On September 30, 2013, via Resolution No. 2013-28388, and pursuant to Section 287.057 of the Florida Statutes which exempts these services from competitive bidding requirements, the City Commission authorized the execution of an agreement with Arts For Learning/Miami, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, to provide after school and summer camp arts education programs in the public schools and parks. Said agreement was extended for an additional two years, per the resolution, due to the overwhelmingly positive response from teachers, students, parents and parks staff. As such, funding was included and approved in the FY 2014/15 and 2015/16 budgets to continue the program for an additional two years to offer Miami Beach students the opportunity to benefit from the proven advantages arts education provides: higher grade point averages, higher test scores, greater participation and community involvement, and lower drop-out rates.
The City’s FY 2016/17 adopted budget included up to $75,000 in funding in the Tourism, Culture and Economic Development Department budget to continue the after school and summer camp arts education programs. At the October 19, 2016 meeting of the City Commission, Resolution No. 2016-29607 was approved, in a not to exceed amount of $75,000, authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. to provide arts education programming at Biscayne Elementary, Flamingo Park, North Beach Elementary, Scott Rakow Youth Center and South Pointe Elementary.
Following the October 19, 2016 meeting of the City Commission, staff was directed to work with Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. to determine the cost of extending the arts programming to include Feinberg Fisher K-8. It was noted by staff that programming had previously been offered at this location. However, due to reductions in the City’s FY 2016/17 adopted budget, Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. services were reduced from a previously allocated amount of $105,000 to $75,000. Eager to include Feinberg Fisher K-8, Arts for Learning Miami, Inc. determined an additional three classes would be needed to properly serve the school and requested $6,000 in increased funding to begin programming at the school in January 2017. The addition of programming at Feinberg Fisher K-8 would increase the Professional Services Agreement to $81,000. Funding will be provided through the Tourism, Culture and Economic Development Department budget.
In FY 2005/06, the first year of the contracted programs, the City was able to offer arts programming at Flamingo Park summer camp and at two early childhood centers, RAIN and Happy Kids/Jefferson, reaching a total of 465 children. In FY 2006/07, programming expanded to include eight early childhood centers, including Children Around the World, Happy Kids/Byron, King’s Kids Palace, Rainbow Miami Beach, Stars Learning Center, Montessori School Temple Beth Shmuel, Montessori Academy of St. John, Abbott School, Fienberg-Fisher K-8, and Treasure Island and North Beach Elementary Schools. Teacher training was offered at Nautilus Middle School and after-school programs at Biscayne Elementary, Treasure Island Elementary, Flamingo Park, North Shore Park and Youth Center, and Scott Rakow Youth Center, benefiting a total of 4,760 children.
In FY 2007/08 programming was offered at Raindrops, St. Patrick Pre-school and Temple Menorah Early Childhood Program; teacher training at Fienberg-Fisher K-8 and Nautilus Middle School; after-school classes at Biscayne Elementary, Flamingo Park and Scott Rakow Youth Center; and summer camp programs at Flamingo Park. A total of 1,441 children were served. Early childhood programs in FY 2008/09 were offered at St. Patrick Pre-school, Temple Menorah Early Childhood Program, Mt. Sinai Young Presidents Club Child Care Center, and Children Around the World; teacher training continued at Fienberg-Fisher K-8; and after-school classes were conducted at Flamingo Park, Scott Rakow Youth Center, and Biscayne Elementary School. Live performances were presented to children at Biscayne Elementary, Flamingo Park, St. Patricks Pre-school and Miami Beach Senior High. Total number of participants was 2,949.
