June 5, 2023
NAEA members form a professional community that advances the field of visual art education by engaging in issues of curriculum, instruction, and assessment in and through the visual arts. Professional visual art educators have the knowledge, skills and commitment to teaching the visual arts to students of all ages. Visual art educators, as members of the broader community of educators, have insight into and understanding of human development. Art educators come from diverse populations, viewpoints, and professional settings, including schools, museums, universities and community-based organizations.
Art educators believe that the visual arts are vital to the comprehensive education of all students.
NAEA Position Statements in this Category:
- Visual Art Educators with Disabilities [Adopted March 2017; Reviewed and Revised March 2020]
- Achieving an Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Visual Arts Education Profession [Adopted March 2016; Revised and Adopted July 2016; Reviewed and Revised February 2021]
- Certified/Licensed Visual Art Educators in Pre-K through 12 School Settings [Adopted April 2010; Reviewed and Revised March 2013; Reviewed and Revised March 2016; Reviewed and Revised March 2019]
- Collaborations between the Visual Art Educator and the Teaching Artist [Adopted March 2012; Reviewed and Revised March 2015; Reviewed and Revised March 2020]
- Excellence in Art Museum Teaching [Adopted March 2012; Reviewed and Revised March 2015; Reviewed and Revised March 2020]
- Importance of Visual Arts Supervisors/Administrators in PreK-12 Education [Adopted March 2015; Reviewed and Revised March 2018]
- Physical Safety in the Art Classroom [Adopted April 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2017; Reviewed and Revised March 2022]
- Positive School Culture and Climate [Adopted March 2016; Reviewed and Revised March 2019]
- Pre-service Education and its Relationship to Higher Education [Adopted March 2011; Reviewed and Revised April 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2019]
- Professional Development [Adopted March 2011; Reviewed and Revised April 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2019]
- Reaching Learners who have Experienced Trauma [Adopted April 2020]
- Teacher Evaluation [Adopted March 2013; Reviewed and Revised March 2016; Reviewed and Revised February 2021]
- Visual Art and Its Relationship to CTE [Adopted March 2013; Reviewed and Revised November 2014; Reviewed and Revised March 2019]
View all NAEA Position Statements here.
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