Since 2000, Center for Educator Development in Fine Arts (CEDFA) has organized successful statewide fine arts summits that focus on teaching strategies aligned with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS). The CEDFA Summits serve as the only venue for educators from all four fine arts disciplines to meet and discuss relevant issues. Education Service Centers (ESC) have replicated each statewide summit at the regional level.

From 2005 through 2008 the Summit participants looked at integrating Fine Arts with other subject areas focusing on “Through the Arts Knowledge becomes Success”.

The Fine Arts Summit is the only major venue in Texas that brings together educators from each of the four fine arts content areas of art, dance, music, and theatre. In 2009 CEDFA introduced a four-year plan to provide Summit participants with professional development training on assessment strategies in each of the four fine arts content areas, one strand of the Fine Arts Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) per year:

Virtual Summit XXI will open online on June 15th, 2020

The Art of Fine Arts Teaching June 13-14, 2019

Mapping Pathways to Student Success June 14-15, 2018

Deepening Fine Arts Learning with T-TESS June 15-16, 2017

Strategies for Success in the Fine Arts Classroom June 9-10, 2016

Fast Forward to TEKS Implementation June 11-12, 2015

Reaching for New Heights Through the Fine Arts TEKS June 12-13, 2014

Reaching for New Heights Through the Fine Arts TEKS June 13-14, 2013

Assessments in the Fine Arts 2012 Creative / Expression Performance June 7-8, 2012

Assessments in the Fine Arts 2011 Response / Evaluation June 9-10, 2011

Assessments in the Fine Arts 2010 Historical / Cultural Heritage June 10-11, 2010

Assessments in the Fine Arts 2009 Perceptions June 11-12, 2009

Ninth Annual CEDFA Summit
TAKS=S 4: Through the Arts Knowledge becomes Success, Year 4 June 13-14, 2008

Eighth Annual CEDFA Summit
Through the Arts Knowledge becomes Success, Year 3 June 7-8, 2007

Seventh Annual CEDFA Summit
Through the Arts Knowledge becomes Success, Year 2 June 8-9, 2006

Sixth Annual CEDFA Summit
Through the Arts Knowledge becomes Success June 16-17, 2005

Original Summits

Fifth Annual Texas Fine Arts Summit
Innovation in Arts Education June 17-18, 2004

Fourth Annual Texas Fine Arts Summit
Expanding the Learning Community Through Fine Arts June 19-20, 2003

Third Annual Texas Fine Arts Summit
Fine Arts: Building a Successful Learning Community June 13-14, 2002

Second Annual Texas Fine Arts Summit
Performance Assessment, Technology Integration, Interdisciplinary Instruction June 14-15, 2001

First Texas Fine Arts Summit
Texas Fine Arts Summit : TEKS Empower Texas Fine Arts Educators June 13-14, 2000