BECOME A PARTNER
WHY PARTNERSHIP?
As a partner of Arts Ed Newark (AEN), you and/or your organization are a part of a collective effort to ensure that all Newark children in grades PreK-12 have equitable access to high quality, sequential arts education opportunities both in and out of school; you will:
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Access opportunities for individual and organizational professional development;
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Opportunities to network and collaborate with the Newark Board of Education (NBOE), charter schools, independent schools, arts organizations and other regional and national arts education advocacy organizations;
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Receive regular updates and information affecting the field; and
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Create significant and lasting impact with our collective voice and coordinated efforts.
BENEFITS: You and/or your organization will receive:
Funding Opportunities
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Opportunities to be considered to receive funding from NBOE in SummerQUEST programming and other local, state, and federal funding sources
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Exclusive partner grant postings through the AEN partner portal.
Networking, Access, Trainings:
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Shared network/publicity to showcase your work and successes
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Listing in the AEN program directory, which is shared digitally with NBOE and charter school arts education staff, parents, and AEN partners quarterly.
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Access to capacity building for you and your staff including marketing, fundraising, etc.
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Access to data and evaluation support to measure the reach and impact of arts education in Newark
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Access to healing centered engagement through the arts trainings for you and your staff
Publicity/Outreach
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Liasing for community events, to share your organization’s work to more parts of the city and community
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Opportunities within the arts education community including: access to relationship-building, learning and community-building, leadership opportunities and more!
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Opportunity to grow the arts ed community in Newark
YOUR COMMITMENT: You and/or your organization will contribute:
Time Commitment & Required Participation:
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At least 12 hours of partnership representation annually (which includes all 4 annual partner meetings – 2hrs each). *see calendar attached
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Committee Work: Consistently participate in the work of (at least) one committee *see committees listed on back
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Community events representing AEN
Shared Communication/s: At least three “Share outs” via any/all of these methods:
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Monthly eblast submission
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June end of year partner meeting reflection/celebration
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Blog post on AEN website
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Collaborative marketing with AEN at least twice annually
Data sharing
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Commit to sharing data via DART Analytics Dashboard, a citywide data collection system
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Commit to using the AEN survey tools to evaluate your programs
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Share your own data and impact stories to show how arts education in Newark transforms lives
Events:
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Volunteer to host or support at least one AEN/community event or partner meeting
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Host a meeting or event on behalf of AEN, when possible