Bill
Cirone, Santa Barbara County Superintendent of Schools, was appointed to the
state Arts Education Task Force formed by State Superintendent of Public
Instruction Tom Torlakson.
The task
force will help craft recommendations for Superintendent Torlakson’s
consideration to help meet the California Challenge identified by members of
the Team California Education Leaders Institute (ELI).
The
arts education task force will draft a set of recommendations for
Superintendent Torlakson which will be included in a new publication: A
Blueprint for Creative Schools: How the Arts and Creative Education Can
Transform California’s Classrooms.
These
efforts are guided by the California Challenge identified by the ELI team: To
ensure each student reaches his or her full potential by broadening California’s
educational vision, policy, and practices to promote innovation, economic
development, and creativity.
Superintendent
Cirone is committed to the arts and in 1997 was named by former State
Superintendent of Public Instruction Delaine Eastin to co-chair the California
Arts Task Force.
His
office is the umbrella for the Children’s Creative Project, which provides
artists in residence in schools countywide. He writes and speaks regularly as
an advocate for arts in education. He is the recipient of the Santa Barbara
County Arts Commission Leadership in Arts Award and the California Arts Council
Outstanding Arts Educator Award.
Bill
serves on numerous boards including the National Center for
Learning/Citizenship (past chair), Hazelden Foundation, First Five Commission
(chair), Santa Barbara Partners in Education, and KDB Classical Radio. He is
also past chair of the Santa Barbara Foundation.
