Mississippi Whole School

Arts in the Classroom (AIC) is a one-year program designed to provide professional development for teachers and administrators in the foundations of arts integration as a teaching tool to enhance teaching skills. Teachers begin to identify where arts integration will improve student achievement as they infuse the arts into the basic curriculum. The concepts are taught through hands-on experiences that connect the Mississippi College and Career-Readiness Arts Learning Standards and the Mississippi College and Career Readiness Standards. All content is research-based and created by educators, artists, and cultural institutions. Schools desiring to be a member of Whole Schools must first participate in the AIC program.

"This project is supported in part by funding from the Mississippi Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency."