Description:
Saint Paul Public Schools (SPPS) Arts for All Conference is an annual professional development training for educators, administrators, parents/guardians, community members, artists and arts organizations that work with educators and youth in Saint Paul Public Schools, other districts, or in the community. The ultimate goal of the conference is to provide participants with visual and performing arts knowledge, skills, tools and the beliefs necessary to create high levels of student learning and engagement, improve instructional quality and encourage personal artistic growth.

This year's conference provided approximately 36 inspiring sessions which assist over 350 participants in learning in the arts, through arts integration and about the arts. The keynote speaker and special session presenter was J.F. Kennedy Center presenter John Bertles.

Content Focus:
Visual Arts, Music, Theater, Dance, Media Arts and Literary Arts as well as arts subject areas integrated with other subject areas.

Participants took active roles as learners to:
engage in lively and in-depth explorations of music, dance, theatre, visual, media, literary and integrated arts;
explore the interrelationship between art forms and curriculum;
expand their knowledge of artistic and arts education practices, strategies, issues, resources and policies to ensure student learning;
discover, create, make, contribute, observe, analyze, connect, converse, respond, revise, improve, reflect, apply, learn, celebrate and renew.