The Alaska Arts Education Consortium

The Alaska Arts Education Consortium (AAEC) is an affiliation of school districts, organizations and individuals committed to preparing and supporting educators so that they can teach the arts across the curriculum.

Our mission is to promote high achievement for all Alaskan students in and through the arts by:

Creating and sustaining communication networks
Initiating and strengthening community partnerships
Preparing and supporting educators through professional development.

The arts are vitally important as we strive to educate Alaskan students to be effective communicators and responsible, contributing citizens. In the broadest sense the arts...

Engage a variety of learning styles
Build self worth and pride of accomplishment
Provide opportunities to learn new skills and strategies
Develop critical thinking and the ability to creatively approach and solve problems
Foster self-discipline, teamwork and leadership capacities
Allow us to participate across circumstance in the ongoing conversation of humankind.

For more information on the Alaska Arts Education Consortium, contact Cristine Crooks (907-364-2290 • ccrooks@gci.net)