As part of the CHEAD Leadership Programme, GLAD are delighted to be involved in this event to present, discuss and provoke discussion on developing creative pedagogic practice.

Attendees will hear from committee members of GLAD and post-primary level educators, participate in break out discussions and reflect and share perspectives with peers.

We will hear from post-primary educators around the work they do to prepare young people for higher education and the context within which this preparation takes place.

We will consider how art and design HE institutions/schools can retain studio culture through flexible curricula. How do we ensure that curricula are informed and relevant to subject and professional needs given the speed of change and development in so many areas linked to the creative industries. We will consider the changing values and priorities in student populations, do our curricula align or even consider these.

We will consider how, within this myriad of change, we empower and enable the development of pedagogies needed to facilitate such learning complexities. We will also explore unique art and design practices and debate whether studios and crits are still relevant and valid and what alternatives there are. How as leaders we facilitate and encourage new perspectives and practices in teaching.