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National Arts Council-Arts Education Programme NAC-AEP 2019/2020 Briefing for Artists and Arts Groups Todays Programme Introduction to NAC Education Overview of NAC-AEP Key NAC-AEP Statistics & Findings Panel Discussion and Q&A
Briefing for Artists and Arts Groups
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Introduction to NAC Education Overview of NAC-AEP Key NAC-AEP Statistics & Findings Panel Discussion and Q&A Considerations behind the planning & designing of an effective and engaging arts education programme NAC-AEP Assessment & Application Process Refreshment @ Foyer & Mingling
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NAC Education Unit Ms Grace Ng Director, Education & Development Ms Aruna Johnson Deputy Director, Education Mr Lin Kuantai Assistant Director, Education Mdm Jumirah Executive, Education Art Form/ Sector ICs Ms Ivy Lam Visual Arts / Film & Multimedia Mr Liu Yonglun Music / Special Education Mr Jason Ang Music Ms Joyce Sim Theatre Ms Eunice Yap Theatre Ms Esther Huang Dance/ Literary Arts Ms Chua Jia Lin Pre-School Ms Yuana Mahuri Pre-School
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VISION
Students will be empowered by the arts to become confident, articulate and creative adults who will contribute to society as active citizens with a deep understanding of Singapore culture
MISSION
To ensure all children and youth have access to quality arts education experiences
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All Students Have Access to Quality Arts Education
CONTENT DEVELOPMENT Quality of Programmes ADVOCACY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT Quality of Instruction Sustainable & Integrated Arts Education
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(iv) Every arts educator/ instructor will be trained not only in the art form but also the basics of teaching and learning (v) Every MOE arts teacher will have a professional learning experience with a Singapore artist, arts group
(vi) Every school will be committed to develop a holistic and integrated arts education programme
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Every child will … (i) have attended a performance or exhibition in a professional arts venue (e.g. theatre, museum etc.) (ii) have a learning experience in school with a Singapore artist or arts group (iii) be exposed to arts programmes across all 5 art forms (LA, VA, Music, Dance, Theatre) … by the time they complete secondary school education
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Biennial Open Call
For programmes to be endorsed under NAC-AEP for a period of 2 years (e.g. 2019 – 2020)
Programmes Supported Across 5 Art Forms
Visual Arts/ Film & Multimedia, Music, Dance, Theatre, Literary Arts
Broadbased arts programmes beyond classroom curriculum and CCAs
Approved programmes (2017/18 cycle)
engage in NAC-AEP
(Pri – JC/CI, ITE, SPED)
(Pre-School)
pre-schools engaged in NAC-AEP in 2017
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Educational Level Annual Grant Quantum School Co-Payment Primary and Secondary Schools, Junior Colleges and Centralised Institutes $15,000 Up to 50% of programme cost ITE Regional Campuses $70,000 Up to 50% of programme cost Special Education Schools $9,000 Up to 70% of programme cost NAC-AEP for Pre-Schools is in its first cycle and currently funded by NAC. For 2017, 71 pre-schools from MOE, MY World and PCF received an average of $2,200 per centre. Centres could claim for the full programme cost within the grant provided to their HQ.
NEW! 2017/2018
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take part in NAC-AEP
(↑ from 88% in 2014)
built awareness of the art form
want to learn more about the arts after participating in NAC- AEP developed a deeper appreciation of Singapore arts and culture after participating in an NAC-AEP programme
What we have achieved together
Source: 2016 NAC-AEP students surveys for MOE schools (N=2,067)
(↑ from 80% in 2014) (↑ from 62% in 2014)
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Theatre (982) 30.2%
1. Through NAC-AEP, students gain greater awareness of various art forms 2. Students enjoy the NAC-AEP 3. Through NAC-AEP, students have opportunity for hands-on engagement with the arts
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Theatre (982) 30.2% “Above and beyond being great musicians, the performers engaged the
audience effectively and got them
excited about traditional music. An
– St. Andrew’s Junior College “Performance was something out of
the box and refreshing. Presenter did a
good job combining poetry with dance
in the dance too.” – Bendemeer Secondary School “The students have gained a good fundamental
knowledge and skill of the medium and art form which they will be able to take it on further. The
instructors were very professional and committed in their teaching and
guidance.”
