The Expressive Arts

Brian McGuire

2665Paper-based / ePackMar 98
ISBN: Paper-based 978 1 85749 464 8; ePack 978 1 84070 473 0

Create an Expressive Arts Faculty

It is becoming increasingly popular to set up Arts faculties in schools, which encompass the areas of Drama, Dance, Music and Art and Design. This does not threaten the autonomy of the separate subjects – more that the collective strengths of the Arts are seen as an influential and vital part of the school curriculum.

Essential reading for all concerned

This pack will be of use to senior management, heads of Arts faculties and subjects, and teachers and trainee teachers of Drama, Music, Dance and Art and Design.

Step-by-step guidance

The pack offers step-by-step guidance on the creation of an Arts faculty, examining the pros and cons, the make-up of an Arts faculty, bringing the Arts together, staffing, timetabling and resources and the role of the coordinator.

Note that this product is also available as part of KS3/GCSE Drama Network Resources.

Contents

• Introduction
• The make up of the faculty
• Advantages and disadvantages
• The Arts in the curriculum
• Perceptions of the Arts
• Timetable and staffing
• Buildings, decor and resources
• Ways of bringing the Arts together
• The role of the co-ordinator/head of the Expressive Arts faculty
• The handbook