The Teaching Outside the Classroom programme has been developed by the following partners:

Creative Partnerships
CapeUK
Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto
Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)
Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)

 

Creative Partnerships

Is the Government’s flagship creative learning programme, designed to develop the skills of young people across England, raising their aspirations and achievements and opening up more opportunities for their futures. This world-leading programme is transforming teaching and learning across the curriculum.

“The Teaching Outside the Classroom programme is a key opportunity for Creative Partnerships to influence the next generation of teachers, collaborate with a diverse range of providers and settings, and help put creativity and partnership working at the heart of Initial Teacher Education”

 

CapeUK

Is an independent research and development agency focusing on creativity and learning. We work with partners to explore and develop innovative approaches to teaching and learning which prepare children and young people for the challenges of a rapidly changing world.

“We believe that the skills to facilitate creative learning need to be established from the beginning of a teacher’s career. We fully support the Teaching Outside the Classroom programme in encouraging settings and providers of initial teacher training to consider how they facilitate the development of trainees for the wider roles and partnership based work in which teachers are placed”

 

Learning Outside the Classroom Manifesto

The Manifesto aims to ensure that all young people have a variety of high quality learning experiences outside the classroom environment. It is a joint undertaking that many different stakeholders, including the DCSF, have helped to create and to which anyone can sign up.

“Many of those working with young people recognise the benefits of out-of-classroom learning experiences as an essential part of teaching and learning; others feel they lack the confidence, expertise or time to prepare and deliver such activities. We want everyone involved to recognise the value of learning outside the classroom. One of the high level aims of the Manifesto is therefore to: ‘Improve the quality and availability of training and professional development for schools and the wider workforce’. For these reasons, the DCSF is a supportive partner in the Teaching Outside the Classroom initiative”

 

Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA)

The MLA Partnership is Government's agency for museums, galleries, libraries and archives.

“Museums, libraries and archives are unique resources that teachers can use to stretch, challenge and stimulate creativity in their pupils. Through Teaching Outside the Classroom, the creative, cultural and learning sectors can jointly offer an innovative placement programme, where trainee teachers can get their careers off to a great start, learning how these resources can benefit schoolchildren for generations to come"

Roy Clare CBE, Chief Executive, MLA Partnership

 

Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA)

The TDA works with schools to develop staff and ensure that schools can recruit good-quality, well-trained people.

“The TDA fully supports the Teaching Outside the Classroom programme. This programme should provide trainees with the opportunities to gain an understanding of working with the creative and other sectors and give them the skills to bring creativity back into their own teaching, hopefully utilising this throughout their teaching careers. The QTS standards and requirements launched this year fully allow, and indeed encourage, the use of alternative settings (at venues concerned with the learning of young people) as a means for trainees to meet those standards”

 

 

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