Our Impact

Last year,

•    KID smART Teaching Artists deepened learning with 1,697 students and 75 classroom teachers in 10 public elementary schools in Orleans Parish, providing 2,854 hours of instruction.

•    47 teachers “graduated” from the AXIS program; 16 Arts Specialists in the Recovery School District were trained in arts integration and 153 administrators and teachers participated in full-faculty professional development;

•    315 children experienced arts-rich learning in programming and special projects at six community-based sites and six out-of-classroom school venues.

“Our analysis of the data from last year shows, again, that KID smART programming has a transformative effect on the climate of the classroom…KID smART manages through its AXIS programming and through the residency program to make significant inroads into students’ lives…Each year, KID smART examines the data [we collect] and changes their program to create both professional development for teachers and unique learning experiences for children. In other words, KID smART is a model program for adding value and depth to school settings.”—Pam Jenkins, PhD, Department of Sociology, University of New Orleans, KID smART evaluator