Arts education includes the study of dance, media arts, music, theatre/film, and visual arts. High school students have the opportunity to achieve an Arts Diploma Seal and complete a Career Pathway in dance, music, theatre/film, and visual art.
Georgia Standards of Excellence in the Arts
The Georgia Standards of Excellence are the state approved standards for Dance, Media Arts, Music, Theatre/Film, and Visual Art.
Course Numbers and Descriptions
Arts course names, state numbers, and course descriptions for all five subject areas are listed below. Teachers should use these course descriptions to guide instruction in addition to the standards for their area.
Fine Arts High School Pathways and Diploma Seal
Georgia public high school students may complete a Fine Arts Pathway in Dance, Music, Theatre, or Visual Art by taking a series of 3 full credits in one fine arts subject area. There are no end of Pathway tests for the Fine Arts Pathways.
Students who complete a fourth credit in the arts, complete 20 hours of arts related community service, and a capstone project are eligible for the Fine Arts Diploma Seal in approved school districts.
The district application deadline annually is September 15th. Districts who had their applications accepted previously do not need to resubmit. Schools and districts are responsible for submitting qualifying seniors to the Fine Arts Program Manager by April 15th annually.
Professional Development Opportunities for School Systems and RESA's
Arts Opportunities for Students
State and National Arts Education Organizations
stART Grant
Rural Georgia schools are eligible to apply to receive the stART grant to increase arts education classes during the school day.
Teacher Instructional Resources
Georgia Fine Arts teachers have thousands of instructional resources available inside the GA Teacher Resource Link (TRL). These resources may be found at the following link and inside your school systems SLDS platform by searching by title inside the Essential toolkit.
https://app.gadoe.org/TRLPublic
Dance Instructional Resources - Coming September 2019!
- Classical and Contemporary Partnering I
- Dance I
- Dance for Theatre I
- Modern Dance I
- World Dance Forms I
Media Arts Instructional Resources - Coming September 2019!
Music Instructional Resources - Coming September 2019!
- K- 8 General Music
- Band I
- Chorus I
- Orchestra I
- Music Technology I
Theatre & Film Instructional Resources to Search in the TRL by Title
- Theatre & Film 6-8
- Acting I
- Advanced Drama I
- Acting and Production in Film I
- Dramatic Writing I
- Fundamentals of Theatre I
- Musical Theatre I - Coming Soon!
- Tech Theatre I - Coming Soon!
Visual Art Instructional Resources to Search the TRL by Title
- Visual Art K-8
- Art History I
- Ceramics I
- Drawing and Painting I
- Graphics I
- Jewelry I
- Photography I
- Printmaking I - Coming Soon!
- Sculpture I - Coming Soon!
- Visual Art Comprehensive I
Instructions on how to search for the fine arts Instructional Resources inside the TRL