Rhode Island School of Design. Department of Teaching + Learning in Art + Design External Projects records (08.09.01)

Series I. Project New Directions, 1994-2006
2.0 linear feet, 39 folders

Project New Directions records represent TLAD’s professional development workshops and summer academies, held for arts education professionals from Rhode Island schools.

Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically within three subseries.

Subseries I. Curricula and handouts
Curricula and Handouts document the materials used within each professional development (PD) course, including original material, readings, and slides. The series also contains photographs by both the department and students documenting these events.

Arrangement: Chronological by PD course. The order of materials within each course represents the materials’ arrangement as maintained by TLAD.

Subseries II. Reports
PND Reports contain materials sent from TLAD to funding agencies as official reports on the program. This series also contains correspondence between TLAD and the US Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE).

Arrangement: Chronological. The order of materials within each report represents the records’ arrangement as maintained by TLAD.

Subseries III. Published materials
The Published Materials hold copies of articles written about Project New Directions and statements put out by TLAD as newsletters that comment on the state of PND.

Arrangement: Chronological. Undated materials precede other materials, arranged as maintained by TLAD.

Series II. Project Open Doors and other graduate program records, 2002-2011
0.5 linear feet, 9 folders

These records document the relationships between TLAD, Providence School District, and specific schools therein, including after-school arts programming for students at underperforming schools as part of Project Open Door. Materials primarily include grant applications and correspondence.

Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically within three subseries.

Subseries I. Grant applications
Grant application records contain application forms, narrative statements of intent, and any additional materials as per the requirements of various state and federal funds. Programs represented in these records include RISD @ Hope @ RISD, RISD-Links, and Project Open Door.

Arrangement: Chronological. The order of materials within each application represents the records’ arrangement as maintained by TLAD.

Subseries II. Providence School District project materials
Correspondence, proposals, and course materials related to collaboration between TLAD and Providence School District. This includes after school programming at Hope High School, Davies High School, and Feinstein High School, and professional development workshops with PSD itself.

Arrangement: Chronological by particular school or project.

Subseries III. Published materials and awards
The Published Materials hold copies of articles written about TLAD’s collaboration with specific schools within PSD, as well as awards given honoring TLAD’s external projects.

Arrangement: Chronological, with bound materials located at the end of the subseries.

Series III. Oversize materials, 1996-2013
10 oversize items

Items in this series correspond with records from Series I but exceed the size limits of the boxes for the rest of the collection and are housed separately. These include framed materials and oversize books.

Arrangement: This series is arranged chronologically.