If you would like to provide thorough insight on your perspectives on the big vision questions they are considering, answer the questions below and they will be seen by everyone. I'll post my responses shortly.
Vision:
15 year out… Imagine fifteen years from now, when our youngest students have moved through the educational system and grown up. What kinds of lives do you wish for them? How do you imagine arts being part of their lives then? What ways could the arts contribute to their development of those lives?
5 years out… Now work backwards, what kinds of things can you imagine happening in five years to put these young people on the pathway to this life? In homes? In schools? In the community? How do you imagine the arts playing a role in this process?
Priorities:
What are the three most important things that could happen in the next few years to help young people get to the five year point on the way to the fifteen year vision? What are the three most important things that could happen related to arts and education that could help?
Assets:
What assets do we have right now that could help this happen? These could be people, knowledge, things, spaces, partners, relationships, ideas, existing practices. How could we better utilize these assets to help young people? Which assets are well utilized right now? (Celebrate these.)
Barriers and Ideas:
What barriers could stand in the way of helping our young people achieve those lives? What ideas or strategies do you recommend for avoiding, challenging, or surmounting those perceived barriers? What other groups or people could help tackle these barriers?
Your Role:
How could your group help achieve this vision for young people of Cleveland? What skills, assets, and knowledge could you as an individual bring to this work? What would it require? What individuals, groups, or other resources could you help secure? What, if any, volunteers could be better tapped?
To help plan better for the future, please list how various individuals, organizations, and/or your group might contribute to helping young people achieve this vision in times of: Decline (less resources), Stability (similar resource), and Growth (growing resources).
Links:
[1] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/Making-Arts-Education-a-Cleveland-School-Board-Priority
[2] http://li326-157.members.linode.com/CMSD-Arts-Education-Strategic-Plan