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Art, craft & design Professional Development Courses

I deliver a number of Primary & Secondary art INSET CPD Continuing Professional Development training courses around the country, some hosted by myself and others for third-party training providers. Please visit the Learning Partnership for a list of forthcoming training courses.

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Art CPD Training Videos

Four CPD Training videos from Paul Carney to watch again and again, in your own time, as a whole school or individually. Purchase them as separate videos or as a whole suite of training. Pay online or email me to pay by school invoice. 

Sculpture in the Primary phase
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Sculpture in the Primary phase

Sculpture is such a specialist area of art and design that covers so many disciplines, skills and techniques. Even experienced teachers need support and guidance when planning and delivering sculpture from Reception to Year 6. This recorded CPD painting skills session allows you to access the training as a whole school CPD session or in your own time, on your own terms. Then again, why not do both? Watch the training as many times as you like, wherever you want.   This training session is over one hour long and contains guidance on teaching both substantive practical and theoretical knowledge and disciplinary knowledge in sculpture. You’ll learn what sculpture is, what the different types of sculpture are, what materials to use, sculpture skills & techniques and the formal elements of sculpture too. Tons of ideas: The session is packed with detailed breakdowns of each sculpture type and contains tons of ideas on how to teach each one. There are paper and card crafts ideas, textiles, wire, and withies projects to do. It has modelling ideas such as how to use clay, play-doh, paper mache, and casting, as well as types of removal sculpture and assemblage, such as making junk models, land art, and much more! Skills & Techniques: skills and techniques are fully explained in detail for each educational phase. Artist links: the video contains lots of theoretical knowledge and links to significant artists you can use at every stage of your teaching. You’ll come away with so much more confidence in understanding the disciplinary knowledge of what sculpture is, how it has evolved and who the significant sculptors are. Progression; the session contains a detailed breakdown of the sculpture knowledge and skills you could teach in KS1, LKS2, and UKS2. It explains how each of the sculptural areas relates to the knowledge and skills you’ll be teaching and outlines some great ways they could link to curriculum topics in other subject areas. Three full sculpture tutorials: the CPD also contains three full video sculpture tutorials; making a paper sculpture, making a wire fish, and making a clay slab architectural feature. What’s great is that you can watch the CPD on your terms, as an individual or as a whole school, as many times as you like. To purchase access to the video training you'll need to signup for site membership first. Once your email has been verified you can purchase access to the full session. Once you've purchased the video you'll be able to log back in whenever you wish for repeated access.
Simply Sketchbooks
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Simply Sketchbooks

A complete online Art & Design CPD session for Primary & Secondary schools. This Sketchbook webinar CPD is suitable for both primary and secondary phases - KS1 to KS3. It will show you how to use the sketchbook as an important tool for learning key aspects of art and design education, including the new practical, disciplinary and theoretical knowledge Ofsted have outlined. This is a recorded CPD session that allows you to access the training as a whole school CPD session or in your own time, on your own terms. Then again, why not do both? Watch the training as many times as you like, wherever you want. The webinar will guide you through sketchbook training and include: * Sketchbook expectations: National & NSEAD * What should be in a sketchbook? * Learn how to make a DIY sketchbook with prepared grounds * Sketchbooks v Exercise books - what’s the difference? * Sketching techniques & sketchbook layout * Use a sketchbook to explore and experiment with materials * Record meaningful investigations into artist’s work using theoretical & disciplinary knowledge * Using a sketchbook to design & develop ideas, including using the sketchbook as a scrapbook * Improving literacy through the sketchbook * Using a sketchbook as a learning tool  * Providing opportunities for personal artistic growth   There are also two demonstration videos of how to make a DIY sketchbook and doing prepared grounds. So pull up a chair, relax, and let Paul guide you through this high-quality CPD. To purchase access to the video training you'll need to signup for site membership first. Once your email has been verified you can purchase access to the full session. Once you've purchased the video you'll be able to log back in whenever you wish for repeated access. Your receipt will be sent via email. We do not charge VAT. If you'd prefer to pay via school invoice please email us.

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The Learning Partnership offers consultancy support for Art led by Paul as follows:

1. Art & Design health-check service

Art and Design is an enormously complex and difficult subject to teach, often requiring specialist help and support. Our expert art consultant Paul Carney can do a health-check audit of your current art provision to ensure your school is either on the right track or to enable you to put effective plans in place. The health check will take the form of an audit of your art planning, resources, delivery, staff training, etc. followed by a 2-hour online meeting with key stakeholders and a final report of recommendations.

This will ensure you have taken all the necessary steps you can to teach art well and give your children the best start in art and design you can.


1. You would complete a quick audit document we will send in advance.


2. Paul will study any planning and current resources you have in place, to evaluate your current provision.


3. Paul will arrange an online meeting with your subject lead and/or senior leaders to discuss your art provision.

4. We will write a report of the findings which will include recommendations for how the subject could move forward.

2. Art & Design Curriculum planning service

Planning exciting interesting art lessons that are properly sequenced and embedded into your topics or themes takes real expertise. With Paul Carney to help, you can take all the difficulty out of this. Paul can work alongside your teachers to discuss your children’s unique needs to plan engaging lesson ideas that are knowledge-rich and creative.

This service usually takes at least one hour per classroom teacher /year group and will result in 3 ideas for units of work per year – autumn, spring, and summer. The stages of each unit of work would be fleshed out and discussed so the teacher can write it up in the school’s own format later.

Comprising a full day equivalent (Six one-hour sessions) These sessions can be done via Zoom interviews online and Paul would only need your long-term plan of topic overviews.

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Paul Carney Art Consultant

Consultancy Service

As an NSEAD registered art consultant, I offer a friendly, professional art consultancy service to schools, from early years right through to Secondary GCSE. I've worked with infant schools to improve art assessment, delivered primary school CPD on skills and progression, worked with Subject Leaders to raise attainment and done whole school, secondary art department audits including formal lesson observations and department reviews. My over-arching strategy is to support the professional development of hard working professionals with positive and constructive advice for improvement.

My consultancy bookings are now being handled by Iain Simper of the Learning Partnership. For enquiries email Iain here

 

Training Courses

Please follow the link to see my latest CPD teacher training courses. If you can't see any that suits your needs, why don't you arrange for a bespoke in-school service?

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