In FY 2009/10 programming included early childhood classrooms at Mt. Sinai Young Presidents Club Child Care Center, St. Patrick Pre-school, Temple Menorah Early Childhood Program, and Happy Kids; teacher training at Fienberg Fisher K-8; and after-school classes at Scott Rakow Youth Center, Biscayne Elementary School and Flamingo Park, serving a total of 2,178 children. From 2010 through 2013 after-school programs were offered at Fienberg-Fisher K-8, Biscayne Elementary, South Pointe Elementary, Flamingo Park, and Scott Rakow Youth Center with Bass Museum of Art, serving a total of 2,340 children and youth. The programming continued to expand from 2014 through 2016, with Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. offering after-school programs at Flamingo Park, Scott Rakow Youth Center, North Beach Elementary, South Pointe Elementary and Biscayne Elementary, among other locations, increasing participation to over 2,400 children and youth throughout the two year period.
Based on the positive experience and results accomplished through its arts education initiative, the Administration believes it is in the City’s best interest to continue these programs, and proposes an amended contract with Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. to include arts programming at Feinberg Fisher K-8, in addition to the services being offered at Biscayne Elementary, Flamingo Park, North Beach Elementary, Scott Rakow Youth Center and South Pointe Elementary. Furthermore, Tourism, Culture and Economic Development has established Department Performance Indicators tied to this program in the department’s Performance Plan based on the fact that this program was included in the FY 2016/2017 adopted budget.
About Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc.
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. is a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to advancing teaching and learning through the arts and community cultural resources. It was established by a group of business and community leaders in 2000 as a partnership between the Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and Young Audiences, the nation’s leading supplier of arts-in-education services. Through hands-on professional development for teachers and teaching artists, creation and dissemination of multi-media teaching resources, community arts programming and parent
outreach, Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. is creating a comprehensive system for infusing cultural arts into early learning, K – 12 education, and after-school and summer programs. Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. has offered its programs in Miami Beach since its first Cultural Arts Council grant in 2002.
SCOPE OF SERVICES
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. will provide 35 after-school courses across six Miami Beach locations including Biscayne Elementary School, Flamingo Park, Feinberg Fisher K-8, North Beach Elementary, Scott Rakow Youth Center and South Pointe Elementary School. Throughout the school year at each after-school location, professional teaching artists will conduct semester-long residencies. These residencies or “courses” are defined as a 1-hour session per week for a unique group of up to 25 students over a period of 12-16 weeks within the fall or spring semester. Through the after-school programming, Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. will serve over 890 students in FY 2016/2017.
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Site
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No. of Students Participating
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No. of Students Attending Events
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Biscayne Elementary
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100
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40
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Flamingo Park
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100
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50
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Feinberg Fisher K-8
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25
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20
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North Beach Elementary
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100
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40
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Scott Rakow Youth Center
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20
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15
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South Point Elementary
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80
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80
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Introduction to Visual & Performing Arts Residencies Serving Children from Infancy to Age 5
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. offers various levels of preschool residencies in the visual and performing arts. Master teaching artists embed coaching, modeling and in-class teacher professional development into a sequential residency structure. The efficiency of this approach is that it concurrently combines training for early childhood teachers with high quality arts-based learning activities for students. To introduce preschools to working with an artist in the classroom, Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. has designed introductory residencies and will provide these at three preschools. The artist will serve all classrooms at each preschool. The residency structure is as follows:
- Planning Session (Session 1): The teacher and the artist review residency goals/objectives.
- Classroom Session (Session 2-6): Teaching artist leads five 45-minute sessions (20 minute sessions in infant rooms). The classroom teacher participates in the sessions and in post-session debriefings.
- Closing Session (Session 7): During this session, the teaching artist has the opportunity to end the residency and to say “goodbye” to the students and determine follow up needs with the teacher.
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. Preschool Play
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. will provide preschool aged children at Normandy Isle Park, North Shore Park &Youth Center, South Pointe Park, Flamingo Park and Scott Rakow Park music, drama and movement activities to support their intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development.
