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Arts Impact Awarded Sixth U.S. Department of Education Arts in Education Grant

Arts Impact has been awarded a three-year, $847,000 U.S. Department of Education Arts in Education grant to scale up the successful Teacher Training: Arts as Literacy Program (TTAL) in the Seattle School District. One of only 13 grants awarded nationally, this is the 6th award for Arts Impact—the most of any arts education program in the country.

Arts Impact's 2011 Successful Summer Institutes

This summer, Arts Impact served a record number of teachers in the Summer Institutes! A grand total of 114 teachers participated in three fun and learning-filled professional development weeks.

66 first year teachers and 48 second year teachers from both Pierce and King Counties completed the Institutes, with grades taught ranging from Pre-K through 8.The Seattle, Tacoma and Enumclaw...

Who We Are

Arts Impact, a program of Puget Sound Educational Service District, is a comprehensive professional development arts program for classroom teachers.

What We Do

Arts Impact brings high quality arts education experiences to students by training classroom teachers to use the arts in their day-to-day teaching.

Through a two-year program, Arts Impact offers classes, workshops and mentorships, training teachers to bring dance, theater and visual arts into their classrooms and their core curriculum.

All Arts Impact programs align with the Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements in the Arts.

Our Mission

All children should have access to arts education.

Including the arts in basic education develops creativity, innovation, and imagination, engages all learning modalities, and improves overall student learning.