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​​​​​​​ The Santa Clara County Office of Education has put forward a county-wide arts education initiative known as Artspiration, focused on professional development, student engagement, advocacy, and communication.

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Vision - Partnering with public schools, arts organizations, and the greater community to foster equitable and transformative education through the Arts.

Mission - Artspiration is committed to shared leadership in advocating, empowering, and supporting sustainable arts education to develop the creative capacity of each student and educator in Santa Clara County public schools.


​ Professional Development:

  • UDL & the Arts
  • Proposition 28 & the Arts
  • ​California Arts Standards & Framework
  • Arts Strategic Planning
  • Arts Integration
  • Arts and AI
  • Culturally Sustaining Arts Programming
  • Arts & Social Emotional Learning (SEL)​
  • Building a Robust Arts Program

Technical Assistance:

  • Proposition 28 support
  • Site Expenditure Planning
  • Arts Education Strategic Planning
  • Arts Integration
  • Arts and AI
  • Arts Education & District Priorities Alignment
  • California Arts Standards & Framework Support
  • Arts Assessment
  • Arts Equity
  • Arts Pathways
  • Communities of Practice​
  • Arts Funding Support
  • Arts Material Adoption Support
  • Universal Design for Learning & the Arts
  • Teacher Pathways in the Arts​​


Networks:

  • California County Superintendents’ Arts Initiative (CISC Arts Subcommittee)
  • CreateCA Policy Council
  • Innovation Council of Campbell Union School District; member of the California Arts Educators’ Association
  • California Music Educators’ Association, California Theatre Educators’ Association
  • California Art Educators’ Association
  • William and Flora Hewlett Foundation’s Performing Arts grantees​
  • Multicultural Arts Leadership Initiative, Class 1.

Communities of Practice:

  • Arts Education Community of Practice, Santa Cruz COE
  • Arts Education Community of Practice, San Benito COE
  • Artspiration Leadership Council​

Annual Events:

  • Young Artist Showcase
  • ¡Viva el mariachi! Showcase
  • Youth Arts Month
  • ArtsEdConnect Te​acher Grant

Reach out ​about how we can support your district or community!

Sofia Fojas - Arts Coordinator
sfojas@sccoe.org​
Artspiration is generously funded by

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Some of the entries are for informational purposes only. The views expressed herein are those of the presenter/partner; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the SCCOE. Any questions/comments related to the content should be directed to the original source. ​

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Artspiration is the countywide initiative to support arts education for all students in Santa Clara County Schools, since 2007.

Artspiration logo

Vision - Partnering with public schools, arts organizations, and the greater community to foster equitable and transformative education through the Arts.

Mission - Artspiration is committed to shared leadership in advocating, empowering, and supporting sustainable arts education to develop the creative capacity of each student and educator in Santa Clara County public schools.

Meet the Team

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Sofia Fojas, Ed.D.

Coordinator - Arts
408-453-6535

Sofia Fojas is a leader for cultural equity and social justice in the arts. A classroom music teacher and high school music director for 20 years, she taught orchestra, band, IB Music, and mariachi. In 2008, Ms. Fojas was the only​ K-12 teacher in the first class (the OGs!) of Multicultural Arts Leadership Initiative in San Jose. In the last 6 years, she has served as a district arts leader in San Francisco and Elk Grove school districts.

She has performed wit​h Mariachi Cali, Mariachi Atzlan and as a guest in a performance with Mariachi Sol de Mexico. She performed with Los Cenzontles and recorded with them on an album of the Chieftans. She has played in backup orchestras behind Natalie Cole, Dionne Warwick, Andy Williams, Smokey Robinson, and Johnny Mathis.

Jannie Tran​

Administrative Assistant
(408) 453-6688



​Artspiration generously funded by
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Some of the entries are for informational purposes only. The views expressed herein are those of the presenter/partner; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the SCCOE. Any questions/comments related to the content should be directed to the original source. ​

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