{"id":16,"date":"2017-06-18T11:06:04","date_gmt":"2017-06-18T11:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bookstolife.com.au\/blog\/?p=16"},"modified":"2017-06-18T11:06:04","modified_gmt":"2017-06-18T11:06:04","slug":"can-students-achieve-the-arts-education-outcomes-without-adding-to-the-teachers-already-huge-workload","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookstolife.com.au\/blog\/?p=16","title":{"rendered":"Can students achieve \u201cThe Arts\u201d education outcomes without adding to the teacher\u2019s already huge workload?"},"content":{"rendered":"

How can we as teachers provide \u201cThe Arts\u201d education to our students without increasing our already overwhelming workload?<\/span><\/p>\n

As a current school teacher I regularly talk to fellow staff members about how they and their fellow staff members are incorporating \u201cThe Arts\u201d curriculum into their lessons & meeting the expected outcomes. The all too often answer is, \u201cWe\u2019re not\u201d<\/strong><\/em>, accompanied by a desperate look of exhaustion. I get it! There just doesn\u2019t seem to be enough hours in the day, especially when the administrative sands keep shifting & the curriculum keeps changing. So how do we as teachers find time to cover all of the required \u201cArts\u201d outcomes to the highest standard whilst still staying on top of literacy and numeracy, not to mention student behaviour, reports, meetings, NAPLAN testing and everything else that is piling up on top of us?<\/span><\/p>\n

As teachers we need to accept that we can\u2019t do it all. No matter how good a teacher is, there is always going to be something that gets missed or glossed over, no matter how much we wish that it wasn\u2019t the case. We may be super teachers, but we are not super human. So how do we ensure that our students don\u2019t miss out on a key subject area that is so important to intellectual and social development? How do we ensure that we are teaching them fundamental skills in teamwork, compromise, creative thinking & developing the critical emotion of empathy? And how do we do it without dropping the ball in other areas?<\/span><\/p>\n

The simple answer is to look at what the most successful businesses do. In the dog eat dog world of private industry you either deliver or you go under. So how do the very best run their business at a profit and still exceed their clients\u2019 expectations? How do they ensure that what needs to be covered is covered to the highest standard? The answer is\u2026.. they outsource!!<\/span><\/p>\n

The decision of whether to outsource something is quite a simple one: if you can get a better result for the same or less money by outsourcing it, then outsource it. If you are spending more time and money trying to do something yourself than you can afford, then outsource it. The alternative of doing it yourself when you can\u2019t afford to just doesn\u2019t add up.<\/span><\/p>\n

So when you make the decision to outsource some of the trickier components of your arts education, where do you go to find a great professional who can provide direct links to your \u201cArts\u201d outcomes? Furthermore, can you pay a reasonable price to get \u201cThe Arts\u201d outcomes covered at the very highest standard that doesn\u2019t involve you having to perform for your class yourself?Let\u2019s face it, not everyone wants to dress up as Little Red Riding Hood & perform a puppet show to their class with a few song & dance numbers thrown in for good measure?<\/span><\/p>\n

When outsourcing arts education then the person you hire in needs to be:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n