Arts in Education is a priority of the Arts Development Programme to:
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Initiate projects involving unders 5's through to post 16 students;
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Offers advice to schools;
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Organises creative sessions for teachers;
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Works with cultural partners to develop initiatives.
What does the programme include?
The Arts on Education programme includes:
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one day workshops;
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performances;
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short residencies;
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annual events;
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public art works.
Teacher Training Sessions
We run a series of training sessions with teachers. These are all led by professionl artists for skills development for staff. In the past we have ran sessions:
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In drama, dance, craft and trextiles linked to the Shipley Gallery's collectcion;
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Linked to outdoor venues in Gateshead. Drawing at Path Head Water Mill, sculpture at Bill Quay Farm, drama at Saltwell Park and puppet making at Thornley Woodlands Centre;
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In Mosaics for Early Years practitioners.
Cultural and Creativity Ambassadors ( CCAs )
In 2003 we created a network of Cultural and Creativity Ambassador teachers ( CCAs ) in Gateshead schools and Early Years settings to share good practice, information, develop skills and plan joint initiatives.
The nominated Ambassador teachers receive information from cultural organisations via the Council’s Arts Development team. The information is relayed via the post, email and a weblog which is hosted by Gateshead Grid for Learning. To date we have 93% of Gateshead schools taking part in the scheme and 91 cultural organisations feeding information to them.