Media Arts Foundational

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Draft of Media Arts Foundational Skills

Arts|Learning, in partnership with the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), continues to develop Foundational Skills Progressions in the various arts disciplines. The Media Arts Foundational Skills Progressions are now ready in draft form for public review and commentary.

We are seeking feedback from professional arts educators across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in order to strengthen and revise these documents before final approval and adoption. These Skills Progressions are intended to help "unpack" and be in alignment with the current 2019 MA Arts Curriculum Framework.

Because media arts is interdisciplinary in nature, any arts educators including dance, music, theatre, or visual arts that employs technology in creating art, are asked to give us feedback as well as media arts educators.

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Draft of Media Arts Foundational Skills

Public Comment on Proposed Media Arts Endorsement

Exciting News! The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (Board) met on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, and voted to:

Solicit public comment on the proposed amendments to the Regulations on Educator Licensure and Preparation Program Approval, which includes a proposal to create a new Media Arts endorsement!

The process for providing public comment on the regulations is posted on DESE’s website. The deadline to submit public comment is April 4, 2025 at 5:00 pm.

First, access the following document and download to your computer. Scroll down until you find the Media Arts Endorsement recommendations, and review it:

Proposed Amendments to Current Regulations

Then access the Public Comment Submission Form:

English form , Spanish form , Portuguese form

Email Address to Submit Public Comment or Questions:

EducatorPreparation@mass.gov

Dance & Visual Arts MTEL

Objective Review Committees

Committee Members Needed!

MA DESE and the Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson are seeking Massachusetts educators who hold a provisional, initial or professional Dance or Visual Arts license or educator preparation faculty with expertise in these content areas to participate in an upcoming Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) Objective Review Committees.

• 5/20/25 – Dance Objective Review Committee
• 5/21/25 – Visual Arts Objective Review Committee

These committees meet in person from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. over the course of one day. The Department is committed to centering the voices of people who have been historically marginalized in public education, and DESE strongly encourages Black, Indigenous, Hispanic and Latino, Asian, other educators of color, and members of other historically marginalized groups to apply.

Interested Dance and Visual Arts educators are asked to

please complete an application online. 

Anyone with questions about this opportunity can email Robyn Kaczowka at evaluationsystemscrg@pearson.com. 

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