Creatives in Schools Programme Evaluation Report (Round 3) 2022 Publications
Publication Details
The Creatives in Schools programme funds schools and kura to partner with professional artists and creative practitioners to share specialist artistic knowledge and creative practice with ākonga and students. The evaluation sought to: uncover outcomes in the third year of operation; assess the extent to which the programme implementation was effective; and support any fine tuning or adaptations for Round 4.
Author(s): J Oakden & K Spee, Pragmatica Limited
Date Published: July 2023
Summary
A cross agency working group, including members from Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga the Ministry of Education (MOE), Manatū Taonga the Ministry for Culture and Heritage (MCH) and Toi Aotearoa Creative New Zealand (CNZ) commissioned Pragmatica to conduct this evaluation of the Creatives in Schools project. The evaluation used an evaluation specific methodology based on an outcome framework, rubrics and mixed methods data collected in November and December 2022.
Key findings
Creatives in Schools continues to deliver important benefits to ākonga and students, schools, creatives and communities. The programme makes a worthwhile and valuable contribution and should be continued. In 2022 there are examples of the programme having a profound impact in supporting ākonga and student journeys of self-discovery. The programme supports:
- enhancing ākonga and student wellbeing, helping to engage and connect them in positive ways, in some instances re engaging them with schools
- raising the confidence of kaiako and teachers in designing teaching and learning projects that engage the creativity of ākonga and students across the learning areas of the curriculum
- developing more sustainable portfolio careers for many creative practitioners
- building better home school relationships with whānau and parents.
Ākonga and students develop a sense of personal achievement and fulfilment from their creative experience.
Some Māori and, to a lesser extent, Pacific and learning support ākonga and students became more confident and more visible in the school community by taking part in Creatives in Schools. Clearly, the programme supports ākonga and students to be more confident, attend school more regularly and settle better in class.
Creatives in Schools provides a powerful example of how to deliver to the school arts curriculum in the 21st century.
There is good buy-in to the programme, with many schools saying they would recommend the project to others, and 85% of lead teachers surveyed said they would reapply for funding
Overall, the evaluators conclude that Creatives in Schools continues to be a high-performing programme, which the cross-agency working group should continue to invest in.
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