How We Created a Vision:
PROCESS FOR CREATING THE VISION
To create a vision for the future of education in Utah, a team of experts gathered over a two-year period to share knowledge and extensively research and discuss options for improving education. Members of the Education Action Team were selected by Governor Gary Herbert and Envision Utah to represent a spectrum of professional experience and political persuasions. Team members included educators, legislators, administrators, and other experts from across the state. From 2013 to 2015, the action team met to identify Utahns’ choices related to education, create scenarios for public input, and synthesize a vision for the future. The process of creating this vision also included the following components:
The action team used this information to create four different scenarios for the future of education in Utah. The four scenarios differed in the amount of investment, types of strategies, and levels of educational success achieved by Utahns in 2050. These scenarios were presented to the public in the Your Utah, Your Future survey in spring 2015, and 52,845 Utahns weighed in.
After receiving public input on the four education scenarios, the action team met to frame a vision, including goals and strategies, to achieve what Utahns said they wanted for education in 2050.
Education Action Team
Cochairs
Martin Bates
Bonnie Jean Beesley
Members
- Joel Briscoe
Utah House of Representatives - Dave Buhler
Commissioner, Utah System of Higher Education - Keith Buswell
Utah Board of Regents - Gary Carlston
President, Snow College - Joel Coleman
Supt., Utah Schools for the Deaf & the Blind - Elizabeth Garbe
United Way - Alan Hall
MarketStar - Jeff Hatch
Envision Utah Board - Marlin Jensen
Utah Board of Regents - Justin Jones
Salt Lake Chamber - Nolan Karras
Education First - Rich Kendell
Education First - Steve Kroes
President, Utah Foundation - Martell Menlove
Former State Superintendent of Public Instruction - Sen. Ann Millner
Utah Senate - Tami Pyfer
Governor’s Education Advisor - Rep. Angela Romero
Utah House of Representatives - Jana Scott
Prosperity 2020/SLC Chamber - Brad Smith
State Superintendent of Public Instruction - Lucille Stoddard
Utah Valley University - Richard Stowell
Executive Director, Utah School Boards Assoc. - Steve Winitsky
Utah International Charter School - McKell Withers
Superintendent, Salt Lake City School District