Strategic Plan

Explore ETF's Goals, Outcomes, and Strategies

Students

Goals: Subsidize new, emerging, and underserved student theatre programs.

Outcomes

  • Increased number of K-12 students participating in theatre programs
  • Increased student opportunities to connect with theatre professionals

Strategies

  • Develop sustainable theatre programs
  • Fund initiatives to support existing programs/Thespian troupes
  • Fund attendance to the International Thespian Festival and access to EdTA chapter events
  • Award students with robust scholarship opportunities

Educators

Goals: Create paths for theatre educators to develop new skills.

Outcomes

  • Increased number of licensed theatre educators in K-12 schools
  • Increased access to EdTA network, events, and resources

Strategies

  • Build teacher path to theatre certification
  • Subsidize Theatre Education Conference attendance and EdTA membership

Field

Goals: Commission research to showcase the value of a theatre education.

Outcomes

  • Increased insights to fuel programs, fundraising campaigns, and grant applications
  • New studies published in alignment with EdTA advocacy initiatives

Strategies

  • Commission new academic research
  • Quantify the impact of EdTA and ETF programs