e-INVITE to SHINE

INVITATION 10 October 2011: Shine – an event to launch of new training methodologies and materials and a series of showcases by our trainees Venue: Interchange Studios, Hampstead Town Hall Centre 213 Haverstock Hill, London NW3 4QP, United Kingdom – phone 020 7692 5800 Time: 3:45pm to 5:45pm – speeches at 5:00 pm

We hope that you will be able to join us for the launch for two important new resources targeted at practitioners and organisations using creative approaches to delivering informal learning. Our two programme dovetail together to give arts organisations a quality assurance framework and learning outcomes that can be validated and which are especially suited to re­engage disaffected and disengaged young people. You will see a summary of these programmes below.

Why is this important? There are new opportunities opening up for the delivery of education and learning. However, community arts and cultural enterprise agency’s are not necessary convincing commissioners that the opportunities they provide can deliver validated outputs or that the work get disaffected learners back into meaningful work. So these toolkits and our research findings aim to support the sector in making the case to open up, or safeguard, contracts and funding for using creative approaches to reengage young people.

Please RSVP and come and join us to see what we have learned and network with other practitioners and commissioners keen to ensure the best possible learning options for young people. You will also see showcases by our recent trainees.

Yours sincerely

Manoj Ambasna Parkes CEO Collage Arts PS

Celia Greenwood

Rick

CEO WAC Performing Arts and Media College Rinova Limited

We will be serving tea and light refreshments

RSVP to duncan@sones or 020 3062 4726

Summary of the toolkits Toolkit for Trainers: Transferable Skills in the Creative and Cultural Industries This toolkit identifies a series of transferable skills which are acquired through involvement in creative and cultural activities. It provides a methodology that can be incorporated and evaluated in both non­formal learning situations and more formal educational and vocational setting resulting in qualifications for programme participants. This work was funding through the LSIS programme.

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Creative practice currently music performance and music business; music technology and sound engineering; video and digital design; drama; and dance

The tool kit guides learners through ten themed areas of transferable skills and competencies which are delivered embedded into the development of the young people’s practice:

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1: Communication skills – verbal, non­verbal and written

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5: Personal skills – image, leadership, flexibility, dealing with obstacles, time management and goal setting

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6: Information skills – researching and managing information

2: Application of number – working with numbers and managing finances 3: Technology – hardware, software and social media 4: Interpersonal skills (Working with others) – team work, maintaining relations, adapting/ receiving feedback, coaching others and negotiating

7: Creative thinking skills ­ creativity, decision making, problem solving and forecasting 8: Organisational skills – planning, managing and setting priorities 9: Business skills – business awareness and entrepreneurship 10: Improving own learning and performance – self­assessment, independent learning and on­going professional development

The toolkit also spells out how to assess the progress being made by the learner.

Euro Aspire The ASPIRE trainers framework provides a way to recognise and validate the experience, knowledge and skills of practice­based workers or trainers. It is designed for those who lead, train, teach, mentor, coach and support young people at work, in the community, as part of recreational activity or in any other social non­formal situation.

ASPIRE has specifically focused on performing arts, media production, visual arts and design in a way which has provided a bridge from social exclusion to inclusion in new learning opportunities and/or livelihoods in the creative and cultural industries.

In order to use the framework, each trainer will need to demonstrate experience, knowledge and skills in three areas:

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Creative practice currently music, drama, dance literature, visual arts, design, or media but this can be customised to any area of practice

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Social engagement including personal and interpersonal awareness, managing self and interactions in a range of social settings

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Facilitation of learning including transfer of practice, person­centred learning strategies.

The recognition and validation of trainers in the sector is important because of the worker profile. Trainers working in the sector are often developed within the sector. Many only have practice­based qualifications or significant professional experience before joining the sector as trainers. Some trainers are completely 'home­ grown', starting as participants and crossing­over to become trainers.

The ASPIRE framework has been developed by a partnership of practice­based organisations working in this field in Europe and is linked to the European Qualification Framework at 3 useful levels. Where appropriate the UK materials are linked to the national occupational. The standards or benchmarks for three roles have been developed and presented. These are: • Trainee, Competent trainer and Proficient trainer Euro ASPIRE will be sharing: • research studies into the characteristics of learning and training programmes in the creative/cultural

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sector which motivate learners who are excluded or disinterested in formal learning pathways methodologies for creating pathways from informal and non­formal learning to accredited and formal learning the common competencies identified for trainers/ workshop leaders the validation methodologies identified for use with creative industry employers.

Fit between the two frameworks The areas highlighted in orange shows the current fit between the two frameworks in the current pilot.

Performing arts Euro ASPIRE Trainer Framework Transferable Skills in the Creative and Cultural Industries Framework

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Drama

Dance

Music performanc e and music business

Drama

Dance

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Visual art and design Visual Design arts

Media

Digital design

Video

Media

Sound engineerin g

Music technology

However the Transferable Skills in the Creative and Cultural Industries Framework can be customised to support additional areas of practice – including practice outside of the cultural and creative sector.