Artful Learning provides educators the needed structure to infuse their curriculum with arts-based skills and strategies that have lasting and practical applications to academic rigor, allowing students to make interdisciplinary connections through total engagement.

Empowerment
Artful Learning empowers educators with the confidence to use the arts daily in the classroom without supplanting the expertise and necessity of the resident arts specialists.

Academic Rigor & Assessment
Artful Learning professional development provides practical training to develop and implement Bernstein Units of Study that are grounded in academic standards and evaluated with comprehensive and authentic assessment measures.

Professional Development
Teachers, administration, and support staff participate in 116 hours of professional development for implementation of the Artful Learning model. In addition, the Principal Leadership Institute: Artful Leadership is held annually to support the leadership component of successfully managing a Bernstein School.

Authoring Tool
Use of the intuitive Bernstein Unit of Study Authoring Tool will allow educators the ability to write a Unit of Study using the arts-infused Artful Learning School Reform methodology linking national, state, and local standards into the document. This document can be modified, printed, and then archived for other Bernstein teachers to browse, adapt, or use.

Member Services Website
Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning school educators and administrators have access to the secured-entry, customizable School Page at artfullearning.com, with resources such as Arts-Based Skills and Strategies, the Masterwork Gallery, Rubric Design and Assessment Templates, a nationwide discussion forum and community arts resources.

Qualified Support
Customized school site support across all media from certified Leonard Bernstein Center for Learning trainers, consultants, and Gettysburg College faculty for Bernstein Unit of Study development and funding resources.

Evidence of Change
Results of measurable academic gains; visible transformation of the school-site through student art creations in all academic disciplines; reduced behavior problems; increased student enthusiasm for learning through an arts-infused curriculum; teacher leadership; and collaborative team building for differentiated instruction of various student populations eventually leading to a culture of continuous learning through the arts and best school practices.

West Side Story remains to be one of the greatest masterpieces of our American musical theater. September, 2007 represented the 50^th anniversary of the shows premiere performance.

The Leonard Bernstein Center for Artful Learning, located at Gettysburg College, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, will celebrate and honor Mr. Bernstein's music in their 2008 artful learning conference.  The conference, which will take place from June 17 through June 21, 2008, will be a combination of interactive workshops, small group discussions, and master class activities.

The four elements of the Artful Learning^TM model (experience, inquire, create and reflect) will be developed throughout the conference.  Teachers and school leaders from Artful Learning ^TM schools across the United States will participate in the Conference to refine their knowledge of the Artful Learning model as a teaching tool for various levels of academic and emotional development.