ABOUT THIS COURSE

This new course is intended for all teachers who wish to ensure the high achievement of students in GCSE Art & Design. The course focuses on excellent teaching approaches, methods, resources, and techniques to help teachers raise attainments in students of all abilities by improving student confidence, knowledge and a stronger understanding of what examiners are looking for.

BENEFITS OF ATTENDING

• Develop a range of approaches to tackling the key areas of GCSE Art & Design
• Understand how to set an engaging and motivating classroom
• Understand effective differentiation to challenge and extend all students specific to their potential
• Take away AFL techniques, feedback and marking strategies to raise attainment
• Explore exciting schemes of learning that will develop all students as artists
• Find out more about the challenges and opportunities of AQA GCSE Art & Design
• Explore exemplar materials to identify characteristics of outstanding work

PROGRAMME

What is ‘Brilliant’ GCSE Art & Design teaching

• What do we mean by brilliant teaching in GCSE Art & Design? What do our students expect, want and need?
• What makes an outstanding GCSE Art & Design teacher and why?
• Exploring the theory behind an ‘active’ classroom environment
• Develop a range of approaches to tackling key areas of GCSE Art & Design

The Key Challenges and Opportunities in GCSE Art & Design teaching

• How can we ensure all students become better artists through studying this specification?
• How might we create a coherent Art & Design journey for our students over two years?
• How do we develop our GCSE class into a powerful artistic community?
• What subject knowledge do we need to brush up on as teachers to teach this specification?
• Putting together a plan to teach the toughest topics and skills

Developing

Developing Drawing and Development Skills – Practical Session

• Approaches to developing students’ skills in drawing as process, practice and purpose
• Organising and presenting work effectively
• Successful approaches to constructing a portfolio with drawing in its various forms at its basis
• How to get students to push ideas with originality and innovation in their practice

Putting the WOW factor into Teaching GCSE Art & Design

• Practical approaches to putting the ‘wow’ factor into GCSE Art & Design lessons
• How we can help students to engage fully and take creative risks in their work
• How to get students to demonstrate that they have used artists to develop their intentions, and experimented with a purpose
• How to get students looking forward to using visual & written language critically as appropriate to their own creative intentions

Strategies to Stretch & Challenge Top End Students

• Review characteristics of Grade 7-9 AQA GCSE Art & Design students
• What the highest achieving students can do
• What does a grade 7-9 student do differently to other students?
• What are the main reasons why a student may fail to gain a 7-9 grading?
• What is the best pedagogical culture to have in your Art department for success
• Ways to boost students from a grade 5-6 to a 7-9