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GUILD MATERIALS |
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[N11] Creativity Matters: The Arts and Aging Toolkit
By Johanna Misey Boyer
2007 National Guild, National Center for Creative Aging, New Jersey Performing Arts Center
236 pages
The Toolkit offers the arts and aging fields detailed advice on the design, implementation and evaluation of professionally led, participatory arts programs for older adults. Such programs have been shown to produce significant general and mental health benefits for participants, and to strengthen community connections.
| Members - $30.00 |
| Non-Members - $35.00 |
[N12] La Creatividad Importa: Guía de Recursos Para las Artes y el
Envejecimiento
By Johanna Misey Boyer
2007 National Guild, National Center for Creative Aging, New Jersey Performing Arts Center
236 pages
The Spanish language version of the Creative Aging Toolkit offers the arts and aging fields detailed advice on the design, implementation and evaluation of professionally led, participatory arts programs for older adults. Such programs have been shown to produce significant general and mental health benefits for participants, and to strengthen community connections.
| Members - $30.00 |
| Non-Members - $35.00 |
[N1] National Guild Membership Directory: 2007 - 2008
2007 National Guild
160 Pages
Prepared and Edited by Andy Behrens
This is the primary networking handbook for the community arts education field. Contact information includes the names of key administrators and each school’s address, telephone, fax and e-mail address. The Directory also describes the Guild, its history, goals, services, membership categories and benefits, awards recipients, governing bodies and staff listings, and offers advertising space. Full, Affiliate and Basic Members receive one copy free upon release. Additional copies are $15 for Members.
| Full, Affiliate and Basic Members | 1st Copy FREE |
| Non-Members - $24.00 | |
| [N1a] Additional Copies of Directory for Members - $15.00 each |
[N10] Profiles in Excellence: Case Studies in Exemplary Arts
Education Partnerships
(A supplement to Partners in Excellence)
By Stephanie Golden
Edited by Kenneth T. Cole
2007, National Guild
32 pages
This monograph describes three exemplary public school/community scholl partnerships: those led by Hentry Street Settlement/Aborns Art Center in New York (theater, the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia (visual arts) , and MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis (music). Sample program materials are provided.
Download this monograph free at www.nationalguild.org/programs/partners.htm
| Members - $15.00 |
| Non-Members - $20.00 |
[N9] Partners in Excellence: A Guide to Community School of the Arts/Public School
Partnerships from Inspiration to Implementation
By Jacqueline Sideman Guttman
2005, National Guild
106 pages
This handbook covers the reasons to partner, planning and budgting, fundraising and advocacy, content creation, professional development, and evaluation and assessment. Worksheets and an annotated bibliography are provided.
Download this book free at www.nationalguild.org/programs/partners_publication.htm.
| Members - $20.00 |
| Non-Members - $25.00 |
[N8] Community Schools of the Arts: An Arts Education Resource for Your Community.
12 Pages
This monograph provides an overview of community schools of the arts and their potential benefits to your community, as well as ways community organizations can tap these vibrant resources. It includes profiles of five schools that demonstrate the wide range of institutional models and describe how community schools function and serve their communities. Brief and concise, this publication is an excellent tool for educating boards and other community stakeholders about the community school movement.
| Members - $6.00 |
| Non-Members - $8.00 |
Creative Communities Initiative Summary Report
53 Pages
Published by the National Guild
This report summarizes an independent, comprehensive evaluation of Creative Communities, a program (2001-2005) which brought high-quality arts instruction to underserved children and youth through partnerships between community schools of the arts and public housing communities. The Report describes the initiative, summarizes its impact, lays out successes and challenges, and offers strategies for sustaining such programs.
| Members - $15.00 |
| Non-Members - $20.00 |
Click here for free downloadable pdf file (1.8M).
[M3] Ten Steps Toward Starting a Community School of the Arts
Publisher: NGCSA, 2003
28 Pages
By LaMoine MacLaughlin
This thoughtful and informative publication is full of facts and advice which will guide community leaders, board and staff members, teaching artists, and aspiring community school directors through the process of launching a successful community school of the arts.
| Members - $16.50 |
| Non-Members - $22.00 |
[N2] Survey of Member Schools Report: Academic Year 2005-2006
Publisher:
NGCSA
Prepared and Edited by Eulynn Shiu and Kenneth T. Cole
32 pages.
