Openness, Collaboration, Creativity

Learning to Succeed Together

- Faculty Ethos

Art, Media and Technology Faculty Strategic Integration and Development Plan

Learning to Succeed Together

Openness to develop and share strengths of each department enhancing good practice

-Faculty Vision

Cross-Curricular Planning, Monitoring and Development

To be developed with staff

Learning to Succeed Together

First Steps to Leading and Developing an Outstanding Art, Media And Technology Faculty

Step 1

· Audit of quality of the skills and strengths of each department and teachers· Audit and analyse student opinion of the Teaching and Learning within The Faculty through subject reviews· To assess where strengths lie and can be shared within the faculty environment

Step 2

· Look at aspects of curriculum where each department can support each other through transferable skills, resources and consistency. Colour theory. Development not Repetition· Look to create new opportunities for collaboration and sharing of good practice and strengths of each department within the faculty environment

Step 3

· To collaborate with other Faculty Heads to ensure development of teaching and learning across the curriculum · To participate in development of whole school strategies in order to support an emerging Faculty vision

Learning to Succeed Together

Steps that would enable...

Examples of Outcomes on the Quality of Teaching and Learning:

· Continued use of enthusiastic teachers and their particular expertise ·· Contribution to the range of courses that the faculty supplies, e.g. Creative and Media Diploma level 3, AGCE·· Increased results A*-C across all subjects from 40% (Tech) 49% (Art GCSE) 66% (Media GCSE) · Skills based mapping - scaffolding skills - KS3-KS5 S.O.W

Learning to Succeed Together

Working to strengths with Staff and Industry Insiders In and Out of Class

Visiting Artists

AGCE Creative and Media Diploma

· To capitalise on the contributions made to student engagement and achievement by independent, creative professionals · To recognise the talent and expertise of existing staff and enable them to help support and inspire students· To create a Faculty wide work related project

Extended Project

Identifying need across all students

Product Design Short Course GCSE

GNVQ Art

Work Related Project

Learning to Succeed Together

Raising student and subject profiles to set expectations and raise attainment

Use of Local Community to Promote School's Art StatusBurghley's Success

Learning to Succeed Together

Enhancing and developing opportunities for success through creative innovation and staff expertise

Learning to Succeed Together

Embedding practice within a Digital Environment

Active participation through stimulating interest and involvement through bridging the gap between students own experience of new media technologies and their experience of them in the classroom

-Faculty Ethos

The Art, Media and Technology Faculty application of Digital learning: · Challenging as well as collaborative home learning, supported by existing MLE

· Creating accountability through individual classrooms and homework tasks

· Use of Technology to Make Learning 'Cool' Applying and creating content for the Digital Learning

Closing Comments...

Learning to Succeed Together

The Art, Media and Technology will be a model of excellance due to:

· Open door policy, listening and good communication skills· Use of existing school meeting structure to collaborate· Clear vision embedded in whole school priorities· Caplitalising upon all skills in the team (whole school)· Managed Learning Environments · Using resources and facilities in place to showcase achievement and success of The Faculty

Openness, Collaboration, Creativity