Birmingham City University Masters in Teaching and Learning for teachers of arts subjects. What s Your Problem.

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1 Birmingham City University Masters in Teaching and Learning for teachers of arts subjects What s Your Problem.

2 .In Arts Education? Birmingham City University Masters in Teaching and Learning for teachers of arts subjects

3 Whatever it is, it can be addressed through accredited action research enquiry:- Birmingham City University Masters in Teaching and Learning for teachers of arts subjects

4 Whatever it is, it can be addressed through accredited action research enquiry:- What is action research enquiry and how can it improve my teaching and/or management? Birmingham City University Masters in Teaching and Learning for teachers of arts subjects

5 Changing Schools and the Need for Subject Specific CPD Research shows (Tribal Group, 2010) that professional development for teachers is the key driver of school improvement. Increasing the subject-expertise of the teaching workforce without placing a greater burden on funding and without taking teachers away from their students is a key tool in this. Flexible and tailored CPD opportunities that allow for teachers with differing levels of experience to grow in their roles is crucial. The new Masters in Teaching and Learning being offered at BCU enables this to happen. Subject expertise is crucial to school improvement and pupil attainment. Research shows that it is best achieved not through attendance at courses, but through an ongoing and sustained relationship with professional learning. The new Masters in Teaching and Learning being offered at BCU enables teachers of arts subjects to develop their subject specific expertise through its action research and cyclical learning model.

6 Changing Schools and the Need for Subject Specific CPD The Masters in Teaching and Learning will enable teachers of arts subjects, in partnership with academic staff at BCU, to tailor action research directed specifically at the needs of the teacher and their institution. The theoretical underpinnings of learning through subject specific materials will be used to inform action research that will directly improve practice in the school, and through this, the outcomes for pupils. This input is particularly timely when schools will be seeking justifications for their arts budgets. Arts subject teachers, middle leaders and senior leadership teams will be looking to robustly and rigorously justify their subjects using the language of school improvement for the 21 st Century. The new Masters in Teaching and Learning will enable arts subject staff at all levels of development to access this language and implement it directly into their classroom or departmental practice.

7 Stage1 60 credits Stage 2 60 credits Masters in Teaching & Learning (MTL) School/college/practice-based Introductory modules: Reflecting on professional practice Developing professional enquiry skills Enquiry modules: Teaching and learning, personalisation and assessment for learning Subject knowledge and curriculum development Learner development and inclusion Leadership and management, working with others Stage 3 60 credits Professional Practice Enquiry Dissertation MA Education University-based, practice-linked or Stage 2 modules Taught modules: Current issues in education Change management in education Management and leadership in education Managing educational improvement Coaching and mentoring in education Flexible modules: Research in Professional Practice Enhancing Professional Practice

8 MTL process Self evaluation Teacher Appraisal Professional development Action and collaboration Improvement planning MTL can be closely linked to personal, departmental and institutional development priorities.

9 What is Practice Based Enquiry? Let s work through some potential practice based enquiries:- Teacher Appraisal Identify two things:- 1) Something that you or others think is very successful in your practice. Write it on a post-it note. Say why this aspect of your practice is regarded as successful. 2) Something that you or others think is problematic or unresolved in your practice. Write it on a postcard. Improvement Planning Choose one of the above to discuss with the group. Your discussion should focus on how you can improve on your current practice. Consider the following:- 1) What would be suitable data to provide evidence of current performance? 2) What indicators would you need to look for to provide evidence of improvement? 3) Decide what role the university would play in your improvement planning Action and Collaboration Consider the practice based enquiry that you would need to do to gather data and demonstrate indicators. List the following:- 1) What role would the university play in these actions? 2) What innovations could this lead to in your teaching/management? 3) How would you record the impact of these innovations? 4) How would you share your findings? Professional Development What would be the next stage in your professional development?

10 What is Practice Based Enquiry? Let s work through some potential practice based enquiries:- Teacher Appraisal Identify two things:- 1) Something that you or others think is very successful in your practice. Write it on a post-it note. Say why this aspect of your practice is regarded as successful. 2) Something that you or others think is problematic or unresolved in your practice. Write it on a postcard. Improvement Planning Choose one of the above to discuss with the group. Your discussion should focus on how you can improve on your current practice. Consider the following:- 1) What would be suitable data to provide evidence of current performance? 2) What indicators would you need to look for to provide evidence of improvement? 3) Decide what role the university would play in your improvement planning Action and Collaboration Consider the practice based enquiry that you would need to do to gather data and demonstrate indicators. List the following:- 1) What role would the university play in these actions? 2) What innovations could this lead to in your teaching/management? 3) How would you record the impact of these innovations? 4) How would you share your findings? Professional Development What would be the next stage in your professional development?

11 For more details contact:- Peter Carr Phil Taylor Ian Axtell Karen Teasdale Birmingham City University Masters in Teaching and Learning For arts subjects teachers