About this event

This year, Karina H Maynard is leading a Provocations series to engage students in optional creative projects. The provocations will increase awareness and engagement with topics relating to Global History, Decolonisation and Equity, Diversity and Inclusion. Students will benefit from further development of how they engage with the creative process through self-exploration and new perspectives on self-identity, potential and societal impact.

To accompany these Provocations, teachers will have a unique opportunity to attend a series of uplifting CPD training days and online training webinars to discuss the provocation themes and explore empowering approaches to supporting students in self-exploratory creative processes.

In this final training day, through presentations, conversations, group tasks and creative exercises, teachers can engage in honest discourse about cultural themes, embedding contemporary values and supporting the needs of students in a diverse society.

Known for facilitating non-judgmental and supportive spaces, Karina H Maynard will facilitate CPD training for teachers to ask questions and develop their own roadmaps to guide anti-oppressive, reflective practice. The CPD training will centre approaches and skills to understanding the complexities and challenges of EDI in practice. This is a unique CPD training day, designed to inspire the ongoing professional development and syllabus enrichment that supports the needs of creative students.

Learning outcomes

Provide an overview of the provocations project, its aims and the significance of themes,
Develop skills to support students in deep, identity-driven self-exploratory creative processes,
Offer an in-person opportunity to engage with topics that improve understanding and awareness;
Develop reflective skills, to improve cultural representation, experience and engagement in practice.

Who should attend?

Teachers and professionals with responsibility for ensuring a positive, inclusive and engaging experience for diverse students studying for UAL Awarding Body qualifications.

All levels of expertise and specialism are welcome.

What you will need to bring with you

Please bring a notebook and pen.

Delegates will also be asked to move around the space for the introduction and the role play exercises and, therefore, should wear comfortable clothing and footwear.

About the facilitator

Karina H Maynard

Karina H Maynard is a cultural curator, educator and producer who specialises in creativity, education and culture.

Her work explores themes at the intersections of history, identity, vision and creativity. She examines the evolution of multicultural societies, the social impetus for transformative cultural movements and creative work for positive social and environmental impact.

Karina curates exhibition programmes and cultural events that help museums and institutions to engage young, creative and diverse audiences through performances, talks, films and creative commissions by young and emerging artists. She produces live shows and content highlighting the cultural influence of underrepresented people in the mainstream.

She facilitates training that contextualises contemporary challenges and provides professionals with the tools to develop reflective and critical skills to fuel visionary practice.

Supporting the development of young people is a key priority. Karina works with the educational and performing arts sector to improve the engagement and experience of young people.

Book this workshop

This event is free for all approved UAL Awarding Body centres.

Those wishing to attend but not part of an approved UAL Awarding Body centre should email ual.cpd@arts.ac.uk to book on and make payment. The standard fee for this is £99.

Contact

If you have questions about the UAL Awarding Body CPD programme, please email ual.cpd@arts.ac.uk.

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CPD training day: Embedding contemporary EDI values in creative education