Overall Goals
1. Develop an arts integration plan that aligns with established school improvement plan goals each year. 

2. Pool existing resources within schools and the school district for more efficient use of materials, expertise, time and space. 

3. Construct a cooperative framework for financing curricular needs that reduces amount of time each individual must spend gathering many resources for one program. 4. Expand on existing and new relationships with cultural partners for a more dynamic, sustained whole-child education community. 5. Generate measurable benchmarks to assess progress and evaluate needs within each school and across the Syracuse City School District.

Goals for Schools:
1. Create the ability to research and develop a calendar of arts-based experiences in all three levels of arts-based education - access, alignment, and integration (read more) - from which all students in the school benefit annually, along with support in lesson planning, professional development, and assessment.

2. Streamline the funding application process, limiting the pressure on faculty and administration so teachers can focus on curriculum.

3. Provide each child with a range of opportunities in all areas of the arts.

Goals for Cultural Organizations: 1. Strengthen the educational component of programming and serve greater numbers of schools and students, while developing a deeper connection with community through these programs.  2. Project budget and needs more effectively in serving the SCSD with quality programming.  3. Sustain relationships with schools with whom organizations are already involved in effective partnerships.

Goals for Funders:
1. Develop greater effectiveness for funding programs in schools. 

2. Provide a way to assess the impact of the dollars invested in any given school or cultural organization.