Timeline for Services:
After-school/Out of School Oct. 2016 – Aug 2017
Introduction to Preschool Residencies Oct. 2016 – May 2017
Preschool Play Feb. 2017 – May 2017
On September 30, 2013, via Resolution No. 2013-28388, and pursuant to Section 287.057 of the Florida Statutes which exempts these services from competitive bidding requirements, the City Commission authorized the execution of an agreement with Arts For Learning/Miami, Inc., a not-for-profit corporation, to provide after school and summer camp arts education programs in the public schools and parks. Said agreement was extended for an additional two years, per the resolution, due to the overwhelmingly positive response from teachers, students, parents and parks staff. As such, funding was included and approved in the FY 2014/15 and 2015/16 budgets to continue the program for an additional two years to offer Miami Beach students the opportunity to benefit from the proven advantages arts education provides: higher grade point averages, higher test scores, greater participation and community involvement, and lower drop-out rates.
The City’s FY 2016/17 adopted budget included up to $75,000 in funding in the Tourism, Culture and Economic Development Department budget to continue the after school and summer camp arts education programs. At the October 19, 2016 meeting of the City Commission, Resolution No. 2016-29607 was approved, in a not to exceed amount of $75,000, authorizing a Professional Services Agreement with Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. to provide arts education programming at Biscayne Elementary, Flamingo Park, North Beach Elementary, Scott Rakow Youth Center and South Pointe Elementary.
Following the October 19, 2016 meeting of the City Commission, staff was directed to work with Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. to determine the cost of extending the arts programming to include Feinberg Fisher K-8. It was noted by staff that programming had previously been offered at this location. However, due to reductions in the City’s FY 2016/17 adopted budget, Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. services were reduced from a previously allocated amount of $105,000 to $75,000. Eager to include Feinberg Fisher K-8, Arts for Learning Miami, Inc. determined an additional three classes would be needed to properly serve the school and requested $6,000 in increased funding to begin programming at the school in January 2017. The addition of programming at Feinberg Fisher K-8 would increase the Professional Services Agreement to $81,000. Funding will be provided through the Tourism, Culture and Economic Development Department budget.
In FY 2005/06, the first year of the contracted programs, the City was able to offer arts programming at Flamingo Park summer camp and at two early childhood centers, RAIN and Happy Kids/Jefferson, reaching a total of 465 children. In FY 2006/07, programming expanded to include eight early childhood centers, including Children Around the World, Happy Kids/Byron, King’s Kids Palace, Rainbow Miami Beach, Stars Learning Center, Montessori School Temple Beth Shmuel, Montessori Academy of St. John, Abbott School, Fienberg-Fisher K-8, and Treasure Island and North Beach Elementary Schools. Teacher training was offered at Nautilus Middle School and after-school programs at Biscayne Elementary, Treasure Island Elementary, Flamingo Park, North Shore Park and Youth Center, and Scott Rakow Youth Center, benefiting a total of 4,760 children.
In FY 2007/08 programming was offered at Raindrops, St. Patrick Pre-school and Temple Menorah Early Childhood Program; teacher training at Fienberg-Fisher K-8 and Nautilus Middle School; after-school classes at Biscayne Elementary, Flamingo Park and Scott Rakow Youth Center; and summer camp programs at Flamingo Park. A total of 1,441 children were served. Early childhood programs in FY 2008/09 were offered at St. Patrick Pre-school, Temple Menorah Early Childhood Program, Mt. Sinai Young Presidents Club Child Care Center, and Children Around the World; teacher training continued at Fienberg-Fisher K-8; and after-school classes were conducted at Flamingo Park, Scott Rakow Youth Center, and Biscayne Elementary School. Live performances were presented to children at Biscayne Elementary, Flamingo Park, St. Patricks Pre-school and Miami Beach Senior High. Total number of participants was 2,949.
