NATIONAL ART EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

NAEA's work is guided by the priorities set forth for each goal under the 2015-2020 Strategic Vision:
Community: NAEA is a dynamic, inclusive and diverse professional community that shares a commitment to NAEA's mission and vision:
• Increase and bond community thorough a shared commitment to the NAEA mission and vision – building collaborative relationships with individuals and organizations;
• Develop career, community college and university pathways to inform, attract and retain diverse members;
• Maximize the use of technology and data management systems to build, retain and track member engagement across the community.
Advocacy: NAEA influences stakeholders and decision makers to support visual arts education:
• Engage non-traditional allies to create a national advocacy campaign touting the importance, benefits, career opportunities and contributions of the visual arts;
• Evaluate, develop and promote resources that will increase member capacity to advocate for visual arts education.
Learning: NAEA provides exemplary learning opportunities that help members become more effective educators, artists, leaders and advocates for visual arts education:
• Align the goals of art education with trends in education;
• Form partnerships outside the field of art education to address the diverse needs of members;
• Develop opportunities for professional learning and provide multiple approaches for access, including: blended, face-to-face and online.
Research & Knowledge: NAEA conducts research and generates knowledge that enriches and expands visual arts education, and widely shares that research and knowledge:
• Create a searchable research database that supports NAEA's mission and goals;
• Develop partnerships with researchers, funders, and other organizations to conduct research that informs the field, public policy and planning;
• Identify research and resources to support NAEA Position Statements;
• Initiate a continuum of professional learning experiences for educators about conducting research: gathering, analyzing, and using relevant data to make informed decisions;
• Establish a working group of practitioners to translate research into accessible actions in the field.
Organizational Vibrancy: NAEA's culture, systems, structures and resources facilitates its mission of advancing visual arts education:
• Design and execute a landmark program to develop art education leaders;
• Rebrand the collective NAEA identity.
Each priority requires specific strategies developed through working groups led by members of the Board of Directors, Task Forces, Research Commission, Distinguished Fellows, Editorial Boards, Interest Groups, State Affiliate Leaders, and professional staff.

Each priority requires specific strategies developed through working groups led by members of the Board of Directors, Task Forces, Research Commission, Distinguished Fellows, Editorial Boards, Interest Groups, State Affiliate Leaders, and professional staff.

Consistent with NAEA's Organizational Vibrancy goal, the Board of Directors and staff have consistently developed organizational capacity and assigned funding support to meet the priorities over five years.

NAEA has successfully accomplished the following priorities:

• Maximize the use of technology and data management systems to build, retain and track member engagement across the community.
• Form partnerships outside the field of art education to address the diverse needs of members;
• Develop opportunities for professional learning and provide multiple approaches for access, including: blended, face-to-face and online.
• Create a searchable research database that supports NAEA's mission and goals;
• Develop partnerships with researchers, funders, and other organizations to conduct research that informs the field, public policy and planning;
• Identify research and resources to support NAEA Position Statements;
• Initiate a continuum of professional learning experiences for educators about conducting research: gathering, analyzing, and using relevant data to make informed decisions;
• Establish a working group of practitioners to translate research into accessible actions in the field.
• Design and execute a landmark program to develop art education leaders;
• Rebrand the collective NAEA identity.
Work in progress includes the following:
• Increase and bond community thorough a shared commitment to the NAEA mission and vision – building collaborative relationships with individuals and organizations;
• Develop career, community college and university pathways to inform, attract and retain diverse members;
• Evaluate, develop and promote resources that will increase member capacity to advocate for visual arts education.
• Engage non-traditional allies to create a national advocacy campaign touting the importance, benefits, career opportunities and contributions of the visual arts;
• Align the goals of art education with trends in education;
• Form partnerships outside the field of art education to address the diverse needs of members;