NCCAS & Media Arts
National Media Arts Standards Imagined
In August of 2011, the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards convened a Media Arts Investigation Committee consisting of a diverse group of media arts leaders from the field including a broad spectrum of representatives from gaming, design, theatre, media, media literacy, public education K-12, higher education, film, cinema, animation, digital imagery, photography and State Directors of Arts Education.
The committee's work helped define the task of writing media arts standards.
Writing Team Chosen
The Media Arts Investigation Committee appointed a smaller sub group of five representatives; including the two state level directors of arts education whose states currently have Media Arts standards, to review the 52 applications received from media arts educators during an all call out to the field in September of 2011. The resulting twelve member writing team was chosen after a rigorous selection process using criteria designed by the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards. The writing team represents both the depth, breadth and scope of the field as well as diverse geographic locations around our country and diverse teaching experiences in media arts at all grade levels, K- Higher Education.
National Representation by Committee
Investigation here has pointed to many fine organizations with an interest in media literacy and technology societies with arts as an area of interest, as well as technology as a working group within the professional organizations for dance, music, theatre and visual arts. These organizations have created important provisions for the inclusion of technology and media arts at many levels of instruction and use. However, no single association has taken on the responsibility for media arts in the areas of arts, aesthetics, and education. To meet the need for a voice for Media Arts during the writing of the standards a Media Arts Committee was formed to serve as a part of the NCCAS governing body. The committee is co-chaired by Richard Burrows, retired director of Arts Education for the Los Angeles Unified School District and Dr. Pamela Paulson, Senior Director of Policy, Perpich Center for Arts Education.
National Coalition for Core Arts Standards Media Arts Committee
2011-2016
Richard Burrows and Dr. Pamela Paulson, Co-Chairs, Amy Jensen, Marcia McCaffrey, Nancy Rubino, Cory Wilkerson
2016 - 2018
Richard Burrows and Dr. Pamela Paulson, Co-Chairs, Jacqueline Coleman, Marcia McCaffrey, Nancy Rubino, Cory Wilkerson
2018- 2019
Dr. Pamela Paulson, chair, David Dik, Jamie Kasper, Marcia McCaffrey, Dain Olsen, Cory Wilkerson
2019 - 2020
Dr. Pamela Paulson, chair, David Dik, Jamie Kasper, Marcia McCaffrey, Dain Olsen, Cory Wilkerson
Media Arts MCA's Piloted
The Elementary Model Cornerstone Assessments were piloted in the 2014-2015 school year in districts across the nation, followed by the pilot of the High School Media Arts Model Cornerstone Assessments in the 2015-2016 school year. This work, made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, moved the field forward by providing illustrative examples of the new media arts standards in the classroom, complete with model units of instruction and assessment and benchmarked student work. In the video below, Dr. Pamela Paulson speaks of the power of this work.