Mapping the

Next

An Emerging Roadmap to Transform

Public Education through the Arts

August 2012

Presented by the Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership

10Years

Background

• 10 years of strategic planning and

demonstrated success across multiple

organizations

• No Child Left Behind policies giving way

to new national and statewide education

priorities for deeper learning and

performance based assessments aligned

to common core standards

Collectively look forward to the next 10 years, and

acknowledge, celebrate and strengthen the partnerships,

assets, and experience that have already been

established, in order to inform what works in education so

that we can deeply engage all students in school today,

and fully prepare them for success in the future.

A Window of Opportunity

A Different Approach to Planning

Conversations (Building Muscle)

OutreachCollective

Impact

Phase 1: March – July 2012 Phase 2 Phase 3

―I believe we can change the world if we start listening to one

another again. Simple, honest, human conversation. Not mediation,

negotiation, problem-solving, debate, or public meetings. Simple,

truthful conversation where we each have a chance to speak, we

each feel heard, and we each listen well.‖

—Meg Wheatley, Turning to One Another

Catalyze strategic

conversations.

Self-organized, strategic

conversations using

―Conversations-In-A-

Box‖ as guidance.Leave a trail.

Key takeaways from

conversations were

shared in a blog.

Synthesize.

Volunteers synthesized what

they heard and

fed summaries

and provocative

questions back

into the community.

Phase 1: Conversations (Building Muscle)

Our Organizing Framework

How can we

collectively

transformpublic

educationthrough the

artsto createa better

futurefor everyone?

Phase 1 Outcomes

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ditMore than 280 people representing 50+

organizations from 8 counties participated in self-

organized, face-to-face conversations from March

through June 2012.

AEP Forum

Alameda County Arts Commission

Alameda County Board of Education

Alameda County Office of Education

Berkeley Unified School District

CSU East Bay

CSU Northridge

Cal Performances

California Academy of Sciences

California PTA

Castro Valley High School

Civicorps

De Young Museum

Dublin Unified School District

Envision Learning Partners

Exploratorium

Hearst Museum of Anthropology

Hewlett Foundation

IMSS

ISKME

Jefferson Elementary

Justice Matters

KQED

Leslie University

MOCHA

McKinley Elementary

Mills Teacher Scholars

Muir Middle School

Oakland Leadership Academy

Oakland Museum

Oakland Unified School District

Oakland Youth Chorus

Peralta PTA

Performing Arts Workshop

Rex Foundation

SFMOMA

SLANT

San Francisco Ballet

San Francisco Boys Choir

San Francisco Brown Bag Collaborative

San Francisco State University

San Francisco Unified School District

San Jose Unified School District

San Leandro Unified School District

San Mateo County of Education

Streetside Stories

Sunol-Glen Unified School District

Teaching Artists Organized

University of San Francisco

Vida Studios

Visual Thinking Strategies

West Ed

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dit

80 blog posts from 36

different people.

63 comments from 17

different people.

We created an open blog for

participants to share key insights

from their conversations and to

“build muscle” for online

engagement.

http://allianceforall.wordpress.com/

Several community members went

beyond sharing their face-to-face

conversations and began an active

dialogue online.

A Collective Vision and Three Steps Toward that

Vision

Conversations

Listening

Synthesis

Four months of conversations and deep listening led to the realization that this

community has a lot more in common than we originally thought. Out of these

conversations emerged a collective vision and three steps toward that vision.

To maximize every

child’s potential by

providing them with

the creative learning

they need to be

successful.

This will not only create a better future

for every child, but for everyone.

In order to solve social, environmental, and economic challenges, we need to

assure that our nation’s children all have access to a complete education that

prepares them to grapple with these challenges.

Our Vision

1. Build on What’s Working

As a result of previous work, a regional professional development system has been

established in the Bay Area that connects the amazing professional development

opportunities in the community (through Teaching Artists Organized) to the

Integrated Learning Specialist Program, which builds leadership capacity in schools

that demonstrate the power of the arts to deepen and improve learning.

2. Map our Assets

Identify the different

kinds of leadership

that are currently

being practiced.

Expand the leadership

so that it is diverse and

connected.

Determine benchmarks for success.

3. Think and Act Together

This requires that we honor everyone’s reality and

humanity, and that we shift our mindsets.

Focus on discreet standards and narrow curriculum

Focus on integrated, project-based, interdisciplinary

learning that supports the Whole Child

Siloed organizations, events, projects

Whole Communitythat works in intelligent

and intentional coordination to assure that every child learns

Strategies that address issues in isolation

Strategies that address issues from a

Whole Systemperspective

Mindset Shifts Required

A resilient and

responsive network

of public support to achieve

collective impact.

The Result

Next Steps

Phase II

Key Questions

What role will you play in creating this future?

Who should take responsibility for the

work that emerges, and how will this

happen?

What will our benchmarks for success be?

How will this reshape our relationships?

What shifts will this require?

Phase II : September – March 2013The Alliance for Arts Learning Leadership Steering

Committee Will Work With Stakeholder Groups to

Form a Cross Sector Infrastructure

Performance Assessment Support Providers

Youth Development and Public Health Leaders

Parent Leaders

Major Arts Organizations and Teaching Artists Organized

Teachers and Teacher Unions

District Superintendents and School Board Members

Higher Education Partners

Funders and Business Leaders

March 2013 offers an opportunity to

engage communities and build public will

EVERY CHILD IS CREATIVE – ART IS EDUCATION MARCH 2013

Making A Collective Impact

A RESILIENT AND UNITED COMMUNITY