This report contains critical benchmarking data for community arts education organizations: salaries and staffing levels for key administrative positions, faculty pay rates, fees for instruction, income and expense ratios, and more. One copy free to member organizations that completed the survey.
| Members who did not participate in survey - $50.00 |
| Non-Members - $75.00 |
[N4] NGCSA Mailing Labels
This convenient set of self-adhesive labels enables you to mail to key executives at the National Guild’s 370+ member organizations. Labels can be arranged by state, city or zip code to meet your mailing needs.
| Members - $25.00 |
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| Non-Members - $95.00 |
[N3] Relationships Between Community Music Programs
and their Affiliated Collegiate Music Schools
66 Pages
By Reid Alexander
Based on a dissertation, this report compares the operation of NGCSA divisional music programs affiliated with degree-granting institutions in four areas: administration, budget, faculty qualifications, and college credit opportunities for high school students.
| Members - $12.00 |
| Non-Members - $15.00 |
[N5] Resource
Essentials
This
collection is in essence a primer, which includes many current and useful
examples. As a resource it will help you to understand how other community schools of the arts
have implemented their policies and procedures. Use the examples as models in developing
your own materials.
| 8 Item Set | Members | Non-Members |
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[N5]Full Set Pricing: 550+ Pages |
$60.00 | $80.00 |
| Single Item Pricing: | Members | Non-Members |
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[N5-BL]
By-Laws 69 Pages |
$12.00 | $15.00 |
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[N5-SP]
Strategic Plans: 86 Pages |
$12.00 | $15.00 |
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[N5-JD]
Job Descriptions: 95 Pages Executive Director, Assistant Director, Communications Director, Development Director, Board Officers |
$12.00 | $15.00 |
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[N5-FH]
Faculty Handbooks: 176 Pages |
$15.00 | $20.00 |
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[N5-FC]
Faculty Contracts: 21 Pages |
$8.00 | $12.00 |
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[N5-FE]
Faculty Evaluations: 24 Pages |
$8.00 | $12.00 |
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Student Policies & Procedures: 12 Pages - Contracts, Payments, Attendance, Evaluation Forms, etc. |
$8.00 | $12.00 |
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[N5-F]
Forms: 75 Pages Registration, Financial Aid Applications (including sliding scale fee charts) |
$12.00 | $15.00 |
[N6] Come Home to the Arts
9 Minutes. VHS format.
This video provides an overview of the history and purpose of the National Guild from the first settlement schools to the need for and growth of this national support network for the arts. This video also gives the viewer an in-depth look into the value, scope and impact of arts education on the quality of life in diverse communities.
| Members - $12.00 |
| Non-Members - $15.00 |
[N7] National Student Census, Academic Year 2001-2002
You may access the pdf file online here to view the 4-page document: it is the National Guild's first ever student census showing data concerning enrollment, student demographics and program offerings for the entire national constituency of community schools, members and non-members. This report summarizes data collected from 324 responding community schools of the arts during the Spring of 2003. All data relate to the 2001-2002 school year.
Click here for free downloadable pdf file.
| GOVERNANCE |
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[G5] The Nonprofit Legal Landscape
137 Pages. By Ober/Kaler, Attorneys at Law
Designed for executives and board members, The Nonprofit Legal Landscape explains the laws and legal concepts that affect your organization. Written by lawyers at the law firm of Ober/Kaler, it serves as a handy reference tool for laws specific to tax exemption and for those regulating general business practices. When confronged with a legal question, refer to this resource - written in plain English - to bring yourself rapidly to the next level of understanding.
| [G5]The Nonprofit Legal Landscape |
| MANAGEMENT |
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[M3] Ten Steps Toward Starting a Community School of the Arts
28 Pages.
By LaMoine MacLaughlin
This thoughtful and informative publication is full of facts and advice which will guide community leaders, board and staff members, teaching artists, and aspiring community school directors through the process of launching a successful community school of the arts.
| Members - $16.50 |
| Non-Members - $22.00 |
[M4] Putting Your House in Order: Job Descriptions that Work
25 Pages.
By LaMoine MacLaughlin
MacLaughlin draws from proven business methodology to make the case for refining job descriptions in community schools of the arts. He shows how “an organization’s values, vision, mission, and goals come together” in well-crafted descriptions outlining each employee’s (or volunteer’s) responsibilities, enumerated priorities, objective performance indicators, and quantifiable performance standards. The booklet gives examples and provides a template for use in creating your job descriptions. It is the first publication the Guild is offering in electronic format. You may choose to have Putting Your House in Order emailed to you as a .pdf (Adobe Acrobat) file.
