Published Articles and Reports

Leadership and Professional Development

Mid-Career Professional Development: Long Term Asset or Short Term Liability (2008)

http://aad.uoregon.edu/culturework/culturework40.html

No Longer Emerging and Not Ready to Retire: A Look at Mid-Career Arts Managers (2008) http://culturework.uoregon.edu

Listening to the Next Generation: Finding New Ways to Lead the Arts and Culture Field (2007)

A Keynote Address given October 19, 2007 at LitTAP's Facing Pages Conference, Minnowbrook Conference Center. /Documents/Listening to the Next Generation.pdf

An Interview with Christine Leahy at NYSCA about Leadership Transitions (2007)

http://www.littap.org/events/facing_pages_2007/Saunders_Interview.doc

Bridging the Generation Gap in Arts and Culture Leadership: Taking the First Steps (2007)

http://aad.uoregon.edu/culturework/culturework36.html

Boomers, XY’s and the Making of a Generational Shift in Arts Management (2006)
http://aad.uoregon.edu/culturework/culturework35a.html

Arts Education

San Diego Unified School District Board of Education

Visual and Performing Arts Tiger Team Report:

Understanding the District’s arts education ecosystem to enable better decision-making on matters of policy and budget

http://tinyurl.com/SDUSDVAPATigerTeam

Arts Education Leadership: The Story of the Reluctant Leader,or How I Led a Small Group of Citizens to a 4-1 School Board Victory (2009)

The Reluctant Leader.pdf

An Interview with the California Alliance for Arts Education (2009)

The CAAE spoke with Victoria J. Saunders to find out what worked and how the group organized their appeal to the San Diego Unified School Board to keep the Visual and Performing Arts Department in San Diego City Schools.

California Alliance for Arts Education Interview

The City of San Jose Office of Cultural Affairs

Arts Education Programs: Research, Assessment and Recommendations (2007) /Documents/San Jose OCA Arts Education Assessment.pdf

Victoria Plettner-Saunders, Consultant & Coach

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