STRATEGIC Plan  2022-2025

YAM

 Future Desired State:

• Our organization will have a sustainable funding source and new sponsorship.  50% of our members to actively participate in the flag contest.

• We will provide transparency about the judging process.

• We will ensure the flag is displayed at the Wyoming state capitol, or at the Wyoming State Museum during March and/or when the Governor signs his proclamation, have the flags there.

• We will make two flags, one for the association, and one for the school to keep.

Current State: 

• Only a handful of teachers currently participate in the flag contest.

• We only make one flag a year. Flags aren’t displayed after being displayed at the school. We have recognized teachers who participated at the awards ceremony at the conference.

Action Steps: 

• We will create a poster announcement of previous winners for distribution to teachers and include a QR code. 

• We will include YAM dates on all “save the date” type postcards.

• We will recognize judges at the YAM awards at the conference.

• Funding: 

  • We will find sponsors. We will utilize a silent auction at the conference to raise money.

AWARDS

Future Desired State:

• Our organization will award every single level every year.  Teachers from all over the state will be recognized.

• We will expand geographical reach.

• We will identify a sustainable source of funding.

Current State:

• Seven awards were given in 2022 and five were given in 2021. 

• These awards were mostly teachers from central and southeastern regions.

Actions Steps:

• We will send award nominations form in May to the educators, principles, and superintendents in the state.

• We will send the newsletter through the Wyoming Dept. of Ed. in addition to email and social media platforms.

• We post reminders once monthly. 

• We will seek grants for research to find and survey Wyoming art educators-museum, K-12, alternative, etc.

CONFERENCE/WORKSHOPS

Future Desired State:

• We will have one workshop that is offered outside of our conference every year.

• We will move the annual spring conference around the state.

• We will seek higher attendance at the spring conference.

• We will continue to offer a free spring conference with graduate credit available for attendees.

• We will seek sponsorships to support expenses.

• We will seek to include more vendors.

• We will design event items that attendees can purchase through a company and choose what they want: long sleeve T, short sleeve, etc.

• We will plan more social time during each event

• We will create name tags to include place and job description. Name tags for Board Members and past presidents will be permanent, plastic name tags.

• We will spend more time celebrating YAM and educator awards.

• We will pay presenters.

Current State:

• In 2022, we had no workshops outside of conference and the conference was free.

• We gave a $100 stipend to all attendees and paid presenters $50.00. We had 62 attendees.

• We had a successful 1.5 day of workshops during the conference in 2022.

• We had art supplies at tables.

Action Steps:

• For the YAM award, allow teachers to record their students.

• For the Awards, we will have video presentations of winners.

• We will reach out to artists and places around the state for workshops.

• We will immediately reach out for vendors.

• We will reach out to UW or Adams State University for grad credit.

• We will order the nametags for past-presidents and board members.

• Once a theme is decided, we will design a graphic for swag.

• We will immediately start asking for sponsorships.

• We will schedule intentional social time.

• We will get out the conference schedule ASAP.

MEMBERSHIP

Future Desired State: 

• We need to increase membership by 50%

Current State:

•  We currently 47 members as of August 30, 2022

Action Steps:

• We will send postcards sent to all schools, addressed to “art teacher” with reasons to join and a QR code.

• We will send postcards to alert when membership lapses.

• We will send “Thank you” cards for joining/renewing NAEA/WYAEA.

• We will research how to find all art teachers in the state

ED&I

Future Desired State:

• We need resources available on our website for art educators to include: artists, lesson plans, books, movies, videos, speakers, etc. 

• We will seek diverse keynote speakers and workshop presenters.

• We will seek diverse representation on the WYAEA Board. 

• Diversity statement on our website

Current State:

• We include pronouns on our signatures on our WYAEA emails.

• We have an ED&I liaison to the NAEA ED&I Commission who is integrated on the WYAEA board.

• We completed one panel discussion on the subject at the 2022 conference.   

Action Steps:

• Create the statement and put on the website.

• Reference the NAEA statement or summarize it.

• Create the resource list.

• Continue to personally invite keynote speakers and workshop presenters.

• Personally invite people of diversity for our board.

BOARD RECRUITMENT

Future Desired State: 

• All board positions are filled and maintained through a pipeline of leaders.

Current State: 

• We have seven positions filled. 

• We have two vacancies on the Executive

Board.

Action Steps:

• Every current Board member personally invites at least one person to ameeting/ to join the board.

• We will have a session at our Spring conference around “How to get involved with WYAEA” or “How to discover your leadership.”

• Board members personally invite people to attend the conference.