Community Arts Education Support
Community Arts Education Support
Shakespearean Youth Theatre's mission is to empower and challenge young people to engage with great works and create groundbreaking theater through education, performance, and ensemblebased collaboration.
Ardell Brede: Mayor of Rochester, elected 2002.; Peggy Burnet: Businesswoman, art collector, and community volunteer. Chair of the Nominating Committee, Smithsonian National Board. Trustee, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden.; Uri Camarena: Business consultant, Metropolitan Economic Development Association. Board chair, Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Michael Charron: Dean of the School of the Arts, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Vice Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Sean Dowse: Mayor of Red Wing, elected 2016. Former executive director, Sheldon Theatre. Board member for Minnesota Citizens for the Arts. Chair, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Philip McKenzie, Oboe and English horn player; adjunct oboe faculty, NDSU. Secretary/Treasurer, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Mary McReynolds-Pellinen: Executive director, Lyric Center for the Arts; coordinator, First Stage Gallery. Officer at-large, Minnesota State Arts Board.; Thomas Moss: Consultant to nonprofits and government agencies.; Dobson West: Senior advisor, Spell Capital Partners Fund.; Christina Widdess: Arts organization consultant; former managing director, Penumbra Theatre.
Susan Berdahl: Marketing and grant writing contractor; Carolyn Borgen: Nonprofit consultant; Amanda Cross: Education coordinator, Kaddatz Galleries; David Dobbs: Multidisciplinary visual artist; education director, Macrostie Art Centr; Concha Fernandez Del Rey: Assistant principal, Mississippi Creative Arts School; Lauren Hildebrand: Arts and education consultant; cofounder of Trollwood Performing Arts School; Jere Lantz: President/CEO and artistic director, Rochester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale; Jonathan Lewis: Executive director, Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra; percussionist; Carla McGrath: Executive director, Highpoint Center for Printmaking
ACHF Arts Education
SYT develops staff roles to continue offering high-quality arts programming to an expanding student base. Staff will review qualitative/quantitative data gathered from student rubrics, parent evaluations, and community roundtables to assess areas of success and challenges meeting community needs with program development. Outcomes will inform future offerings. 2: Alternatively schooled teens connect with SYT and each other to develop performance skills, personal connections with Shakespeare, and confidence. SYT will provide rubric-based metrics on the students' evaluation of the quality of their learning experience with the goal of improvement year-to-year. We also seek to increase the number of students participating in our programing by 10% per annum.
SYT staff developed flexible programming in response to Covid-19, serving our existing student base and engaging new students. Staff utilized student and parent interviews to develop new programs to meet our community's unique needs during Covid-19. Student retention rates of 90%+ indicate success. 2: Alternatively schooled teens connected with SYT and each other to develop performance skills, personal connections with Shakespeare, and confidence. Due to the exceptional nature of 2020, SYT used 30-25 minute individual student interviews to collect student feedback. New student registrations increased by 25% over 2019.