The California Arts Project (TCAP) is one of the nine California Subject Matter Projects.
The network of TCAP regional sites and statewide leadership and development center is united in the mission of promoting standards based, equitable, and inclusive arts education for each and every California student. TCAP supports educators through research based, context specific leadership development, planning, and professional learning programs.
TCAP collaborates with school and district educators to create and tailor professional learning programs and support for local priorities, needs, initiatives, and interests of students and communities.
As the California State Subject Matter Project for the visual, media, performing, and career arts, TCAP’s network of Teacher Leaders advocate for and strive to ensure access for all California students to a sequential, comprehensive, and exceptional standards based arts and career arts education.
TCAP’s collaborative network approach to designing and providing professional learning
- honors the diversity of teachers and students,
- recognizes that teachers are key to student learning, success and in providing leadership for educational reform,
- acknowledges and emphasizes the importance of the development of multiple forms of literacy,
- supports teachers and administrators as they prepare students to meet and exceed California standards,
- addresses, through differentiated professional learning designs, the unique disciplinary needs, teaching contexts, and grade level configurations found in teaching the arts, and
- engages Pre-K through university educators in a model of university/school learning and collaboration.
Our Mission
We strive to expand student access and improve student learning and artistic literacy through
- designing and providing comprehensive, discipline-focused professional learning for educators,
- building educator leadership, and
- creating and nurturing collaborative networks of PK–12 educators and university faculty.
Established in 1989
Since 1989, we’ve brought PK–12 teachers and university faculty together with a singular goal — to increase access and improve instruction in dance, media arts, music, theatre, and visual arts.
Connect with our regional and statewide communities to join the effort.