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Report Card 5/20/2016: CAT Team Adopts 2016-2017 Action Plan

Today, we celebrated the 23,000 K-8 students in Indianapolis Public Schools! Beginning with a welcome by Jay Geshay, Sr. Vice President of the United Way of Central Indiana, we adopted both an Action Plan for…

Today, we celebrated the 23,000 K-8 students in Indianapolis Public Schools!

Beginning with a welcome by Jay Geshay, Sr. Vice President of the United Way of Central Indiana, we adopted both an Action Plan for 2016-2017 and a new committee structure designed to produce uncommon results. Today was the final meeting of a year-long strategic planning process that began last September. Using the Kennedy Center’s “collective impact” process, we brought together community groups from five sectors to address the complex challenge of leveraging arts education to improve youth outcomes in Indianapolis. Everyone warned us that it was going to be a “slow and sometimes messy process,” but the benefit has been that we built trusting relationships among all participants, and now we have a common agenda, shared goals, and shared measurement.

Today I am excited to announce four new implementation committees:

  • Creative Engagement Committee
  • Professional Development Committee
  • Budget & Resources Committee
  • Evaluation & Assessment Committee

With the Arts Council serving as backbone, we are now ready to begin a five-year implementation effort. Are you ready to sign up to work on one of the committees listed above? If so, please email Taylor Fengya, Grant Services & Arts Education Coordinator, at tfengya@indyarts.org.

Ernest Disney-Britton, Arts Council of Indianapolis, Director of Grant Services & Arts Education