– Nan Chiau High School “It was great that we were able to work with the artist and integrate the programme
with our theme. The integration provided
for children to express their ideas and explore the process of their creative experimentation meaningfully.” – MY World Pre-School (Ang Mo Kio)
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Regular NAC-AEP
Visual Arts / Film & Multimedia 30% Music 26% Dance 25% Theatre 14% Literary Arts 5%
Pre-School NAC-AEP
Visual Arts/ Film & Multimedia 24% Music 15% Theatre 25% Dance 29% Literary Arts 7%
Source: Approved programmes for NAC-AEP 2017/2018 cycle
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500 1000 1500 2000 2500
2013/2014 cycle 2015/2016 cycle 2017/2018 cycle Approximately 50-60% of applications are approved each cycle.
Regular NAC-AEP programmes approved Pre-School NAC-AEP programmes approved
Total no. of programme applications received
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Music (773) 33.3% Dance (404) 17.4% Theatre (437) 18.8% Visual Arts / Film & Multimedia (633) 27.3%
programmes are purchased at least once annually
500 1000 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total no. of approved programmes
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Approximately 25% of approved programmes were purchased at least once in 2017
71 pre- schools 4,700 children 40 progs purchased
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Theatre (982) 30.2%
Mainstream NAC-AEP Wider Programme Variety to Extend & Enrich the Curriculum
and National Education (NE)
Pre-School NAC-AEP
skills
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Theatre (982) 30.2%
Common Challenges To address your concerns…
unsure of what NAC-AEP entails and the processes involved
Tote Board Arts Grant
programme is run NAC is working closely with MOE through various platforms, at the cluster and school levels, to share a) NAC-AEP and Tote Board Arts Grant, as well as the relevant processes b) Good practices for artist-school partnerships.
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Theatre (982) 30.2%
Common Challenges To address your concerns… Last-minute cancellations by schools We advise artists and arts groups to include in the proposal terms of contract such as (a) Party’s obligations (b) Payment terms and any last-minute cancellation costs Low take-up for specific programmes We encourage you to familiarise yourself with the arts education landscape, and review these programmes with low- take- up. You may wish to also review your marketing efforts to schools.
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Theatre (982) 30.2%
Common Challenges To address your concerns… Unsure of: a) How to market programmes directly to pre-schools b) Which pre-school centres are eligible for funding NAC will be working with ECDA to publicise the Pre-School NAC-AEP Directory through an email blast to all pre-schools, a feature on Beanstalk Magazine and portal. NAC will also work towards publishing the list of pre-schools eligible for funding
We invite artists and arts companies to share with us your feedback directly anytime.
Assessment Criteria
Artistic Merit Credentials
Feedback on past programmes
Educational Value
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Assessment Panel
Personnel from MOE schools / Pre-Schools
Education & Pre-School Education Branch / Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA)
Programme Information Lesson Plans CVs of instructors
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Programmes should
sense of what they have seen
Programmes should
provoke an aesthetic response
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Art Form Training Teaching Experience Pedagogy Training
Exposure
Professional qualification (minimum
relevant art form) and industry experience
NA NA Excursion
Relevant teaching experience in local schools of at least 2 years in the art form
NA Experience
Minimum pedagogical training certification:
Education or teaching; or
as (but not limited to) NAC-NIEI Essentials of Teaching and Learning Certificate or SDEA Drama Pedagogy;
their specialised field of art (min. 10 years of teaching experience in local schools)
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Art Form Training Teaching Experience
Exposure
Professional qualification (minimum of a diploma in a relevant art form) and industry experience
NA Excursion Experience
Relevant teaching experience in SPED sector
OR Minimum pedagogical training certification relevant to Special Education
Education or teaching; or
not limited to) NAC-SSI Facilitating Arts Based Learning for Children with Special Needs
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– Teacher survey – Online feedback submission
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Programmes should
Programmes should
Perseverance, Reflectiveness, Appreciation, Inventiveness, Sense of Wonder & Curiosity and/or Engagement
/ dispositions indicated MOE’s Nurturing Early Learners (NEL) Framework*
*downloadable from https://www.moe.gov.sg/education/preschool/resources-for-pre-school-educators
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Programmes should
Expression for pre-school children and clearly indicate how these outcomes can be achieved:
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Art Form Training Teaching Experience Pedagogy Training
Exposure
Professional qualification (minimum
relevant art form) and industry experience Instructors without professional art form qualifications may be considered if they possess Diploma in
(e.g. Early Childhood Education)
NA NA Excursion
Relevant teaching experience in pre- schools of at least 2 years in the art form
NA Experience
Minimum pedagogical training certification:
Education, teaching or Early Childhood; or
as (but not limited to) NAC-NIEI Essentials of Teaching and Learning Certificate or NAC-SEED Institute Teaching the Arts in an Early Childhood Environment Certificate; or
their specialised field of art (min. 10 years of teaching experience in pre- schools)
Teacher Training
experience in the art form (at least 5 years’ teaching experience in pre-schools in the art form) AND
experience in teaching their specialised field of art to adult learners.
