Partnerships & Coalitions
SEADAE is part of the National Coalition for Arts Standards (NCAS). Founded in 2011, NCAS is an alliance of leading national arts and arts education organizations, dedicated to the work of creating and supporting national arts standards. NCAS leadership organizations are:
American Alliance for Theatre and Education (AATE)
Americans for the Arts (AftA)
Arts Education Partnership (AEP)
Educational Theatre Association (EdTA)
National Association for Music Education (NAfME)
National Art Education Association (NAEA)
National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)
State Education Agency for Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE)
Media Arts Committee of the NCCAS (MAC)
Young Audiences Arts for Learning (YA)
Dance Entry Level Teacher Assessment
DELTA is a collaborative effort by the National Dance Educator Organization (NDEO) and the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education (SEADAE) to build baseline competencies necessary to ensure entry-level K-12 public school dance educators enter the field with the requisite Pedagogic Content Knowledge (PCK) and skills for successful entry into K-12 public school dance education.
Arts Education Data Project
The Arts Education Data Project is a partnership between the State Education Agency Directors of Arts Education and Quadrant Research. Learn more about the project and work of the participating states.