La county consortium

• All staff, mentors and instructors are included and meaningful, ongoing contributors.

• Mentors and instructors use core CTE/AME content alongside media arts content, as appropriate, to engage the process of inquiry, investigation and creation of digital media.

• Mentors and instructors use multimedia resources to deepen students’ understanding of both core content and media arts content; teachers ask students to create multimedia projects as part of final assessments.

• Students are provided opportunities to connect artistic expression with social-emotional development in which students focus on articulating and achieving their personal, academic and career goals • Examples of high quality student work, including but not limited to live/recorded performance and displays of digital and media art, are present and visible throughout the learning community.

Community Partners • Create an outreach strategy to recruit and select the right partners from a wide range of disciplines and job functions, including the arts and digital media community; • Develop a procedure to formalize and streamline the induction process for instructional partners; • Identify and recruit community-based experts, including artists representing multiple disciplines and entertainment industry professionals, to collaboratively plan with teachers and work with students, particularly those who are able to empower students with the skills and knowledge that contribute to college and career readiness; • Cultivate a network of community-based experts, including those in the arts and entertainment industries, who have worked effectively with youth and are willing to collaborate with a variety of partners; • Utilize the expertise of all instructional partners in the creation of unit plans and assessment tools; • Cultivate relationships with community partners who can support effective student career readiness opportunities; • Explore opportunities for partnership with technical colleges that include courses related to the arts and entertainment industries amongst their program offerings; • Identify community resources that can support ongoing efforts.

Implementation • Incorporate virtual field trips, film series, and virtual performances; • Build and maintain relationships between industry representatives and school staff;