The Ark

For Artists

Will your artistic skills, knowledge and experience make a difference to the students, support the curriculum and be valued by the teachers and the school community? The Artist Resource Kit will keep you afloat and help you on your way.

Developed in consultation with artists, educators, schools, arts organisations and companies, The Ark documents the elements and procedures that contribute to models of best practice in the delivery of lively, relevant and engaging arts learning experiences.

Click here to download The Ark For Artists

Please contact Carclew for further information about working as an artist in schools.

For Teachers

Your school has decided to engage a professional artist to work with the students on an arts project or activity. The Ark will keep you afloat and help you on your way. Developed in consultation with artists, educators, schools, arts organisations and companies and recently updated, The Ark documents the elements and procedures that contribute to models of best practice in the delivery of lively, relevant and engaging arts and education experiences for South Australian students.

Click here to download The Ark For Teachers

Contact Carclew for further information about engaging an artist to work in your school.

Policies

Carclew is responsible for policy, funding and strategic initiatives that nourish the artistic and cultural lives of South Australian children and young people aged 26 and under. Access to a range of Carclew policies and procedures is available on this website. These policies do not represent legal advice. If you have any queries about your obligations, you should seek your own independent legal advice.

Click here to access Carclew policies

The Department for Education and Child Development's policies, procedures, guidelines, standards and other educational policy related links relevant to South Australian department schools and preschools can be found, listed in alphabetical order on the DECD website.

Click here to access Department for Education Child Development policies

In addition to departmental policies, all South Australian schools will have their own policies on certain issues and specific strategies that meet the needs of their school community. For example, all South Australian schools are expected to be proactive in the prevention of bullying so most will have an Anti-Bullying Policy in place.

Useful Links

EDUCATION
Adelaide College of the Arts
Arts in the Australian Curriculum (NSW)
Association of Independent Schools of SA
Australian Curriculum
Australian Curriculum: The Arts Foundation to Year 10
Catholic Education SA
The Council of Education Associations of South Australia (CEASA)
CEASA (Member Associations)
Department for Education and Child Development
Early Childhood Organisation Inc. SA
Music SA Online
SACSA - South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework
Scootle
Teaching for Effective Learning (TfEL)

SOUTH AUSTRALIAN ARTS NETWORK
Adelaide Festival
Adelaide Festival Centre - Centre ED
Adelaide Festival Centre - Come Out Children's Festival
Adelaide Fringe
Adelaide Symphony Orchestra
Cirkidz
Country Arts SA
Community Arts Network (CAN)
Expressway Arts
Helpmann Academy
Musica Viva In Schools
Patch Theatre Company
Restless Dance Theatre
Riverland Youth Theatre
State Theatre Company
Windmill Theatre

NATIONAL ARTS NETWORK
Australia Council for the Arts – Education
Australian Youth Orchestra
Directions – National Guide to Tertiary Education in the Arts
Foundation for Young Australians
Regional Arts Australia Online
Shows for Schools
Young People and the Arts Australia (YPAA)

FUNDING
Arts SA
Australia Council for the Arts
Carclew
Country Arts SA
Grantslink
Philanthropy Australia

OTHER USEFUL LINKS
Department for Communities and Social Inclusion (Police Clearance for working in school)
CEASA (Responding to Abuse and Neglect training)
Bridging the Gap in School Achievement through the Arts - Summary Report (The Song Room)
Guidelines for Teaching Artists - Eric Booth, USA

Glossary

Accountability
Curriculum accountability is defined as the professional responsibility of educators, site leaders and state office personnel to:

• Provide a comprehensive account of the progress and achievement of learners as described in the SACSA Framework (assessment and reporting)
• Explicitly account for the steps taken to improve the level of achievement within the Outcomes and Curriculum Standards (planning and programming)

Behaviour Management
Behaviour Management refers to the processes schools use to work with students in regard to how to appropriately behave in the classroom, school yard and with each other. Good behaviour management strategies provide opportunities for best practice learning. Many schools develop their own Student Behaviour Management Policies, which can be provided upon request.

Curriculum
The school curriculum refers to the learning pathway that students undertake from Birth to Year 12. The SACSA Framework describes the curriculum Key Ideas and Outcomes all learners can expect their education to be built on. The eight areas of learning described in the SACSA Framework are:

• Arts
• Design and Technology
• English
• Health and Physical Education
• Languages
• Mathematics
• Science
• Society and Environment

Australian Curriculum
In 2008, the Australian education ministers agreed that a national curriculum would play a key role in delivering quality education and committed to the development of
a Foundation to Year 12 national curriculum. The Australian Curriculumhas been developed, initially in the areas of English, mathematics, science and history, to be followed by geography, the arts and languages and the remaining learning areas focusing on economics and business, civics and citizenship, health and physical
education, design and the technologies. The Arts Curriculum is in the process of final approvals and will be on The Australian Curriculum website in the near future.

Duty of Care
Duty of Care is anticipating and avoiding foreseeable harm or minimising harm when it occurs. For example, Duty of Care can involve identifying risks, being careful about physical and emotional safety and knowing what to do when someone has been harmed. A moral duty of care exists when there is no legal duty of care - this is the case for a majority of arts workers.

EALD - English as an Additional Language or Dialect

ESL - English as a Second Language
Some schools will have specialist teachers or courses to assist students whose first language is not English. Many new migrants or refugee students would work in these programs.

“in loco parentis”
This means a person standing in the shoes of a parent, therefore completely on the side of the child. With this phrase the law recognises the parent's supreme commitment to his or her child. For us ... in schools to do anything less than advocate zealously for our children's rights and safety would be irresponsible and a betrayal of their trust.

LOTE - Languages other than English
You got it...Languages other than English e.g. Indonesian, Japanese, Chinese, Italian etc...Most schools teach at least one other language some more.

Mandatory Reporting (Child Safe Environments)
The Children's Protection Act, 1993 obliges departmental staff, contract staff and volunteers to notify Family and Youth Services if they suspect on reasonable grounds that a child has been or is being abused or neglected. There are Child Safe Environments Training courses, which you can participate in if interested. This is also referred to as Child Safe Environments Training.

The Department for Families and Communities’ website also provides helpful information.

NAPLAN – National Assessment Program Literacy and Numeracy
In 2008, the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) commenced in Australian schools. Every year, all students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 are assessed on the same days using national tests in Reading, Writing, Language Conventions (Spelling, Grammar and Punctuation) and Numeracy.

NIT - non-instruction time
Non-instruction time is time allocated to teachers when they are not teaching students. This time is allocated to allow teachers to attend to curriculum planning, lesson preparation, administrative tasks associated with teaching responsibilities, etc. Non-instruction time is provided by another teacher who has expertise in a particular learning area, e.g. LOTE, Visual Arts, Drama, Science.

SACE - South Australian Certificate of Education
The current SACE caters for Year 11 and Year 12 students. The recent curriculum developments associated with the SACSA Framework define the senior years as comprising Years 10 - 12.

SACSA - South Australian Curriculum Standards and Accountability Framework
The SACSA Framework is mandated for all government schools and has been adopted by a number of schools in the Catholic and Independent schooling sectors. In short it is the curriculum for years R - 10.

SCOOTLE – The Schools Online Teaching and Learning Environment
You will find this another useful resource for keeping up-to-date with developments to the Australian Curriculum.

Glossary of DECD Acronyms
As a visitor in a school environment you will find that educators often have conversations that include many acronyms. You will find this glossary, in alphabetical order very useful.