Art teachers are often underutilized as a resource. Crayola, 21st Century Learning and NAEA Executive Deborah Reeve, encourage you to be the Chief Creative Officer at your school!

From The Kennedy Center, this leadership oriented resource is a great toolkit for your professional advocacy needs! Great or teachers who want to "step things up."

From NAEA,Use this to persuade your community of parents and administrators to support your conference attendance for professional development!

From NM Arts, great quide to contacting your legislative representatives!

Being an effective advocate for the arts may be easier than most teachers think. If you read through this list carefully, you’ll find that many of these things are an integral part of what you already do!