written by Peter Chant, Director of Education Services, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission. Brown would like to discuss this with McCarter at the meeting in Santa Barbara in January and wonders if Vicki Rosenberg will pay for an extra day to plan.

A letter from Sheila N. Brown, Director of Prairie Vision: The Nebraska Consortium for Discipline Based Art Education, to Nancy Cason and William McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The letter is in regards to the SERC course proposal that was written by Peter Chant, Director of Education Services, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission. Brown wonders if Vicki Rosenberg will agree to pay for the directors to be there for an extra day at the Santa Barbara director's meeting in January to discuss. Attached is the letter from Peter Chant to Mike Feduk, Director of Programming for the teacher in service / staff development teleconference proposal. The proposal is with the second letter.

Photocopy of a letter from Ronald Caloss, Superintendent of Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD, to Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to HEB's commitments to North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and that their Associate Director Jan Schronk will contribute at least 20% of her time during the 1993 - 1994 calendar year to activities related to staff development and implementation of the discipline-based art education program. Enclosed with the letter are stipend worksheets for the faculty based on current income.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Cason, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Sue Pacey, Young Audiences of Greater Dallas. Inviting Pacey and other staff members of Young Audiences to three live, interactive teleworkshops on the arts. Cason writes that their institute has arranged for viewing space and the use of an 800 telephone line in Chilton Hall of UNT campus for the upcoming events. Attached to the letter is an program list of the teleworkshops and their description details.

A letter from Peter Chant, Director of Educational Services, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, to Mike Feduk, Director of Programming, SERC. The letter is in regards to an attached proposal for a teacher in-service/staff development teleconference to be delivered via satellite. The proposal is to produce a one ninety-minute live staff development teleconference from the combined efforts of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts and Prairie Visions Institute for Education in the Visual Arts.

A letter from Peter Chant, Director of Educational Services, Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission, to Mike Feduk, Director of Programming at SERC. The letter is in regard to an attached proposal for a teacher in-service/ staff development teleconference to be delivered via satellite. The teleconference workshop will be held by two experts from Texas and Nebraska to share and exchange instructional approaches and experiences concerning DBAE initiatives. cc'd on the letter, Sheila Brown, Mark Kelly, Lee Rockwell.

Photocopy of a letter from Bob J. Crow, Executive Director of the Amon G. Carter Foundation to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In regards to a telephone repot that the Board of Directors at the Carter Foundation approved during their last meeting about the $150,000 grant awarded to the University of North Texas in support of NTIEVA.

A collection of clippings from The Dallas Morning News and the Plano Star-Courier. The articles cover the teleconference that NTIEVA is participating in to help fund the art programs in schools.

Scanned copies of newspaper clippings from two different sources, the first clipping on the left from the Dallas Morning News, features an article on the upcoming teleconference that is planned to be viewed in twenty states. Three Plano school district educators will partake in this interstate conference. The teleconference, titled "Schools, Museums, Arts and Children: A Dialogue of States," plans to focused on discipline-based art education and techniques of art instruction. The second newspaper clipping from the Plano Star Courier, on the right, features the same information about the teleconference and the Plano educators participation.