In FY 2009/10 programming included early childhood classrooms at Mt. Sinai Young Presidents Club Child Care Center, St. Patrick Pre-school, Temple Menorah Early Childhood Program, and Happy Kids; teacher training at Fienberg Fisher K-8; and after-school classes at Scott Rakow Youth Center, Biscayne Elementary School and Flamingo Park, serving a total of 2,178 children. From 2010 through 2013 after-school programs were offered at Fienberg-Fisher K-8, Biscayne Elementary, South Pointe Elementary, Flamingo Park, and Scott Rakow Youth Center with Bass Museum of Art, serving a total of 2,340 children and youth. The programming continued to expand from 2014 through 2016, with Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. offering after-school programs at Flamingo Park, Scott Rakow Youth Center, North Beach Elementary, South Pointe Elementary and Biscayne Elementary, among other locations, increasing participation to over 2,400 children and youth throughout the two year period.
Based on the positive experience and results accomplished through its arts education initiative, the Administration believes it is in the City’s best interest to continue these programs, and proposes an amended contract with Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. to include arts programming at Feinberg Fisher K-8, in addition to the services being offered at Biscayne Elementary, Flamingo Park, North Beach Elementary, Scott Rakow Youth Center and South Pointe Elementary. Furthermore, Tourism, Culture and Economic Development has established Department Performance Indicators tied to this program in the department’s Performance Plan based on the fact that this program was included in the FY 2016/2017 adopted budget.
About Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc.
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. is a community-based non-profit organization dedicated to advancing teaching and learning through the arts and community cultural resources. It was established by a group of business and community leaders in 2000 as a partnership between the Miami-Dade Cultural Affairs Council, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, and Young Audiences, the nation’s leading supplier of arts-in-education services. Through hands-on professional development for teachers and teaching artists, creation and dissemination of multi-media teaching resources, community arts programming and parent
outreach, Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. is creating a comprehensive system for infusing cultural arts into early learning, K – 12 education, and after-school and summer programs. Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. has offered its programs in Miami Beach since its first Cultural Arts Council grant in 2002.
SCOPE OF SERVICES
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. will provide 35 after-school courses across six Miami Beach locations including Biscayne Elementary School, Flamingo Park, Feinberg Fisher K-8, North Beach Elementary, Scott Rakow Youth Center and South Pointe Elementary School. Throughout the school year at each after-school location, professional teaching artists will conduct semester-long residencies. These residencies or “courses” are defined as a 1-hour session per week for a unique group of up to 25 students over a period of 12-16 weeks within the fall or spring semester. Through the after-school programming, Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. will serve over 890 students in FY 2016/2017.
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Site
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No. of Students Participating
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No. of Students Attending Events
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|
Biscayne Elementary
|
100
|
40
|
|
Flamingo Park
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100
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50
|
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Feinberg Fisher K-8
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25
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20
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North Beach Elementary
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100
|
40
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Scott Rakow Youth Center
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20
|
15
|
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South Point Elementary
|
80
|
80
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Introduction to Visual & Performing Arts Residencies Serving Children from Infancy to Age 5
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. offers various levels of preschool residencies in the visual and performing arts. Master teaching artists embed coaching, modeling and in-class teacher professional development into a sequential residency structure. The efficiency of this approach is that it concurrently combines training for early childhood teachers with high quality arts-based learning activities for students. To introduce preschools to working with an artist in the classroom, Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. has designed introductory residencies and will provide these at three preschools. The artist will serve all classrooms at each preschool. The residency structure is as follows:
- Planning Session (Session 1): The teacher and the artist review residency goals/objectives.
- Classroom Session (Session 2-6): Teaching artist leads five 45-minute sessions (20 minute sessions in infant rooms). The classroom teacher participates in the sessions and in post-session debriefings.
- Closing Session (Session 7): During this session, the teaching artist has the opportunity to end the residency and to say “goodbye” to the students and determine follow up needs with the teacher.
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. Preschool Play
Arts for Learning/Miami, Inc. will provide preschool aged children at Normandy Isle Park, North Shore Park &Youth Center, South Pointe Park, Flamingo Park and Scott Rakow Park music, drama and movement activities to support their intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development.
Timeline for Services:
After-school/Out of School Oct. 2016 – Aug 2017
Introduction to Preschool Residencies Oct. 2016 – May 2017
Preschool Play Feb. 2017 – May 2017