Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter and Nancy Cason, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Chad Woolery, Deputy Superintendent of Dallas ISD. Appreciating the concern shown by the DISD's administration and the school board about preserving the visual arts program in Dallas Public Schools. McCarter and Cason write that Dallas is one of six consortium districts participating in the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, NTIEVA, program. NTIEVA provides intensive summer institute training in discipline-based art education for elementary principals, art specialists, classroom teachers, and museum educators, while also assisting the implementation of integrative art programs during the school year. Public schools such as, T.D. Marshall, Colonial Learning Center, Lida Hooe, Maple Lawn and Sidney Lanier have sent teams to the summer institute program, along with other schools in attendance as well. McCarter and Cason finish the letter with how successful their institute is, writing that they've served a total of twenty elementary schools, impacting 500 teachers and 12,500 students, and that they're excited about their partnership with Dallas.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Cason, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Kim Gill, Christie Elementary, Plano ISD. In regards to the institute putting together a video to show teachers who have not yet received training and they would like to include a video of Gill teaching language arts to her second graders into the reproduction with her permission. NTIEVA feels Gill's well-designed lesson will serve as an inspiring model for others and hoping Gill will contact them soon.

Photocopy of a letter from Nancy Cason, Project Coordinator of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Polly Tallas, Saigling Elementary. In regards to the institute putting together a video to show the teachers who have not yet received training. Cason would like to include a video of Tallas, that she received from Lynda Alford, teaching story telling to her second grade students using art reproductions into the video. NTIEVA feels Tallas' well-designed lesson will serve as an inspiring model for others and hoping Tallas will contact them soon with permission.

A memo from Brent Wilson to Jack Davis and William McCarter in regards to the North Texas Institute Report. Wilson writes that his suggestions he had offered back in December remain the same except he added one new suggestion. Wilson states that in the report Davis and McCarter will find issues that have presented themselves in the relationship between DBAE and other ares of the curriculum. Attached to the memo is The North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts: An Evaluation for the Summer of 1990.

A letter from Nancy Cason, Program Coordinator for the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Brent Wilson, an evaluator at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. The letter is in regards to seeing Wilson at the Getty conference and enjoying his presentation on the regional institutes. Cason writes that they are excited about the summer institute and are looking forward to his visitation in May.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Bob J. Crow, Executive Director of the Amon G. Carter Foundation. In regards to having received the check from the foundation for $60,000 in the Center's continued support of the NTIEVA program.

A letter from D. Jack Davis and R. William McCarter to Vicki Rosenberg that list the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts activities, projects, staff developments, district needs, changes, budget, and matching grants from January 1, 1991 - May 1, 1991. Attached appendixes include working agendas, newsletters, and art-o-grams.