Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Gene Davenport, Superintendent of Allen Independent School District. In regards to the U.S. Department of Education efforts in the arts and that Secretary Alexander has initiated the American 2000 Arts Partnership, along with the news that USOE and the National Endowment are funding the development of World Class standards for arts education. Davis and McCarter also write that they are pleased that the Getty Center for Education in the Arts has sent, to Allen's school board president, a package of materials related to enhancing student achievements through art education. Included with the packet is a questionnaire which asks for a report of any action the board has taken in response to the guide to enhancing student achievements.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke, Director of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Pat Smith Hopper. The letter is in regards to an education unit sent by Hopper to Duke focusing on Native American Sioux Culture developed by Hopper and Dr. Barbara Erwin. Duke appreciates the interest in Hopper sharing her work with the Center, however, the Center is not able to endorse the product. Enclosed in the letter to Hopper, Duke has added a list of regional institute directors who could be interested in the discipline-based art education and the unit on Sioux culture. List not present with letter. Bcc'd is Jack Davis.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke, director of the Getty Center to Jack Davis, co-director of NTIEVA, in regards to the articles from the Dallas Morning News, Davis had sent prior. Duke writes that she is pleased to see that the Dallas schools are adding seventeen more art and music teachers to their elementary schools and wonders if Dallas ISD is open to the DBAE program, discipline-based art education.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis, Bill McCarter and Nancy Reynolds, North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Dr. Dean Anthony, Denton ISD. Asking if he recalls the lasting Advisory Committee meeting they had in which they set two priority goals. Their first goal to seek continued support for their Portfolio project and their second, to generate potential names for additional committee members. In the letter Davis, McCarter and Reynolds are pleased to report that the Edward and Betty Marcus Foundation has agreed to fully fund the portfolio project and it will be underway once their Summer Institute project is over. In the letter, they ask Anthony if he has any recommendations for committee members and to contact them through note of phone call. Additionally in the letter are details about the Institute's schedule for the summer, and a formal invitations for Anthony to join any them if his schedules allows.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Emmett Baker, Superintendent of Ponder Independent School District. In regards to the U.S. Department of Education efforts in the arts and that Secretary Alexander has initiated the American 2000 Arts Partnership, along with the news that USOE and the National Endowment are funding the development of World Class standards for arts education. Davis and McCarter also write that they are pleased that the Getty Center for Education in the Arts has sent, to Ponder's school board president, a package of materials related to enhancing student achievements through art education. Included with the packet is a questionnaire which asks for a report of any action the board has taken in response to the guide to enhancing student achievements.

Photocopy of a letter from Lori Weisgerber, the Getty Center, to the professional development meeting attenders, as listed: Julie Abel, Sheila Brown, Jack Davis, Virginia Gembica, Rick Lasher, nancy MacGregor, David, Pankratz, Vicki Rosenberg, Kathy Talley-Jones, Donna Kay Beattie, Michael Day, Margaret, DiBlasio, Edith Johnson, Anne Lindsey, Val Marmillion, Michael Parson, Nancy Roucher, Brent Wilson, Candy Borland, Jean Detlefsen, Lani Duke, Phyllis Johnson, Jessie Lovano-Kerr, Bill McCarter (crossed off), Jeff Patchen, Marilyn Stewart and Joyce Wright . Weisgerber has attached to the memo the summary of the meeting that was held in Laguna Beach, California on April 28 - 29, 1995. The summary of the meeting covers everything that has happened within those two days.

Photocopy of a letter from Leilani Lattin Duke, director of the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to Pat Smith Hopper, in discussion of Hopper's letter sent May 20th with an enclosed copy of a thematic unit focusing on Native American Sioux Culture. However, the Getty Center does not endorse products, but Duke has sent a list of regional institute directors who specialize in discipline-based art education and might be interested in Hopper's unit. Enclosed with the letter, is the proposal from Hopper to Duke with the thematic unit on Native American Sioux Culture.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter, co-director of NTIEVA, to Kathy Talley-Jones, manager of publications at the Getty Center for Education in the Arts. McCarter has gone over a report that Jones has written up, the Wilson Report, and is sending back some observations and clarifications that need to be included into the report.

Photocopy of a letter from Jack Davis and Bill McCarter, co-directors of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts, to Susan Dantzler, Principal of Harrington Elementary. Welcoming Dantzler to the second summer institute conducted by North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts being held from June 17 - 28. Principals are encouraged to attend the institute as much as possible, however, there are special events for the administrators on the first and last days of the institute and they will be paid a stipend of forty dollars.

