Welcome to the Customized Arts Learning Toolkit
The Customized Arts Learning (CAL) toolkit supports personalized learning in arts education and promotes strength-based instructional practice. The CAL toolkit is intended to provide educators with resources to support the needs of various students, thus addressing gaps that impair learning. CAL focuses on connections through arts learning as a bridge to academic and interpersonal development.
How To Use the Toolkit
The CAL toolkit is meant for use in PK-12 settings. Teachers may utilize all or parts of the toolkit to create dialogue and build consensus to address the needs of your unique context. While the Toolkit was created with the National Arts Standards (Anchor Standards 10 and 11) in mind, consider your state standards and/or local learning outcomes.
Key Terms
In order to effectively implement this toolkit, it is important to
begin with these definitions for the following key terms:
CULTURE
​The set of artistic values, conventions, or practices associated with a particular field, activity, or society
ARTISTIC CULTURAL
INSIDER
An artistic individual that shares a sense of belonging within a group and holds a deep understanding of its artistic values, conventions, and practices