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Welcome!

PROJECT INTRODUCTION
Thank you for your interest in participating in the New York City Arts in Education Roundtable’s research on Teaching Artists in New York City. The Roundtable is a service organization working to improve and advance arts education. We are a community of arts education practitioners sharing information, providing professional development, and communicating with the public to promote the work of Teaching Artists in schools, communities and beyond. The purpose of this research is to more deeply understand current Teaching Artist compensation and employment trends in New York City.


SURVEY INSTRUMENTS
As part of this research we are conducting two separate surveys, one for Teaching Artists and one for organizations employing Teaching Artists.

THE SURVEY YOU ARE ABOUT TO BEGIN IS INTENDED FOR TEACHING ARTISTS.

If you are a representative of an organization employing Teaching Artists, please click here to be redirected to the survey for organizations employing Teaching Artists.

If you are self-employed as a Teaching Artist and do not employ other Teaching Artists in your business, please only fill out this survey for Teaching Artists.

If you represent an organization that employs Teaching Artists AND you also work separately as a Teaching Artist yourself, you are welcome to take both surveys, though we recommend prioritizing completing the survey for organizations that employ Teaching Artists first.

If you have any questions about which survey you should complete, please contact TASurvey@nycaieroundtable.org.


SURVEY ELIGIBILITY - TEACHING ARTIST
Individuals are invited to participate in this survey if they:

1) Are or have been employed as a Teaching Artist between 2023 - present. According to the Teaching Artists Guild website, Teaching Artists are practicing, professional artists who teach and integrate their art form, perspectives, histories, and skills into a wide range of learning settings. They may also be known as arts educators, cultural bearers, or community artists;

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2) Are or have been teaching within the five boroughs of NYC between 2023 - present.
WHAT TO EXPECT
  • For this study, you will be asked to complete the following survey estimated to take 30–45 minutes.
  • We encourage you to prepare materials in advance and plan to complete the survey in one sitting.
    • If you do not feel you can complete the survey in one sitting, we encourage you to begin by making a copy of this Google Doc and preparing your answers separately before responding on the SurveyMonkey platform, as it may or may not save your responses accordingly.
  • You will be asked to provide demographics, information about your income (tax information), pay rates from employer(s), commuting time, information about benefits and what your pay includes.
We understand that the answers to some of these questions may fluctuate week to week or based on the season. Please provide your best estimate.

This data will not be reported back to your employer(s) / organization(s). Data will be reported in aggregate form anonymously and no organization or individual names will be used. If any quotes are used from open-ended responses, they will be attributed to ‘participant’ and not any named individual.


HELPFUL MATERIALS

Having the following items / information nearby will help you to complete the survey faster:
  • 2023 tax returns
  • 2023 W2 or 1099 documents from organizations that employ you as a TA
  • Calendar app or daybook that tracks your TA schedule in 2023 and 2024
  • Approximate annual income from Teaching Artist work in 2023 in NYC
  • Approximate annual household income in 2023
  • Average # of hours per week in 2023-2024 school year spent on: teaching, prep / planning, and traveling
  • Employee handbook, if available
  • Teaching Artist pay rate information (including model of compensation, base pay information, and pay information about additional compensated work such as planning, travel, etc.)
  • Information about benefits offered by employing organization(s)

You can preview the full Teaching Artist survey in this Google doc.


RESEARCH TEAM & DATA PRIVACY

The research team for this project is:
  • Gregory Youdan, Research Consultant
  • Kimberly Olsen, Executive Director, NYCAIER
  • Kinsey Keck, Programs Director, NYCAIER
  • Alex La Torre, Operations Manager, NYCAIER
These are the only individuals who will have access to the raw data. The collected data and complementary existing data sets related to the study’s core subject and audience will be used to create an anonymized comprehensive report illustrating the current state of the field. The report and any other materials generated from this research study will be publicly available and will serve as advocacy tools for individuals and organizations across the arts education landscape.

Keep in mind: there are no risks to participating in the study. Your participation is entirely voluntary, and if at any point during the survey you would prefer to not answer a question or withdraw from the study, you are free to do so.

Participants that complete the Teaching Artist survey by January 10, 2025 can opt into a raffle to win one of four $100 Visa gift cards.

If you have any questions, please contact TASurvey@nycaieroundtable.org.

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