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Watch this Space 5, managed by engage, is a funded professional development programme for galleries, teachers and gallery educators, to enable them to gain first hand experience of each other’s work, in order to initiate, build and sustain relationships.

Watch this Space places teachers from non-visiting schools in galleries and early career gallery educators in schools.

Watch this Space 5 has a focus on: the new key Stage 3 curiculum; the Creative and Media diplomas; cross curricular working and citizenship.

Galleries wishing to host teachers click here.

Gallery educators wishing to undertake school placements click here.

APPLICATION DEADLINE 15 MAY 2008

Background

Teacher Placement Scheme
Galleries are funded to host up to three teachers from non-visiting schools on placement for four days. By getting to know the gallery, its education programme and the opportunities for partnership working, the teachers and galleries are supported to organise student visits and build long term relationships. Gallery hosts attend planning sessions organised by engage.
Teachers receive 6 days cover payment to enable them to attend 2 days training orgnaised by engage, spend time at the gallery, plan and carry out a student visit and develop project work.

Gallery Educator Placements
Gallery educators are funded for nine days. They arrange a three-day placement in schools which regularly use galleries to gain knowledge of the curriculum, teaching and learning methods and how gallery visits impact on classroom teaching. Gallery educators attend three days of training with engage and receive three additional days funding to complete project work related to the placement.

For more information email: watchthisspace@engage.org or call 0207 490 4690.

Case Studies

Gallery Educator Secondment case studies

• A gallery visit inspiring and supporting Key Stage 1 literacy.
  Gallery educator: Lindsey Milnes
• Weaving Minds: A Key Stage 3 art project developed in response to an exhibition of sculpture by Eva Rothschild.
  Gallery educator: Natasha Morrison
• Teaching KS 3 maths through textiles and IT.
  Gallery educator: Sian Weston, London Printworks Studio
• Connecting the KS 4 and 5 curriculum objectives of a secondary school to the work of a contemporary arts venue – OVADA, Oxford
  Gallery educator: George Mogg

Teacher Placement/ Gallery Partnership case studies

• Building relationships with teachers and students from two secondary schools
  Eleanor Farrington, Education Coordinator, Serpentine Gallery
• Art Ambassadors: developing relationships with a primary teacher and secondary head of art at ProjectBase, Cornwall.
  Georgina Kennedy, Interaction Programmer, ProjectBase
• Building opportunities for extended and cross curricular learning with two secondary schools
  Alison Cleland, National Glass Centre
• Web resources devised by secondary school teachers on placement at the National Portrait Gallery.
  A Portrait of Today devised by Jen Somers, Notre Dame Secondary School
  A Self Portrait Commission devised by Johanna Omeshoto, Acland Burghly Secondary School

To read the full report of Watch this Space 4 click here.

Resources

Watch this Space, Galleries and schools in partnership will be published in April. It will be available, price £8.50, from engage. Contact jack.fortescue@engage.org to order a copy.

Watch this Space toolkit is available, price £7.50, from engage. Contact jack.fortescue@engage.org to order a copy. To download a pdf version click here.