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DANCE/ MOVEMENT PRACTITIONER WANTED
Borough Council
24th November 2009
Richmond Hill Special School, Luton, working in partnership with UKCCA wish to contract a Dance/Movement practitioner to support the delivery of their Enquiry school creative learning programme with Creative Partnerships.
Deadline for submission: by 5pm December 14th 2009
Richmond Hill is a Special school for primary aged children with severe learning difficulties and complex learning needs. Many of our children are non- verbal and their behaviour can be challenging. It is a well - resourced school with over 50 staff (teachers, support staff & specialist therapeutic practitioners) & we endeavour to provide a very special and individual education for our young people.
The Brief:
We are looking for a Dance/Movement practitioner who has experience of working with children with a variety of needs and is interested in planning and delivering an Enquiry school project with the staff & young people focusing on communication and understanding. We want to investigate the ways in which dance and movement can help our children to communicate and be expressive and at the same time, help the staff to increase their understanding of the children and their needs.
The project will be carried out across a year group with years 3 & 4.
The practitioner we select will have:
⢠Experience of working with & an understanding of our children and their complex needs.
⢠Flexibility when faced with the unexpected
⢠Motivation, inspiration and the ability to make things fun.
⢠An ability to reflect and evaluate the projectâs progress and convey this to others.
⢠A current CRB check or willingness to undergo a CRB check. Public Liability insurance certificate.
If this project captures your imagination and you have the relevant experience, please send a short CV and supporting statement, including a brief of how you would carry out the project to:
Fish Krish. krishes@btinternet.com putting âRichmond Hillâ in the subject
Deadline: 5pm December 14th 2009
We will be shortlisting before the 18th December and will hold interviews in early January 2010 ( exact date tbc.)
Please also include the following details in your application:
⢠How you meet the selection criteria
⢠How you think your creative practice can benefit our young peopleâs learning
⢠How you feel you would gain from working on the programme
⢠Reference details from two recent projects with young people.
It would be useful and interesting to see/hear examples of your work so please send any images, CDâs, DVDâs etc to:
Alison Gundogdu Richmond Hill School. Sundridge Ave. Luton LU2 7JL.
Contractual information
The programme will run from February â June 2010. The daily contract fee is £200 (inclusive of VAT travel & expenses) and covers planning, project delivery, reflection & evaluation for a maximum of 15 days. The programme will be delivered through a mixture of full and half day sessions in school â exact dates and times to be decided with the practitioner. Sessions will take place in term time only and within the school day.
Creative Partnerships www.creative-partnerships.com
Creative Partnerships is the governmentâs flagship creative learning programme, designed to develop the skills of children and young people across England, raising their aspirations, achievements, skills and life chances. It is one of a number of programmes generated by the new national organisation Creativity, Culture and Education (CCE).
*The UK Centre for Carnival Arts www.carnivalarts.org.uk
The UKCCA provides an exciting, pioneering and creative space for Carnival Arts to take root, to grow and to raise its status. Carnival encompasses creativity, culture and community. It has the potential to bring people together and bring about lasting change. The centre is a space where carnival artists and audiences can gather; where learning can take place; where skills and stories can be shared.
The UKCCA Learning and Participation Department offers a vibrant, innovative and varied education and skills programme which caters to the specific needs of the local community at all stages of education, engagement, age and ability. The UKCCA has a proven track record in the successful delivery of education and community projects, and has won funding to deliver the Creative Partnerships programme in 32 schools in Luton and Bedford.
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