Information for creative professionals
12 Jul 2010
Long-term relationships between creative professionals and schools lie at the heart of the Creative Partnerships process.
Creative professionals work as Creative Agents, helping to deliver the programme, or as creative practitioners working directly with students and teachers.
By working with creative professionals from many different disciplines, young people develop a variety of skills, knowledge and capabilities. Creative professionals have different expectations of young people and when these are set high, children rise to the challenge.
Creative professionals also benefit from working in schools. By being exposed to new voices and different views, and the creative teaching methods of many of the teachers, they are challenged and their personal creative practice is enriched.
A research report entitled ‘Youth voice in the work of Creative Partnerships’ highlights that an important factor in developing positive relationships has been the experience of teachers working closely with creative practitioners. They can model possibilities and encourage teachers to try out new methods of learning, and new ways of communicating and interacting with young people: ‘Sometimes they just give you that spark that you then go along with.’
To find out about opportunities for creative professionals within the Creative Partnerships programmes sign up to the Creative Partnerships e-bulletin or contact your local Creative Partnerships delivery organisation.
Your work as a creative practitioner or agent is unique.
We invite you to play your part in this developing learning community. Connect with your peers, be supported and inspired by sharing your innovative approaches, ideas, insights and experiences of the Creative Partnerships programme.
We are committed to providing a variety of thematic, national networking and learning events and we have a real committment to investment in professional development of the Creative Partnerships workforce.
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