Photocopy of a letter from Bill McCarter and Jack Davis, co-directors of NTIEVA, to Vicki Rosenberg, program officer for the Getty Center, in regards to addressing some over-due responses needed by the Center. McCarter and Davis write that they support the Californian and Regional Institutes doing a super-session at the Baltimore conference, but the presentations need to be more balanced between what works and what doesn't. They also like the idea of each institute doing a follow up session, identifying three or four topics in the areas where they have been successful.

Photocopy of a letter from Gordon Dee Smith, President of InterCulture, to Jack Davis, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. Apologizing for not being able to go to the retreat, Friday June 1, 1990. Smith explains that he had a prior engagement that he had to attention and was unable to change them to attend the retreat. Smith writes that he looks forward to receiving more information regarding the advisory committee and the Institute.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer to the Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the participants in February, 1990 Regional Institute Team Meeting. The memo is in regards to an attached group reports prepared after the February meeting. cc'd on the memo, Leilani Lattin Duke and Brent Wilson.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on the summer institute hosted by the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. The institute is a two-week program designed to provide training for the use of art education for school districts educators. The primary goal of the summer institute is to implement discipline-based art education into the participating districts, DBAE, is an approach to learning in the art that combines art production, criticism, aesthetics and art history.

Photocopy of a letter from William McCarter, co-director of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts to his colleagues Bill Cormack, Janice Wiggins and Chris Thomason. The letter is in regards to the June 22, 1995 meeting, thanking them for taking the time and meeting up with McCarter and Jack Davis on the different points regarding the participating of Dallas ISD in future activities of North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts. In the top corner of the letter is a note, "Jack: A draft of a difficult letter, help!'

Photocopy of an agenda used during an NTIEVA Leadership Retreat. The document lists the locations, the date, and the times at which each event of the day are scheduled to begin. Also listed are speakers and their associations.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Dr. William McCarter, a University of North Texas Regents Professor giving a talk on the Albert C. Barnes art collection. The lecture on Dr. Barnes is a conjunction with an exhibition at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, as Dr. Barnes was considered one of the greatest art collectors in American history.

Photocopy of a long document that gives an in-depth look into the NTIEVA Summer Institute program. It begins with a list of the ISDs and museums involved in the program, followed by a table of contents and a detailed break down of each day's itinerary.

A newspaper clipping, featuring a snippet on Birdville elementary school teachers attending the North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts 1995 summer institute. In other news, Central Junior High teacher, Tom Wine received a master's degree in education in may from the University of North Texas.

Photocopy of a document that lists the activities provided to the groups involved in NTIEVA's Summer Institute. For each day of the program a list of events and activities is given. At the top of the document is a summary of what the overall experience will be like.

A newspaper clipping featuring an article on Pilot Point and their school district. The article mentions that Pilot Point's local schools are known among the best in the region, meeting the needs of over eight hundred students on three modern campuses. J. Earl Selz High Schools is on of only thirty-three high schools in the nation to offer a computer-assisted program of instruction in physical science department. Gee Junior High School follows an interdisciplinary approach to education. Pilot Point ISD is a pilot art-education program through North Texas Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts.

Photocopy of a letter from Vicki Rosenberg to Jack Davis and Bill McCarter that has four main points. Each is given a section of the letter under a header bearing the subject's name. They are the May 1991 Progress Report, the Assessment Grant, the Art-O-Gram project, and the January 1992 Director's Meeting. The document is printed on stationery from the Getty Center for Education in the Arts.

A memo from Vicki Rosenberg, program officer, Getty Center for Education in the Arts, to the Regional Institute Grant Project Directors. The memo is in regards to the Getty Center providing a grant to the Education Writers Association for a special 12-page issues of High Strides, a bi-monthly newsletter that "emphasizes reporting on programs which encourage high support, high expectations and strong academic content." The EWA has been briefed on the Regional Institute project and will contact them in the summer during their research phase, Rosenberg requests that they familiarize themselves with the attached outline. cc'd on the letter, Ann Bassi, Michael Kendall, Rachel Rosenthal, Kathy-Talley Jones, Leilani Lattin Duke, Valsin Marmillion and Mary Ann Stankiewicz.

A report summary in regards to the Getty Center for the Arts in Education supporting the North Texas Regional Institute for Educators on the Visual Arts at the University of North Texas, $570. Mentioned are co-directors Jack Davis and William McCarter.

A newsletter clipping, with details on the DeWitt Wallace-Redaer's Digest Fund. The purpose of the support fund is the improvement of elementary and secondary schools, encouraging school and community collaborations, and the professional development of educators. Another clipping is attached to the first on, "Principals As Staff Developers," John Macrostie states that inservice education can no longer consist of irregular episodic workshops but must be continuous.