ACTION RESEARCH TEAM SCHOOL VISITS TERM 3 2012

AIMS & OBJECTIVES

Obtain an overview of curriculum from 7-12

Use of ICT in Art

Physical Layout of rooms

Gallery Space

Class Sizes/Subjects offered

ART

School Visit: Strathcona Baptist Girls Grammar, Kew Strathcona is a medium sized girls’ school with three separate campuses in Melbourne’s inner East catering for girls and boys in ELC and girls from Prep to Year 12. • Mobile MacBook Pro computer pod for the arts • Center gallery space for student work • Classrooms dedicated to subjects

Gallery

Art Classroom Laptop Apple Macs

Swinburne Senior Secondary

Swinburne Senior Secondary College is a government secondary college which caters for students in their senior years of secondary education. They offer VCE, VET, VCAL and SBA courses.

Gallery space outside of art

classrooms

Outside displays, art incorporated into the school grounds

Online gallery

OBSERVATIONS

Strathcona • Curriculum- rigid but rigorous, negotiated only by student

outcomes, driven entirely by art staff • Cross marking occurs at all year levels and staff are allocated

time to do this. • Subject offerings are similar to ours with the exception of

textiles, class sizes are similar. • Facilities were fabulous set around a gallery space, rooms were

specific use only • ICT- Apple macs and apple macbook pro are available for the

girls to use throughout the art wing. Staff attend PD on ICT and are allocated time for inservicing.

OBSERVATIONS

Swinburne Curriculum- Staff teach individual courses within a VCAA directive with a

heavy focus on collegiate sharing. Every Arts, Visual and Performing is offered. Class sizes are not an issue.

Cross marking occurs for every subject, time allocated.

Facilities were amazing, supported by government grants, all rooms were specific use only.

Design labs filled with macs, laptop program supports other subjects.

Gallery space was massive- allocated gallery within the school and every remaining surface visible covered in art indoor and outdoor.

Digital gallery space on website

Immediate Impact Ideas

Gallery space-identify areas within the school that we are able to display work, including teacher offices

Continue work on online gallery Continue work on Senior School Exhibition Engage students in Art competitions

Medium to Long Term Goals

Cross marking Team teaching Dedicated art rooms Gallery Space Art Tours/Camps