Jeff Smith is director of arts for Metro Nashville Public Schools. In this role, he supports the work of four hundred arts educators in their efforts to provide eighty-six thousand students with equitable access to arts learning opportunities that demonstrate excellence in teaching and learning.
Learn how to build a strategic plan, get input into the strategic planning process from multiple stakeholders, and put the strategic plan into action. Firsthand experience in building a music education needs assessment and multi-year VAPA strategic plan will be shared.
In this session, participants will learn ways to use traditional and non-traditional communication strategies to attract and recruit high quality applicants for positions in music, theatre, dance, and visual arts.