2020 Summer Institute for Educators
Empowering Student Voices Through the Arts
Prepared for Muse Machine by
Michael Sikes, Ph.D., Evaluation Consultant
Muse Machine
- Muse Machine is a nationally recognized arts education organization in Dayton, Ohio. It annually serves 76,800 students and their teachers in 114 schools, nonprofits, and libraries in 15 counties in central and southwestern Ohio and Kentucky.
- Many of the schools served by Muse have diverse demographics, students from lower Socioeconomic Status (SES) families, and some with limited English proficiency.
- The mission of Muse is to change the lives of young people through the arts.
- To help attain this mission, Muse Machine conducts an annual four-day Institute with teachers from participating schools.