Moving Towards A Joined Up Future

Vinnie’s Video “ Its me? Its me! It’s ME. Its me.”

Daniel’s Digging Dance “ And then he buried my bone, La La La (digging with stick)… and it was soooo deep (twirling) La La La, I could never find it again…. What a naughty dog.”

Meet Tamariki

Meet Tamariki

Ask Tamariki… What advice would you give to help us do our job better, in order to meet your needs?

What advice would you give to help us do our job better,

in order to meet your needs?

Shelley and Sue

Wheel of Life – Earlyarts Research

Wheel of Life – Earlyarts Research

Why Research? intersections between creative practice and early years better map of current provision across England how much is influenced or driven by funding / policy priorities how much is underpinned by strong pedagogical or theoretical approaches what potential exists for more effective partnerships aspirations for, and constraints upon, meeting young children's learning needs through creative approaches extent and type of CPD support required in the future

intersections between creative practice and early years

better map of current provision across England

how much is influenced or driven by funding / policy priorities

how much is underpinned by strong pedagogical or theoretical approaches

what potential exists for more effective partnerships

aspirations for, and constraints upon, meeting young children's learning needs through creative approaches

extent and type of CPD support required in the future

Shape of the Sectors

Motivations for creative practice in early years

Practice based Influences

Strategic Influences

Obstacles & Challenges

Aspirations

Princess or Butterfly?

Frameworks and Networks

Frameworks and Networks

Frameworks and Networks Professional Development raise awareness of pedagogies, appropriate skills, embedding creative cultures. Knowledge Networking build a cross-sectoral dialogue, share ideas & inspiration. Research and Evaluation theory closer to practice, impacts and features of creative learning, rigorous evidence base, national / international research to develop practice. Advocacy key messages about positive impacts of creativity expressed at the highest levels, direct impact on Children’s Services delivery. Brokerage integrated working to meet needs, depth of understandings from diff perspectives, higher quality, breadth and depth of practice across the field.

Professional Development raise awareness of pedagogies, appropriate skills, embedding creative cultures.

Knowledge Networking build a cross-sectoral dialogue, share ideas & inspiration.

Research and Evaluation theory closer to practice, impacts and features of creative learning, rigorous evidence base, national / international research to develop practice.

Advocacy key messages about positive impacts of creativity expressed at the highest levels, direct impact on Children’s Services delivery.

Brokerage integrated working to meet needs, depth of understandings from diff perspectives, higher quality, breadth and depth of practice across the field.

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Tamariki Reflects Back

Tamariki Reflects Back

Ask Tamariki… Will we be able to meet your needs better through these bridges? If not, what’s still missing?

Will we be able to meet your needs better through these bridges?

If not, what’s still missing?

Bradley’s Fire Brigade “ Yeh, bring the big hose and hurry up or I’m dead” “ Its OK, I put it out now”

Many ideas grow better when transported into another mind than in the one where they first sprang up. Oliver Wendell Holmes

Sunny Side of the Moon

Sunny Side of the Moon

Earlyarts Principles Children are human beings and good people to be with. Adults can be great partners in children’s play. An active learning environment is one that promotes an ongoing researchfulness, playfulness and happiness. Creative processes and environments have an important role to play in nurturing crucial learning dispositions. Arts and Cultural forms provide a fundamental pathway to expressing and defining our cultures and identities. Artists or creative professionals can bring different skills, and perspectives to support children’s own stories. Children and adults all have lots of creative potential.

Children are human beings and good people to be with.

Adults can be great partners in children’s play.

An active learning environment is one that promotes an ongoing researchfulness, playfulness and happiness.

Creative processes and environments have an important role to play in nurturing crucial learning dispositions.

Arts and Cultural forms provide a fundamental pathway to expressing and defining our cultures and identities.

Artists or creative professionals can bring different skills, and perspectives to support children’s own stories.

Children and adults all have lots of creative potential.

Sense of confidence and connectedness. Secure critical friends for testing ideas. External Advocates & Ambassadors. Multi-agency dialogues & languages. Increased critical awareness of pedagogy. Stronger, more comparable evidence base. Develops creative skills & changes practice. Networked Learning Community

Sense of confidence and connectedness.

Secure critical friends for testing ideas.

External Advocates & Ambassadors.

Multi-agency dialogues & languages.

Increased critical awareness of pedagogy.

Stronger, more comparable evidence base.

Develops creative skills & changes practice.

