All CLC participants are required to develop and deliver a small ‘experiment’ focused on advancing arts and cultural education in their school or community, and then to make a short presentation at the final session in June 2020. The experiment is about putting CLC learning into practice, and should also support each participant’s school needs, personal professional development plans and performance management goals. We will use the first CPD session to help participants plan for this aspect of the programme.
We know that CLC participants will come to the programme with different interests and ambitions and from a variety of school contexts. Accordingly, there is flexibility in what experiments can be and how they might be structured. Some examples:
- Establish and present (at the school) a proposal for a Governor position focused on arts and culture…or even take the next step and make it happen, an achievement that could then be packaged for replication/networking in the A New Direction Advocates programme
- Work with SLT, PTA and school council to develop and convene a mini-conference about the value of arts and culture in education; open this to the whole school, and the whole community
- Create a local arts/culture resource guide and present it in an INSET or staff meeting. Or, if such a guide already exists, develop a plan to distribute and discuss it more widely within your school and community
- Develop a short research/position paper on a critical issue of interest, which could form the basis of a future project or area of advocacy
- Lead the school through the Artsmark Award, keeping a diary or chronicle of key steps and activities; what’s worked, what hasn’t, lessons learned
Support for Experiments
We will offer four twilight surgeries throughout the programme to support participants to develop and present their experiments. These surgeries are optional, but highly recommended! Surgeries will take place immediately after each half day CPD session (see Practical Information, below).
