American Recovery and Reinvestment Act

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) provides more thant $100 billion in new funding for the restoration and improvement of the American education system. This offers unprecedented opportunities for schools and campuses to make investments in students, teachers, programs, training and infrastructure, to prepare students to advance their education or enter the workforce. ARRA funding supports skill creation and program development in early learning, and for secondary schools and colleges, that help students gain skills and get jobs. Improving student achievement and positive reforms in schools are among ARRA’s guiding principals.

Avid is a willing and eager partner, prepared to assist your school or campus to develop effective and sustainable creative digital media solutions that will help you attain ARRA goals. Avid solutions provide opportunities for practical and exciting instruction that promote job skills creation in film production, broadcast TV and journalism, audio engineering and more.

Professional Development

Professional development and training are also key ARRA tenets with a goal of increasing teacher effectiveness. Avid offers a variety of certificates and skill development courses through approved partners, in audio and video editing.

High Schools and Career and Tech Ed Centers

For secondary schools Avid solutions provide practical, hands-on learning opportunities with film, video and audio. Avid course materials and certificate programs and Avid solutions help students get jobs, and also prepare them for jobs in the broadcast, music and film industries.

Colleges and Universities

For colleges and universities Avid solutions offer real-life hands-on skills and job training opportunities. Outstanding pre-professional programs like the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and the Savannah College of Art and Design rely on Avid studios, labs and workflows. Their students get great jobs all over the world.

ARRA funding can help schools engage students in exciting projects that prepare them for 21st century jobs working in the world of communications media as well as giving them skills to further their education. Students from every community in America now have the opportunity to change the face and future of the communication industry.

Here are a few examples of the kinds of teaching and learning experiences that can be created with these new education funds. Any Avid solutions can be configured with teacher professional development and Avid certification and training.

Audio Recording Studio:

The Audio Recording Studio prepares students for careers as recording engineers, for work in music, audio, film and broadcast using a complete Avid Pro Tools studio - for secondary and post-secondary institutions.

Audio Recording Studio Funding Alignment

Film Production Lab:

The Avid editing suites are not only used by major studios but also taught in the film schools that will send students directly into the motion picture industry.

Film Production Lab Funding Alignment

TV and Video Production Studio:

The TV and Video Production Studio prepares students for all facets of the broadcast industry and it has been shown that students who have technical skills in communication in addition to subject matter expertise, fare better at college entrance as well as in job searches.

TV and Video Production Studio Funding Alignment

More details on individual ARRA funding categories that map to Avid solutions can be found in the documents below:

State Fiscal Stabilization Funds (SFSF) Recovery Act Program – $48.6 Billion

Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) Recovery Act Funding - $919.8 Million

Qualified School Construction Bonds (QSCB) Recovery Act Funding - $22.4 Billion

Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Recovery Act Funding - $7.25 Billion

Qualified Zone Academy Bonds (QZABs) Recovery Act Funding – $2.8 Billion