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Current Districtwide PSAs
We have a number of Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) that have been board-approved for districtwide use. With these PSAs, school sites may purchase services (using their own funds) without writing their own PSA. In other words, these are district-approved "vendors" with a district-approved menu of services at specific rates.
*For more information about identifying a partner for arts integration, see our Title I Arts Integration page.
How Schools Use a District PSA
TO REQUEST SERVICES:
School reads the Scope of Work to make sure what they want to do is covered in the PSA.
School ensures funding is available.
School asks the organization to provide a description of services, quantity, and rates in alignment with Scope of Work in the PSA.
NOTE: This is not a quote, and principals cannot sign a contract, agreement or quote, because the master contract is already approved.
If the PSA is already board-approved, the organization can start providing services immediately.
School drafts a requisition (E-pro) for those services and submits it through PeopleSoft.
Under “Item Description,” include the PSA number.
Remember that the services, quantity, and rates must be aligned with the Scope of Work in the PSA!
District generates a purchase order (PO), which is sent to the organization. This usually takes about 2 weeks.
AFTER SERVICES ARE PROVIDED:
Organization provides an invoice to the school for provided services.
School principal signs the invoice (anywhere, with name, title, and date), verifying that services have been rendered as stated.
School submits the invoice, with the PSA number, via email to both supctrec@sandi.net and apinvoices@sandi.net
Accounts Payable cuts check and sends to the organization, usually within 30 days of receiving an invoice.
These Board-Approved PSAs Are Available for Any District School to Use!
Arts Education Connection San Diego
Website: https://www.artsedsd.org/
Arts Discipline: Dance, Music, Theatre, Visual Art
Scope of Work Overview: Arts Education Connection San Diego (AECSD, formerly Arts For Learning) contracts with independent teaching artists for virtual or in-person assemblies/performances, professional learning, field trips, residencies, or workshops in discrete arts, arts integration (including STEAM), or social-emotional learning (arts intervention).
PSA: PS22-0502-92
Expiration: September 30, 2026
ArtReach
Website: https://www.artreachsandiego.org/
Arts Discipline: Visual Art
Scope of Work Overview: ArtReach provides the following options for UTK-12:
visual art residencies focused on social-emotional learning (SEL)
visual art cross-curricular integration residencies of 8-16 lessons (SPARK)
visual art curriculum for classroom teachers
professional learning for teachers
facilitation of student art exhibitions
PSA: PS-24-0122-92
Expiration: June 30, 2028
Classics 4 Kids
Website: https://www.classics4kids.org/
Arts Discipline: Music
Scope of Work Overview: Classics 4 Kids offers professional orchestra concerts, on-campus assemblies, music residencies, instrument coaching, professional development, and virtual programming designed for elementary students.
PSA: PS24-0269-92
Expiration: August 28, 2028
DanzArts
Website: https://danzarts.org/
Arts Discipline: Dance
Scope of Work Overview: DanzArts provides artist residencies in traditional Mexican and Spanish dance.
PSA: PS23-0722-25
Expiration: December 31, 2028
Diversionary Theatre
Website: https://www.diversionary.org/
Arts Discipline: Theatre
Scope of Work Overview: Diversionary Theater provides free and paid services including:
Paid services (UTK-12)
arts integration residencies (ELA, Math, Science, or HSS)
professional learning workshops in discrete arts or arts integration
Free services (middle and high school only)
after-school programming
in-school performances
tickets to Diversionary Theater
professional development and curriculum support
PSA: PS22-1115-92
Expiration: September 11, 2027
Guitars in the Classroom
Website: https://www.guitarsintheclassroom.org/
Arts Discipline: Music
Scope of Work Overview: Guitars in the Classroom (GITC) provides virtual or in person music-integrated residencies, assemblies, master classes, and professional development, with an emphasis in guitars, ukuleles, and song-writing.
PSA: SV-22-0220-92
Expiration: September 30, 2026
Imagine
Website: https://imaginebravespaces.com/
Arts Discipline: Theatre
Scope of Work Overview: Imagine provides assemblies and artist residencies. Residencies utilize the tools of theatre to develop social and emotional learning skills. Play! is a culturally responsive in-school program that utilizes embodied learning activities to engage multiple learning styles and to cultivate resilience, belonging, and social and emotional fluency.
PSA: PS23-0585-32
Expiration: March 14, 2028
Institute of Contemporary Art San Diego (ICA SD)
Website: https://icasandiego.org/
Arts Discipline: Visual Art
Scope of Work Overview: ICASD provides the following options for K-12:
"The Valise Project": a short in-person residency with hands-on art-making. An exhibition at the end of the residency is optional.
guest speakers and artist visitations
"Explore+Make" field trips
after-school programs
PSA: PS-24-0231-92
Expiration: June 30, 2028
La Jolla Playhouse
Website: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/
Arts Discipline: Theatre
Scope of Work Overview: La Jolla Playhouse provides virtual or in person theatre residencies (theatre skills or arts integration), professional learning workshops, and performances at your school site (grades 3-6).
