Strategic Framework

2023 – 2026

ABC Institute Strategic Framework

We believe every student in South Carolina deserves access to arts-rich educational opportunities as a fundamental part of their learning experience. Our Strategic Framework guides our commitment to integrating the arts into education, empowering students, and enriching communities.

Vision

The arts are valued as fundamental to every student’s development.

Mission

We strive to ensure students in South Carolina have access to arts-rich educational opportunities as a core component of curriculum.

Values

Accessibility

Every student has a right to the arts.

We believe every person and community has the right to quality arts education, regardless of identity, situation, or circumstance. We are committed to ensuring equitable access by intentionally addressing the unique needs of students, educators, schools, and districts.

Student-Centered

Students deserve an educational experience that is engaging and empowering.

We prioritize creating and supporting environments where student ideas are central and have influence on professional practices, empowering students to engage authentically in their learning.

Community

Expertise is held within a community.

We prioritize mutual partnerships as essential to every aspect of our work, and we recognize transparency and accountability as cornerstones of trusting relationships. Our collaboration within a community is guided by principles of sincerity, respect, and courage.

Inquiry & Innovation

Excellence is achieved through continual reflection and growth.

We challenge ourselves to continually reflect on our own practices as well as seek out and elevate differing perspectives and ideas. We measure our success through support for exemplary, arts-rich learning environments and practices. Our growth allows us to expand access to opportunities for learning in and through the arts that are responsive to and reflective of the many, diverse communities we serve.

Programmatic Areas

ABC Certified Schools

Supports and serves ABC Certified Schools with resources and programs that provide ongoing guidance; collaborates with SC School District leadership to support schools seeking or maintaining certification; guides development of process and approaches that support arts-rich learning environments as required for school certification; celebrates and promotes practices from ABC Certified schools to the education community as a whole.

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Leadership Development

Provides training for current and emerging leaders in education, including administration; develops tools and resources generated from research involving exemplary curriculum, educators, schools, and districts; provides opportunities for sharing best practices and raising awareness about model ABC programs across all levels of the profession.

Curriculum Support

Assists in developing new and sharing existing strategies, resources, and curricula to support standards-based, arts-rich education, including arts, arts-based, and arts integrated learning in the classroom; promotes the inclusion of the arts as a core component of the basic curriculum.