Award Date
8-2016
Degree Type
Capstone
Degree Name
Master of Public Administration (MPA)
Department
Public Policy and Leadership
First Committee Member
Jaewon Lim
Number of Pages
249
Abstract
The Smith Center, Clark County’s premier performing arts center, offers professional development opportunities through their Education and Outreach Department to teach local educators how to incorporate arts integration strategies into their classrooms. Research has shown that arts education, particularly in the form of arts integration, can bolster student achievement, increase student engagement and motivation, develop critical and creative thinking patterns, and boost social competences, such as collaboration and self-confidence. Given the great possibility of improving student achievement via arts integration and the poor educational outcomes that the Clark County School District has been struggling with for years, The Smith Center’s professional development program has much to offer Southern Nevada.
Disciplines
Public Administration | Public Affairs | Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration
File Format
Degree Grantor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Language
English
Repository Citation
Jacobowitz, Melissa; Helda, Chris; Hernandez, Stephanie; and Casillas, Rico, "Building an Evaluation Framework for The Smith Center’s Education & Outreach Department" (2016). UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones. 2838.
http://dx.doi.org/10.34917/9842308
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