PSA: PS22-0676-92
Expiration: March 31, 2027
Malashock Dance
Website: https://malashockdance.org/
Arts Discipline: Dance
Scope of Work Overview: Malashock Dance provides virtual or in person arts integration residencies with math or PE ( K-8), dance residencies (K-12), after-school programs (K-5), field trips (K-12), and teacher professional learning.
Contract: PS22-0667-92
Expiration: August 31, 2027
The Old Globe Theatre
Website: https://www.theoldglobe.org/
Arts Discipline: Theatre
Scope of Work Overview: The Old Globe Theatre will provide San Diego Unified School District (“District”) with performing arts teaching artists to provide specialized and supplemental theatre education to UTK-12 schools and departments.
PSA: PS24-0230-92
Expiration: September 30, 2028
Outside the Lens
Website: https://outsidethelens.org/
Arts Discipline: Media Arts
Scope of Work Overview: Outside the Lens provides virtual or in-person photography and digital media educational services to K-12 students through assemblies (film screenings), professional learning, field trips, residencies and workshops, and student art exhibition or competition facilitation.
PSA: SV21-0828-25
Expiration: January 31, 2026
Playwrights Project
Website: https://www.playwrightsproject.org/
Arts Discipline: Theatre
Scope of Work Overview: Playwrights Project provides virtual or in-person arts-integrated playwriting and creative drama residencies.
PSA: PS-22-0059-92
Expiration: November 3, 2026
Rosin Box Project
Website: https://www.therosinboxproject.com/
Arts Discipline: Dance
Scope of Work Overview: The Rosin Box Project provides teaching artist residency programming (in dance or arts integration), professional learning workshops, after-school programing, and assemblies/performances for UTK-12 school sites.
PSA: PS-23-0701-25
Expiration: February 29, 2028
Sacra/Profana
Website: https://www.sacraprofana.org/
Arts Discipline: Music
Scope of Work Overview: SACRA/PROFANA provides in-person music clinics to middle and high school choirs.
PSA: PS23-0568-92
Expiration: June 30, 2027
San Diego Children's Choir
Website: https://www.sdcchoir.org/
Arts Discipline: Music
Scope of Work Overview: San Diego Children's Choir provides standards-based choral and general music education residencies, workshops, and performances to UTK-12th grade educators and students.
PSA: PS24-0279-92
Expiration: August 28, 2028
San Diego Civic Youth Ballet
Website: https://www.sdcyb.org/
Arts Discipline: Dance
Scope of Work Overview: San Diego Civic Youth Ballet provides professional teaching artists to teach assemblies, workshops and customized residencies focusing on art of dance.
PSA: PS24-0844-92
Expiration: July 31, 2029
San Diego Youth Symphony
Website: https://sdys.org/
Arts Discipline: Music
Scope of Work Overview: San Diego Youth Symphony (SDYS) provides lessons and small group coaching for instrumental music; workshops and residencies (including Early Childhood Learning and arts integration); professional learning; and field trips.
PSA: PS22-0269-92
Expiration: May 31, 2027
Studio T
Website: https://www.studiotarts.org/
Arts Discipline: Dance
Scope of Work Overview: Studio T's teaching artists are specially trained to work with at-promise youth at all grade levels in Hip Hop dance and entrepreneurship. Participating schools also have access to an online learning platform.
PSA: PS23-0412-92
Expiration: June 30, 2027
transcenDANCE
Website: https://tdarts.org/
Arts Discipline: Dance
Scope of Work Overview: transcenDANCE provides dance instruction, optionally integrated with a social-emotional lens. They offer dance residencies of 18-32 weeks, video-based lessons (with curriculum guides), field trips/master classes at their Lemon Grove site, and professional learning for teachers.
PSA: PS24-0002-32
Expiration: July 31, 2028
Unscripted Learning
Website: https://unscriptedlearning.org/
Arts Discipline: Theatre
Scope of Work Overview: Unscripted Learning provides professional teaching artists to train 6-12 grade educators on its Connections Program. This program focuses on socio-emotional learning and arts education in the discipline of theatre for educators supporting neurodivergent students.
PSA: PS24-0846-92
Expiration: July 31, 2029
Villa Musica
Website: https://villamusica.org/
Arts Discipline: Music
Scope of Work Overview: Villa Musica provides teaching artists to provide supplemental music education to UTK-12 schools and departments through after-school programs and in-school residencies, workshops, and master classes.
PSA: PS24-0001-92
Expiration: August 30, 2028