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lesson plans and separated from mainstream programmes for Primary & above. Combined applications which check any levels other than Pre-School as the Target Audience will not be assessed for Pre-School AEP.
templates or build up towards a certification will not be considered for Pre-School NAC- AEP as the focus is on broad-based arts exposure and play-based learning.
Children’s Programme and offered as an optional item for pre-schools to purchase.
The areas covered should be similar to the content approved for the corresponding Children’s Programme. They can only be purchased together with the approved Children’s Programme and not as a standalone. Objective: To equip pre-school teachers with basic arts skills and enable the teachers to extend the learning for the children after the Children’s Programme ends.
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Programme meets assessment criteria? Instructor has met the relevant requirements? Has instructor signed up for pedagogy course? Approve programme and Letter Of Eligibility (LOE) issued If pedagogy course is completed by 2018, instructor will be approved and LOE issued Instructor will not be approved. Yes No* Yes No Yes *Specific to instructors who do not meet the pedagogical certification criterion.
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Experience workshop programmes from 2017 onwards will need to have the minimum pedagogical certification.
provided for existing NAC-AEP instructors since 2012:
2012 – 2016 90% subsidy from NAC 2017 50% subsidy from NAC
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40 hours (Part-Time)
– Psychology of learning: Some basic principles – The process of teaching: What contributes to effective teaching? – Anatomy of a lesson: Lesson planning and components of a lesson plan – Assessment and Evaluation Others courses include: – Drama Pedagogy (SDEA) – Dance Pedagogy (LASALLE) – Urban Dance Teaching and Learning (O School), or equivalent
49 hours (Part-Time)
– Physical & Psychological development milestones of children – Effective Engagement Strategies – Introduction to MOE’s Nurturing Early Learners (NEL) Framework – Integrating the arts into an early childhood curriculum – Early childhood lesson planning – Assessment & Evaluation of children’s learning – Design of learning environments – Micro-teaching ESSENTIALS OF TEACHING AND LEARNING TEACHING THE ARTS IN AN EARLY CHILDHOOD ENVIRONMENT
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Course Cost per pax (incl. GST) Subsidy for NAC-AEP Instructors Total cost per pax (incl. GST) Essentials of Teaching and Learning (NIE International)
(Mar/April 2018)
$984.40 50% $492.20 Specialist Diploma in Arts Education (NIE International) Information on the next course run will be shared soon on the NAC Arts Education website (https://aep.nac.gov.sg) Facilitating Arts Based Learning for Children with Special Needs
(Social Service Institute)
Tentatively July – October 2018 Details will be shared on the NAC Arts Education website. Teaching the Arts in an Early Childhood Environment
(Seed Institute)
Currently ongoing from Jan – Mar 2018. Future runs will be dependent on discussions with the new National Institute of Early Childhood Development (NIEC).
Priority for subsidy will be given to existing NAC-AEP instructors.
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Registration of account on the NAC Arts Education portal Submission of Online Applications
Evaluation of Applications by Assessment Panel Release of Application Outcomes Approved programmes to be on NAC-AEP 2019/2020 Directory
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Registration of account on the NAC Arts Education portal Submission of Online Applications
Evaluation of Applications by Assessment Panel Release of Application Outcomes Approved programmes to be on NAC-AEP 2019/2020 Directory
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wish to submit programme applications.
