DOUBLETREE BY HILTON ORLANDO DOWNTOWN
MARCH 6-8
FAAE ANNUAL SUMMIT 2025
Save the Date for Florida Alliance for Arts Education’s 2025 Annual Summit!
We are so glad you have chosen to attend Florida's premiere arts education conference where our theme is Arts Empowered: Schools, Communities, Lives. We are confident you will leave this year’s Summit feeling inspired, appreciated and EMPOWERED!
During the three conference days, we invite you to collaborate with our passionate keynote speakers, engage in the 30+ workshop sessions, and network with arts professionals from all over Florida.
We thank you for your continued support of FAAE and your dedication to serving Florida students and communities through the arts.
Lianna Knight
FAAE Board President
Florida Alliance for Arts Education is seeking proposal submissions from those interested in presenting a one-hour workshop on a variety of arts education topics that are of interest to arts educators as well as teaching artists and community advocates. Topics can include genre-specific lesson demonstrations, advocacy practices, arts integration, leadership development, grant writing, program development, etc.
Presenters will receive a $50 discount on registration for the 2025 Summit.
If you are interested in presenting, please fill out this form to be considered. Please complete one form per workshop, per person.
Proposals are due no later than October 31, 2024.
See info about A/V and internet access below.
2025 Annual Summit
Call for Proposals
due 10/31/2024
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Please note:
Audio/Visual Equipment
In every session room, there will be either a TV or projector/screen combo, with speakers, that presenters can plug their computer into. We recommend that you bring your own adapter if your computer does not have an HDMI connector. You must bring any other equipment you will need, such as laptop computers, document cameras, speakers, HDMI adapters, etc.
Internet Access
We will have wi-fi in the meeting rooms this year. However, we still recommend that presenters prepare their presentations as if the Internet is not available, in case websites are slow to load.
* Take screenshots of any websites you will be demonstrating.
* Make sure video clips you will be showing are downloaded as video files and saved on your computer.
* If using Google Docs or Google Presentations, make sure you make them available offline using the same computer you will be using to present.
* Test it in advance: Turn WiFi off, or turn on Airplane Mode. Then, go through your presentation to make sure everything still works.
2025 Annual Summit
Leadership in the Arts Award Nominations
due 11/30/2024
Florida Alliance for Arts Education recognizes leaders who work in various capacities to ensure access to a high quality arts education is available in all Florida schools and communities.
Answer questions on the form below to nominate someone you think is deserving of recognition in any of the following award categories. Deadline for nominations is November 30, 2024. There is no limit to the number of nominations you can make. Winners will be celebrated on Saturday, March 8 in Orlando, Florida at the FAAE Annual Summit.
See award categories, criteria & eligibility below.
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AWARD CATEGORIES, CRITERIA & ELIGIBILITY
1. Excellence in Arts Education
Eligible: educational institutions, arts organizations or individuals located in the state of Florida.This award recognizes leadership in school and/or community arts education to ensure inclusion of the arts in the basic curriculum (e.g., equal time and access for all children, maintaining high-quality preK-20 arts education programs), raise public awareness leading to the advancement of arts education, and/or increase use of “best practices” in educational processes.
2. Business Leader
Eligible: businesses or individual business persons within the state of Florida.This award recognizes businesses for outstanding partnership efforts, local and/or statewide advocacy for arts education, local network partner support, and/or financial support of arts education.
3. Community Volunteer
Eligible: individuals who support arts education through volunteerism in Florida schools and communities.This award recognizes volunteers who give significant support to arts education through work with Florida schools, nonprofit arts education programs, and/or a network partner coalition.
4. Elected Official
Eligible: individuals who have been nominated to serve office during the current term in the state of Florida.This award recognizes elected officials who provide leadership in school and/or community arts education issues to ensure inclusion of the arts in the basic curriculum (e.g., equal time and access for all children, maintaining high-quality preK-20 arts education programs).
5. School AdministratorEligible: individuals who hold an administrative position in a school district in the state of Florida.
This award recognizes leadership in school or district decision-making to ensure the inclusion of arts education in the basic curriculum (e.g., equal time and access for all children, maintaining high-quality preK-12 arts programs) and demonstrating strong support for use of “best practices” in educational processes.6. School District Leadership Award
Eligible: superintendents, school board members or other school district leaders in the state of Florida.Strong leadership within a school district has a large impact on developing and maintaining strong arts education programs. This award recognizes leadership in district decision-making to advance arts education, including but not limited to ensuring the inclusion of arts education in the basic curriculum (e.g., equal time and access for all children, maintaining high-quality preK-12 arts programs) and demonstrating strong support for use of “best practices” in educational processes.
7. Doris Leeper Award
Eligible: artists-in-residence, arts lecturers, and professional artist-educators who have worked in, or contributed significantly to, K-12 arts education for at least five (5) years and who currently reside in the state of Florida.This award, created in 2001 in memory of artist, educator, and visionary, Doris Leeper (1929-2000), honors an artist as educator for outstanding contributions to K-12 arts education in Florida via work which advances arts education through advocacy and arts education development efforts with students, teachers, and interested others. The award is presented to a Florida artist who has had a significant and unique impact on arts education in K-12 educational settings in Florida.
8. The Dr. Mary Palmer Legacy Trailblazer AwardEligible: individuals who have contributed significantly to elevating arts education for at least five (5) years and who currently reside in the state of Florida.
The award is named after Dr. Mary Palmer, Ph.D. (a founder of FAAE) who is Professor Emeritus of the UCF College of Education and whose tireless work on behalf of arts education – and specifically arts integration – has gained her a national reputation as not only an advocate for arts education, but also as an individual who recognizes the transformative power of the arts. This award honors individuals who have elevated arts education as their core mission. Awardees recognize the transformative power of the arts, have led change that will make significant short or long-term impact on arts education and have set a standard for others to follow.
Summit Hotel: DoubleTree Orlando Downtown
The 2025 Summit will be at the DoubleTree Orlando Downtown. Discounts for Summit attendees (available through Feb 12) include
Single Room Rate: $169/night
Self-Parking $15/night
Learn more about the hotel here.
Book by February 12, 2025 to receive the discounted rates.
Schedule Overview
The basic outline for Summit events will be included here in the coming months. The full schedule will be available in December on the schedule tab.
Letter for Administrators
Need some help getting permission to attend the Summit? FAAE has provided a letter to help explain the value of this conference to your district leadership. Download it here.
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2025 Summit pricing:
Full Registration: Early Bird Registration (opening in December) will be $175 for FAAE members and $225 for non-members through January 22. As of January 23, registration increases to $200 for FAAE members and $250 for non-members.
One-Day Tickets will also be available for
Thursday (1 keynote lunch, 3 sessions, President’s Reception): $85 FAAE members / $110 non-members
Friday (2 keynotes breakfast & lunch, 6 sessions): $85 FAAE members / $110 non-members
Saturday Awards Brunch only: $45 FAAE members / $55 non-members
Hotel information is below. Reduced room rates are available to FAAE registrants through February 12, 2025.