upcoming Zoom CPD
AccessArt is committed to helping educators and artists develop their passion for teaching art, and to better understand the AccessArt approach.
We do this through:
– A programme of Zoom sessions (below). The majority of our Zoom CPD sessions are offered free of charge to AccessArt members, whilst our collaborative CPD is offered at a reduced price for AccessArt members.
– Our evolving library of recorded sessions, available for AccessArt members to access.
– Our in-person sessions at our studio in Cambridgeshire. Our in-person sessions at the AccessArt Lab provide an opportunity for participants to help test and create content for the AccessArt website, and at the same time to inspire new ways of thinking about visual arts pedagogy.
– The AccessArt Artist Educator Network
In The Studio: Sketchbook Share
Thursday 25th September
4.00 pm – 4.45 pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members
Aimed at: Classroom Teachers, Art Leads, SLT, and Artist Educators
We are pleased to announce that AccessArt will be running another Zoom Sketchbook Share session designed to help teachers from all key stages be inspired by everything sketchbooks! Come along and see how you can use sketchbooks as a creative tool with learners.
If you have sketchbooks you would like to share (either because you are proud of them and would like to see them celebrated, or because you have an issue you would like to troubleshoot and receive feedback about), then please get in touch.
This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members a few days after the event.
In the Studio: The AccessArt Treehouse Challenge
Thursday 16th October
4.00 pm – 4.30 pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members
Aimed at: Home Educators, Educators working within vulnerable settings such as CAHMS, ESBA, Hospitals, Neuroinclusive Spaces, Nurture Groups, Care Homes, Youth Offender Institutions, Extracurricular Providers such as Galleries, Museums and Community Clubs, Teachers and Artist Educators
Join us for the launch of an AccessArt Treehouse Challenge! We recognise that mainstream education doesn’t work for every learner and that art can play a huge role in helping young people access education in a way that works for them. The AccessArt Treehouse Challenges aim to inspire learners, helping to find a creative way of working that enables and excites them.
In this practical In The Studio session, we will demonstrate a simple collage and typography challenge, aimed at encouraging learners to think creatively about shape, image and lettering. This challenge is aimed at learners aged 10 and upwards; however, with additional support could be used with younger learners.
This session will be recorded and available to AccessArt Members a few days after the event.
Panel Event: The Cultural Learning Alliance Capabilities Framework
Monday 20th October
4.00 pm – 5.00 pm (Via Zoom)
Free for AccessArt Members and Non-Members
Aimed at: Classroom Teachers, Art Leads, SLT, Artist Educators, and Policy Makers
Join us for a panel discussion with the Cultural Learning Alliance, an organisation leading in arts and cultural educational news, insight, and opinion, and the collective cross-arts agenda for arts and cultural learning policy change. In this discussion, we will talk about the formation and development of The Arts Capability Framework: a series of key pillars that represent the kinds of capabilities/qualities that expressive arts subjects and experiences provide.
Full details to follow.
This event will be recorded and available to members on the AccessArt website a few days after the event.
Top Tips and Resources to Help New Art Leads in Primary School
Wednesday 22nd October
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers
Aimed at: Art Leads, KS1/2 Classroom Teachers, SLT
What does a new Art Lead need to know, and how can you organise your planning to ensure a rich and varied art curriculum is delivered across your school?
Join us for a session with experts and key classroom practitioners giving you guidance, top tips, and support.
This session is run by Susan Coles, Education Consultant and visual art education champion, who will be joined by Mandy Barrett, Specialist Primary Arts Teacher working at Gomersal Primary School.
Please note that this session will not be recorded.
The Importance of the Sketchbook in the Primary Art, Craft and Design Curriculum
Wednesday 19th November
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers
Aimed at: KS1/2 Classroom Teachers, Art Leads, SLT
In this online session, you will learn the importance of developing the sketchbook habit in primary schools and understand the importance of the creative process in art, craft and design. This session will share examples from schools, AccessArt, and artists, and weave in some interesting art history references. Susan Coles (Art Consultant) and Mandy Barrett (Gomersal Primary School lead practitioner) will host this session.
Please have a sketchbook or paper and pencils nearby, so that we can do a quick practical warm-up activity.
Please note that this session will not be recorded.
How to Make Your Key Stage 3 Art, Craft and Design Curriculum Inclusive, Engaging and Successful for ALL Students
Thursday 4th December
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers
Aimed at: KS3/4 Classroom Teachers, SLT
How can we create a curriculum that is engaging and relevant to all learners in KS3?
How can this help to increase the number of learners who choose to take art as an option subject in KS4?
In this session run by Susan Coles, we will answer the above questions by exploring how skills and creativity can be taught together in Key Stage 3 to foster exploration, cultural diversity, critical analysis, and personal expression.
Please note that this session will not be recorded.
Equity in the Classroom/Where Have All the Boys Gone?
Saturday 6th December
10.00 am – 2.30 pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers
Aimed at: KS1/2/3/4 Classroom Teachers, Art Leads, SLT
The return of this popular and highly successful CPD run by Art Consultant Susan Coles will explore the issues we face in engaging boys in the Art Curriculum.
This session will support you to develop realistic and achievable strategies to make changes, identify your own CPD needs, and achieve the goal of getting boys back into art, craft and design.
Please note that this session will not be recorded.
Approaches to Drawing in the Primary Art Curriculum
Wednesday 14th January
5.00 pm – 6.30 pm (Via Zoom)
£35 Non-Members / £25 for AccessArt Members and Trainee Teachers
Aimed at: KS1/2 Classroom Teachers, Art Leads, SLT
“Drawing is an intellectual activity that should be embedded as a medium for learning across the curriculum”. – Eileen Adams
In this online session, Art Consultant Susan Coles will be joined by subject specialists to show how drawing can be used to enhance and broaden your Primary Curriculum, enabling the creative development in all learners.
Please note that this session will not be recorded.
Other Ways To Access CPD…
In-Person Sessions
CPD LIbrary
Collaborative Sessions
Artist Educator Network
