Resourcing Educationalists
cre8.ed resources educationalists through teacher INSET training and conferences. These can be booked and hosted directly by individual schools, school clusters, Local Authorities or Diocesan Education Boards.
You may benefit from this if you are
- A Headteacher
- Head of RE, RE co-ordinator, RE specialist teacher
- Head of Citizenship or Personal, Social and Health Education (PSHE), Citizenship or PSHE co-ordinator, Citizenship or PSHE specialist teacher
- Head of Arts, Arts co-ordinator, Arts specialist
- A teacher
- School governor
- Local Authorities RE, Citizenship or PSHE Adviser
- Director of Education
- Diocesan Education Adviser
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Inset Training
cre8.ed provides teacher workshops designed for primary and secondary specialists and non-specialists teaching RE, PSHE, Citizenship or the Arts.
The cre8.ed team of arts specialists in drama, dance, art and music can be booked to lead teacher workshops on a range of topics, tailored to primary, secondary or special needs.
For example, topics could include:
Me, the Nation, Our World (Citizenship)
After a brief introduction and warm-up session, teachers will consider ‘Me’ – the body and how it has different parts which have different functions and how they are all important. After a break, the focus moves on to how the body can be used as a symbol of a community, looking at relationships and the nation as a whole. The content can then be further developed to start to consider a global focus. The day ends with sharing of Work, evaluation and questions.
Questions (Religious Education)
In the Bible there are many different people who encountered Jesus, and what he said to them varied greatly. The workshops consider three different people’s encounters with Jesus. For early key stages teachers are given innovative ideas to explore with pupils how God includes all kinds of people in his family, including those who might feel that they don’t belong. For teachers of later Key Stages the focus is on setting priorities and the comparison of feelings and experiences today with those of biblical characters, demonstrating how the Bible is full of relevant stories about real people in real situations.
INSET workshop days are exciting opportunities for teachers to refresh and stretch their curriculum knowledge and professional skills in a relaxed and creative environment. The arts activities give many interactive ideas and approaches for dynamic cross-curricular work.
What teachers have said:
“Not just demonstrations and instruction but also exploration.”
“A reminder of existing skills and how these could be applied in new ways – a permission to think differently day.”
“I’d like to rethink our curriculum and weave creativity through it.”
Headteacher and Teacher Conferences
cre8.ed can provide ideas for themes and guidance on hosting a Headteacher and/or teacher conference, as well as speakers, professional artistic practitioners in art, dance, drama and/or music to lead practical demonstrations or workshops on Values Education, RE, Citizenship and PSHE.
Besides cre8.ed artists contributing their artistic and educational expertise as part of a conference hosted by someone else, cre8.ed can also provide a full day’s programme for conferences on Values Education and Religious Education.
Religious Education day conference
Suitable for teachers of all faiths and none, cre8.ed’s Religious Education conferences set out to demonstrate how the Bible is full of relevant stories about real people in real situations, full of meaning in the modern world.
An Example of a Primary Religious Education Conference
Hazel Rendle, QLS Adviser for Staffordshire, invited cre8.ed to provide a day conference called ‘Creativity in Religious Education’. This was led by Karen Underwood, cre8.ed Director, together with cre8.ed artists, Steve Stickley (drama), Ruth Clarke (dance) and James Underwood (music).
Karen opened the day with a talk on ‘Creativity in Religious Education’ followed by a team story-telling presentation. Delegates attended two out of the three workshops (drama, dance and music) throughout the remainder of the day. The overall creative theme was Parables and used The Good Samaritan, with an African base, as the starting point. Arts skills were introduced to the teachers, followed by an introduction to the biblical text. Creative approaches to teaching this in the classroom were then explored within each group.
“All three workshops were clearly much appreciated and people were only sorry that they were unable to do all of them. We usually set most store by what teachers say they have learned and what they will do as a result of the training; we were therefore very encouraged by the increased confidence in using creative ideas and the intention to build these into their school programmes.”
Hazel Rendle, QLS Adviser and Director of the Conference
Values Education day conference
cre8.ed offers a strategic conference for those responsible for curriculum development within schools. This would include LEA Advisers, Diocesan Advisers, Directors of Education, Headteachers, Governors, Heads of Department, Co-ordinators and teachers. The conference explores the ways in which ‘A Creative Approach to Values Education’ can impact the ethos and spiritual development of schools. The conference could be hosted by a local authority, or diocese, so that the schools for which they have responsibility might be able to engage in an active, challenging and creative event which will help them make a significant difference to this key aspect of the curriculum within their schools.
“The Values Education Conference led by cre8.ed provided an inspirational and captivating opportunity for Headteachers, teachers and Governors to explore value through the creative and expressive arts. A particular strength of the Conference was working with nationally recognised artists, musicians and dramatists.”
Dr Ruth Eade, Director of Education, Diocese of Exeter