National Network Model

Model under the Microscope Professional Development Knowledge Management North West Region Creative Futures earlyarts Regional Co-ord CPs Children First Forum NW Mus Hub Lancs EYs network AiS BBR Cheshire RTN EYPS networks CAPE UK ALC Regional Stakeholder National Stakeholder International Stakeholder Artists Database Brief Builder Resource Bank Book Reviews Confs & Seminars Int Exchange Consul-tancy Regional Ebulletin Earlyarts Sharing Knowledge & Learning

Three Levels of Engagement with Earlyarts Promote Earlyarts as key CPD route for funded clients Champion Earlyarts and connect us into wider partnerships Promote Earlyarts services through national events and newsletters Run quarterly Professional Development Days with Earlyarts support Invite own clients / members / partners constituents to subscribe to Earlyarts Liaison with Earlyarts on synchronising CPD with own programme Purchase subscription at relevant level for their turnover Submit content for case studies Maintain own profile on database In return for this: National Partner Regional Partner Earlyarts Member

Promote Earlyarts as key CPD route for funded clients

Champion Earlyarts and connect us into wider partnerships

Promote Earlyarts services through national events and newsletters

Run quarterly Professional Development Days with Earlyarts support

Invite own clients / members / partners constituents to subscribe to Earlyarts

Liaison with Earlyarts on synchronising CPD with own programme

Purchase subscription at relevant level for their turnover

Submit content for case studies

Maintain own profile on database

Access to huge distribution network for dissemination of national initiatives and consultations. Substantial body for measuring workforce and policy issues Adds value to your funded projects by increasing skills, connectivity and sustainability, and reduces further competition for public funding Access to Earlyarts research for shaping policy & workforce development Regional offices still able to subscribe and receive benefits of membership RSS feed to promote own creative / cultural family initiatives on Earlyarts newsletter FREE subscription with all benefits of regular membership (on left) Lead role influencing shape of workforce & connecting key players across sectors Increased quality in regional practice Access to national distribution network for exposure of own projects & research Local ownership of CPD hubs & association with quality network Optional support service by Earlyarts for your artists database Increased resources for own projects CPD, subscriptions and artists database process managed by Earlyarts – no admin Adds value to your funded projects 6 Regional E-bulletins 4 Professional Development Days in region National research & evidence base Managed Artists Database Brief Builder Project Planner International Exchange Reduced price advertising National seminars & conferences Bookshop / current reviews National PR & advocacy for key issues on your behalf Connect into national network to inspire / be inspired Increased critical awareness of pedagogy, current research & policy. We give you this:

Access to huge distribution network for dissemination of national initiatives and consultations.

Substantial body for measuring workforce and policy issues

Adds value to your funded projects by increasing skills, connectivity and sustainability, and reduces further competition for public funding

Access to Earlyarts research for shaping policy & workforce development

Regional offices still able to subscribe and receive benefits of membership

RSS feed to promote own creative / cultural family initiatives on Earlyarts newsletter

FREE subscription with all benefits of regular membership (on left)

Lead role influencing shape of workforce & connecting key players across sectors

Increased quality in regional practice

Access to national distribution network for exposure of own projects & research

Local ownership of CPD hubs & association with quality network

Optional support service by Earlyarts for your artists database

Increased resources for own projects

CPD, subscriptions and artists database process managed by Earlyarts – no admin

Adds value to your funded projects

6 Regional E-bulletins

4 Professional Development Days in region

National research & evidence base

Managed Artists Database

Brief Builder Project Planner

International Exchange

Reduced price advertising

National seminars & conferences

Bookshop / current reviews

National PR & advocacy for key issues on your behalf

Connect into national network to inspire / be inspired

Increased critical awareness of pedagogy, current research & policy.

Values based approach crosses boundaries of age group, art form, sector, policy objective Stronger connectivity between grass roots practice / research & national policy Shared ownership, learning & thinking; stronger impact Enterprising use of online publishing / social networking tools, high value for low cost, flexible & expandable Established track record across multiple sectors Makes sense of different agendas to meet children’s needs Lifts data collation / IT burdens and releases regional agencies to do what they do best Quality assurance for artists and creative practitioners Benefits and Impacts

Values based approach crosses boundaries of age group, art form, sector, policy objective

Stronger connectivity between grass roots practice / research & national policy

Shared ownership, learning & thinking; stronger impact

Enterprising use of online publishing / social networking tools, high value for low cost, flexible & expandable

Established track record across multiple sectors

Makes sense of different agendas to meet children’s needs

Lifts data collation / IT burdens and releases regional agencies to do what they do best

Quality assurance for artists and creative practitioners

Future Perfect

Future Perfect

Tamariki Reflects Back

Tamariki Reflects Back

Ask Tamariki… How would you feel if this model was achieved? Would it fulfil your earlier advice? What would be the most important thing to start work on?

How would you feel if this model was achieved?

Would it fulfil your earlier advice?

What would be the most important thing to start work on?

Lucy’s Bean Blanket

“ You have to shake them to see if they’re still there” “ Look they’re still there!” “ They’re going to bed now because they’re tired”

The only real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes Marcel Proust

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