Faculty Bio

Interlude Presenters Bio

Jeff

 

Smith

Jeff Smith is director of arts for Metro Nashville Public Schools. In this role, he supports the work of four hundred arts educators in their efforts to provide eighty-six thousand students with equitable access to arts learning opportunities that demonstrate excellence in teaching and learning.

Jeff

's Core Class

Jeff

's Interludes

Using Strategic Planning to Grow K–12 Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Programs
Thursday

Learn how to build a strategic plan, get input into the strategic planning process from multiple stakeholders, and put the strategic plan into action. Firsthand experience in building a music education needs assessment and multi-year VAPA strategic plan will be shared.

Getting the Right People on the Bus: Best Practices for Recruitment and Retention of Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA) Teachers of Excellence
Friday

In this session, participants will learn ways to use traditional and non-traditional communication strategies to attract and recruit high quality applicants for positions in music, theatre, dance, and visual arts.

Tennessee Arts Academy

Belmont University / 1900 Belmont Blvd. / Nashville,TN 37212

Email: taa@belmont.edu / Phone: 615-460-5451

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