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Managing Time – Strategies to guide the development of quality arts partnerships

• Plan carefully visits from artists and other members of the arts community to help students to achieve particular arts learning outcomes.
• Explore the best ways of integrating artists' visits into the sequence of lessons within the unit(s) of work.
• Invite community partners to be involved in arts events held in the school to build on links with local communities and draw on their information, assistance or content
• Seek opportunities for exhibitions and performance opportunities not only within classrooms and schools, but also in districts, universities and other community venues.
• Find opportunities for students to participate in community arts projects or events to give students a greater sense of connectedness to their local community.
• Negotiate with partners to facilitate educational visits that support arts learning in the classroom with clear curriculum links and outcomes.
• Provide opportunities for the school and wider community, such as including arts professionals to interact and collaborate on arts projects and in real-life learning situations.
• Consider the students' engagement when developing and evaluating the arts project, remembering that if the teachers or the artists aren't finding the experience inspiring, it's likely the students aren’t either.