Evaluation by partners in the AIR(E) program has shown that it affects participants in the following ways:
Students
- Increased engagement: Students become more focused and excited by their school work and exhibit on-task behaviours. Students attend more classes.
- Increased achievement: Students display better understanding of concepts, and their grades improve.
- Increased opportunities: Students learn in innovative ways.
- Increased access: Students experience new art forms and practices.
- Sense of community: Students develop teamwork skills through collaboration with other students and with teachers.
Teachers
- New skills: The focus on creative processes helps teachers develop an understanding of the arts curriculum. Teachers learn new skills to incorporate into their teaching.
- Sense of community: Connecting with local artists helps teachers develop an understanding of their school’s cultural communities.
Artists
- Enriched personal practice: Contact with students can often nourish an artist's personal artistic practice.
- Sense of community: Artists feel valued by their community for sharing their creative spark, skills and techniques.