– You are a new representative of an existing arts organisation – You are an existing user, but your organisation has a change in its Unique Entity Number (UEN)
Individual Artist (submitting programmes
capacity) Collective Representative (collective is not UEN- registered) UEN-Registered Arts Organisation Representative ID required during registration
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https://aep.nac.gov.sg
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Registration of account on the NAC Arts Education portal Submission of Online Applications
Evaluation of Applications by Assessment Panel Release of Application Outcomes Approved programmes to be on NAC-AEP 2019/2020 Directory
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If you are a repeat applicant from 2017/2018 cycle If you are a new applicant 1 Prepare materials for submission 2 Review the CVs previously submitted into the system & update the CVs accordingly. Submit CVs of individuals conducting the programmes into the system 3 Submit Programmes for NAC-AEP 2019/2020 4 Review all programme submissions to make sure they are in order 5 Submit the applications within the application window (19 February 2018 – 29 March 2018 6PM)
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for 1st-time applicants to familiarise with the information required
– Refer to Useful Links section
facilitate your online submission.
– Programme details – Lesson Plans – Evaluation rubrics (if any) – CVs of individuals conducting the programme
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the online portal.
– Groups with large number of instructors can use this template to facilitate gathering of information for the administrator to submit
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If the instructor has taught the same programme in different schools, you may wish to condense the information when filling up the CV form.
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reflected in the NAC-AEP application form later.
As a security measure, the system will log you
inactivity (i.e. not clicking to the next page). Save regularly!
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Select the instructor(s) that will be conducting the particular programme. If you have keyed the instructor CVs but cannot find it here, check if you have submitted.
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Lesson plans are only visible to NAC-AEP Assessors, and will not be published publicly. Due to system security, please avoid using special characters (e.g. “; - ()in your application and document file names to minimise errors encountered.
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<Programme Title> <Programme Title> <Programme Outline>
Programme description + Weblinks/ video URLs
<Programme Outline>
Programme description + Weblinks/ video URLs
<Programme details> <Programme details> <Learning Objectives> <Learning Objectives> <Contact details> <Contact details>
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<Programme Title> <Programme Title> <Programme Outline: Children’s Prog>
Programme description + Weblinks/ video URLs
<Programme Outline: : Teacher’s Training> <Programme Outline: Children’s Prog>
Programme description + Weblinks/ video URLs
<Programme Outline: : Teacher’s Training> <Children’s Programme details:> <Teacher’s Training Programme details:> <Children’s Programme details:> <Teacher’s Training Programme details:> <Learning Objectives: Children’s Prog> <Learning Objectives: Teacher’s Training> <Learning Objectives: Children’s Prog> <Learning Objectives: Teacher’s Training> <Contact details> <Contact details> For Pre-School AEP Teacher Training
Pls include details
Training below the details on Children’s Programme in each section
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29 – 31 Jan 2018
19 Feb 2018 29 Mar 2018 6PM Nov 2018 Jan 2019 – Dec 2020
Application window
Briefing Sessions Application deadline Release of application
programmes populating the programme directory Approved programmes available for schools
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Eligibility (LOE).
– Download the LOE from the portal – Check who the approved instructor(s) for the programme are – Present the LOE to schools that purchase the programmes as proof of NAC- AEP eligibility
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request to NAC for the following customisations made to existing approved NAC-AEP programmes based on schools’ needs:
– E.g. Programme duration, number of workshop sessions, programme cost – However, customisation of programme content and change of instructors not approved for the NAC-AEP programme are not allowed.
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information of an existing approved programme, you may submit a Change Request.
– Programme Information – Addition of instructor/ facilitator (previously not approved)
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they are tapping on the Tote Board Arts Grant subsidy or NAC Grant for Pre-Schools
through their IFAAS system.
respective HQs.
invoice to the school.
– As per listed in the NAC-AEP Programme Directory
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register with MOE
prior to status expiry
Act and Regulations from Feb 2017, where all non-permanent staff (e.g. vendors, relief staff, interns) are required to undergo medical clearance once every 3 years (i.e. pre- employment medical check-up)
programmes. MOE Instructor Registration Scheme Mandatory requirement for medical clearance (Pre-Schools)
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You can reach the NAC Education unit at: NAC_AEP@nac.gov.sg Pre-School specific queries: Preschool_aep@nac.gov.sg For website-related queries, or any technical difficulties, please email (with a screenshot, if relevant): aepwebsite_support@nac.gov.sg
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– Soft copy of briefing slides will be uploaded here after the sessions – Other useful materials
– Framework for 21st Century Competencies
– Character & Citizenship Syllabus
– Nurturing Early Learners Framework (Pre-School)