1. Art, Media and Technology Faculty Strategic Integration and Development Plan
Openness, Collaboration, Creativity
- Faculty Ethos
To enhance Teaching and Learning
Learning to Succeed Together

2. Cross-Curricular Planning, Monitoring and Development
Openness to develop and share strengths of each department enhancing good
practice
-Faculty Vision
To be developed with staff
Learning to Succeed Together

3. First Steps to Leading and Developing an Outstanding Art, Media And Technology Faculty
Step 1
· Audit of quality of the skills and strengths of each department and teachers
· Audit and analyse student opinion of the Teaching and Learning within The Faculty
through subject reviews
· To assess where strengths lie and can be shared within the faculty environment
Step 2
· Look at aspects of curriculum where each department can support each other
through transferable skills, resources and consistency. Colour theory.
Development not Repetition
· Look to create new opportunities for collaboration and sharing of good practice
and strengths of each department within the faculty environment
Step 3
· To collaborate with other Faculty Heads to ensure development of
teaching and learning across the curriculum
· To participate in development of whole school strategies in order to
support an emerging Faculty vision
Learning to Succeed Together

4. Steps that would enable...
Examples of Outcomes on the Quality of Teaching and Learning:
· Continued use of enthusiastic teachers and their particular expertise
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· Contribution to the range of courses that the faculty supplies, e.g. Creative and Media
Diploma level 3, AGCE
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· Increased results A*-C across all subjects from 40% (Tech) 49% (Art GCSE) 66% (Media GCSE)
· Skills based mapping - scaffolding skills - KS3-KS5 S.O.W
Learning to Succeed Together

5. Working to strengths with Staff and Industry Insiders In and Out of Class
Product Design Short Course GCSE
GNVQ Art AGCE
Creative and Media Diploma
Extended Project
Work Related Project
Visiting Artists
Identifying need across all students
· To capitalise on the contributions made to student engagement and achievement by
independent, creative professionals
· To recognise the talent and expertise of existing staff and enable them to help support
and inspire students
· To create a Faculty wide work related project
Learning to Succeed Together

6. Raising student and subject profiles to set expectations and
raise attainment
Use of Local Community to Promote School's Art Status
Burghley's Success
Learning to Succeed Together

7. Enhancing and developing opportunities for success through
creative innovation and staff expertise
Learning to Succeed Together

8. Embedding practice within a Digital Environment
Active participation through stimulating interest and involvement through bridging the
gap between students own experience of new media technologies and their
experience of them in the classroom
-Faculty Ethos
The Art, Media and Technology Faculty application of Digital learning:
· Challenging as well as collaborative home learning, supported by existing
MLE
· Creating accountability through individual classrooms and homework tasks
· Use of Technology to Make Learning 'Cool'
Applying and creating content for the Digital Learning
Learning to Succeed Together

9. Closing Comments...
The Art, Media and Technology will be a model of
excellance due to:
· Open door policy, listening and good communication skills
· Use of existing school meeting structure to collaborate
· Clear vision embedded in whole school priorities
· Caplitalising upon all skills in the team (whole school)
· Managed Learning Environments
· Using RAP groups to develop The Faculty's vision
· Using resources and facilities in place to showcase
achievement and success of The Faculty
Openness, Collaboration, Creativity
Learning to Succeed Together