Thank you for your interest in serving as a Writing Team Member and/or Discipline Lead for the National Arts Standards review and revision project.
Writing Team Members serve as reviewers, revisers, writers, and initial editors for revisions to the national standards in their art form, reporting to their respective Discipline Lead for National Arts Standards review and revision. This role requires exceptional organizational and writing skills, excellent communication and collaboration skills, and experience with PreK–12 arts education, curriculum design, and standards-based work.
Discipline Leads serve as the coordinators for their art form, leading a discipline-specific writing team of up to 12 individuals and reporting to the Project Manager. This leadership role requires expertise in arts education, standards development, collaborative leadership, and project management throughout a three-year review and revision process.
If you wish to be considered only as a Writing Team Member, complete sections 1-8 of this application. If you wish to be considered as a Discipline Lead, please complete all sections.
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Application deadline: October 18, 2026 (midnight ET)
ASSURANCE:
By submitting this application I acknowledge and affirm my commitment to serve as a Writing Team Member or Discipline Lead for the duration of the three-year project. I represent that any submission of materials included with this application is solely my work product, or that I have permission to share the materials as part of this Application, and that such materials do not infringe on the intellectual property rights of any third party. I understand that this is a voluntary, uncompensated professional service commitment. I further agree to maintain the confidentiality of project materials, discussions, deliberations, and other information identified as confidential throughout the development process. I understand that participation requires consistent engagement, collaboration, meetings in the evenings and potentially weekends, and fulfillment of assigned responsibilities for the duration of the project.