The Status of Arts Education in Ohio's Public ... - Ohio Arts Council

Full-Time Arts Specialists on Staff: Ninety-seven percent of Ohio’s public schools
responding to the Status Survey reported that they had at least one full-time arts specialist on
staff, and 83 percent reported that arts specialists had appropriate licensure for all arts courses
taught. As Figure 17 indicates, the percentage of schools where licensed music and visual arts
specialists teach those two disciplines was slightly higher than the percentage reported by NCES.
While results from both Ohio and NCES showed less reliance on certified arts specialists for
dance and drama/theatre, the Ohio public schools surveyed reported lower percentages of dance
and drama/theatre specialists on staff than did NCES respondents.
Figure 17: Percentage of Schools with Arts Specialist on Staff
– National Sample Compared to Ohio Survey
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Dance Music Drama/Theatre Visual Arts
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Dance* Music Drama/Theatre* Visual Arts
National Data
Ohio Data
* The national data for secondary dance and drama/theatre were from 2008-2009.
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