| Printed copy by mail. Members - $20.00 |
| Printed copy by mail. Non-Members - $25.00 |
| Electronic format. Members (Save $5) - $15.00 |
| Electronic format. Non-Members (Save $5) - $20.00 |
| DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING |
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[D1] Funding Guidelines
45 Pages.
By Carl W. Shaver
Directed toward trustees and executives of community schools of the arts, this financial and fund raising planning and action manual is especially prepared for Guild schools.
| Members - $12.00 |
| Non-Members - $15.00 |
| STUDIES
AND REPORTS |
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| [S2] Too Intrinsic for Renown: A Study of the Members of The National Guild - Full Study plus Summary: 110 Pages: $8.00 |
| [S2-F]Too Intrinsic for Renown: A Study of the Members of The National Guild - Full Study: 86 Pages: $7.00 | |
| [S2-S]Too Intrinsic for Renown: A Study of the Members of The National Guild - Summary: 24 Pages: $3.00 |
[S7] Partners in Excellence Conference 2001
Report, 2001- $20.00
80 Pages
Panel Summaries and Report of Proceedings at the PIE Conference held January 19 and 20,
2001, at The Riverside Church, New York, now available in print and online.
| [S7] Partners in Excellence Conference 2001 80 pages: $20.00 |
| HISTORICAL INTEREST |
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[H9] Dachau Song:The Twentieth-Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper
308 Pages.
By Paul Cummins
The amazing life of Herbert Zipper, the first Executive Director of the Guild, is captured in this 1992 publication. The Austrian conductor and composer was a survivor of the
| Members - $19.95 |
| Non-Members - $29.95 |
[H2] NGCSA - A Retrospective
17 Pages.
By Azim Mayadas
An historic overview of the community school movement and the first fifty years of the National Guild.
| Members - $10.00 |
| Non-Members - $12.00 |
[H1] National Guild of Community Schools of Music:
Observations and Recommendations
103 Pages.
By Dr. Max Kaplan
The extensive findings of a report commissioned by the National Guild as a self-assessment study.
| Members - $15.00 |
| Non-Members - $20.00 |
[H8] Sounds of Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935
400 Pages. By Derek Vaillant
A must read for anyone with an interest in music as a tool for social change as well as the historic background from which community schools of the arts arose. Written by Derek Vaillant, Assistant Professor of communications studies at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, this study places Hull House and its music school within the context of broad cultural trends in America from Reconstruction through the Depression. The 400-page book includes a highly readable chronicle of the music school at Hull House, the experiment of Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr that helped launch the community school movement in the United States and forever changed the cultural politics of music and democracy.
| Members - $17.00 |
| Non-Members - $22.00 |
[H3] Music Youth and Opportunity - A Survey of
Settlement and Community Schools
56 Pages.
By Janet Schenck with a Foreword by Harold Bauer:
A 1926 survey of the Settlement and Community Music School movement by the first board president of the National Guild.
| Members - $15.00 |
| Non-Members - $20.00 |
[H4] Arts Literacy Program in Elementary Schools
(ALPINES)
35 Pages
The ALPINES program aimed to enhance and expand the technical skills of elementary classroom teachers with the ultimate goal of developing a viable arts literacy program to be integrated into regular classroom studies. This program was cited as a national model by the National Endowment for the Arts.
| Members - $15.00 |
| Non-Members - $20.00 |
[H5]
Proposal: A Comprehensive Program of Music Education for the City of Chicago
By Dr. Herbert Zipper with the Chicago Public Schools
Developed in conjunction with the Chicago public schools, the intent of this proposal was to offer music education to all the children in the city of Chicago.
| Members - $15.00 |
| Non-Members - $20.00 |
[H6] Proposal for the Establishment of Neighborhood Centers for
Music Instruction
By Dr. Herbert Zipper & School of Performing Arts, University of South California
This proposal aimed to establish a school of music for disadvantaged children, and the establishment of a teacher training program at the University of Southern California to work with these children.
| Members - $15.00 |
| Non-Members - $20.00 |
[H7] Mobile Academy of the Performing Arts for
Children of Rural South East Arkansas
By Dr. Herbert Zipper and NGCSA
This project was designed in cooperation with the National Guild, for a local school district in Arkansas to offer a mobile arts program to disadvantaged rural children.
| Members - $15.00 |
| Non-Members - $20.00 |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
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[MISC1] Moving: Office Relocation
for Non-Profits
12 Pages
This booklet describes the basics of a relocation process. It discusses who
is involved, how to manage a schedule and budget and how to prepare and
manage the move. The booklet is targeted to executive directors of small and
medium-size non-profit organizations.
| Moving: Office Relocation for Non-Profits - $8.00 |
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