Consortium for Participatory Arts Learning 2011

 Thank  you  for  your  time.    Please  send  all  feedback,  reflections  or  queries  to:    Naomi  Whitman,  C-­‐PAL  Development  Worker:  Naomi@cpal.info  Also  see:  http://prezi.com/keq7saheuzbf/watch-­‐me/  &    www.participatoryartslearning.wordpress.com  

TESTING  THE  CORE  COMPETENCY  FRAMEWORK    Thank  you  for  your  interest  in  using  C-­‐PAL’s  Core  Competency  Framework.    This  is  a  unique  opportunity  to  be  part  of  its  pilot  project,  where  participation  will  be  recognised,  backed  and  supported  by  the  leading  participatory  arts  organisations  in  the  North  West.    Your  involvement  will  provide  you  with  access  to  free  use  of  materials  at  individual  and  organisational  levels:  

• To  help  you  articulate  and  assess  professional  practice  • To  help  advocate  professional  practice  within  the  arts  and  non-­‐arts  sectors  • For  project  planning  and  implementation  • For  mapping  responsibility  to  experience  and  as  necessary  to  pay  rates  • As  a  pure  learning  opportunity  

 C-­‐PAL  (the  Consortium  for  Participatory  Arts  Learning)  was  created  to  promote  and  support  the  learning  and  development  of  Arts  practitioners  within  the  North  West.    It  quickly  saw  the  need  to  “establish  a  framework  that  [would]  establish  a  common  understanding  of  expectation  and  assist  in  communication  across  the  sector.”        

 “Above all we value creativity as a tool to inspire learning and change, and as a personal resource to be discovered and developed. We believe that our passion and energy is the best advocacy, and that personal integrity lies at the heart of work that moves and motivates. Our unquestioning commitment to inclusivity recognises that everyone has something to contribute, and that only through collaboration will we achieve outcomes that truly add value to groups, communities and individual lives. To deliver all of this we dedicate ourselves to continuous learning and professional excellence.”            

C-­‐PAL  Members  are  currently:    Action  Factory,  Cartwheel  Arts,  Cheshire  Dance,  Collective  Encounters,   Community   Arts   Northwest,   Lanternhouse,  LIME,   Ludus   Dance,   Mid   Pennine   Arts,   More   Music,   Osun  Arts   Foundation,   Prescap,   TIPP   and   Whitewood   and  Fleming.    

Consortium for Participatory Arts Learning 2011

 Thank  you  for  your  time.    Please  send  all  feedback,  reflections  or  queries  to:    Naomi  Whitman,  C-­‐PAL  Development  Worker:  Naomi@cpal.info  Also  see:  http://prezi.com/keq7saheuzbf/watch-­‐me/  &    www.participatoryartslearning.wordpress.com  

 Through  in  depth  consultation  with  member  organisations,  Gerri  Moriarty  and  Jacqui  Ruding  developed  the  Core  Competency  Framework.    It  was  endorsed  by  the  C-­‐PAL  core  group  and  renamed  in  2011  to  “Excellence  in  Arts  Practice:  A  core  competency  framework  for  participatory  arts”,  to  communicate  the  content  more  clearly.    C-­‐PAL  are  now  in  a  position  to  see  the  framework  trialled  and  tested  across  the  sector  by  individual  artists  and  practitioners  as  well  as  any  organisation  delivering  significant  participatory  arts  activity.  To  look  at  how  the  framework  supports  artists,  practitioners  and  organisations  working  across  different  art  forms  and  in  different  settings.  And  to  see  how  the  framework  can  be  used,  adapted  and  drawn  from  for  strategic,  operational  and  personal  development.    On  using  and  applying  the  framework  we  hope  you  might  come  to  a  greater  understanding  of  how  it  can  be  used,  both  within  the  ongoing  aspects  of  your  work  as  well  as  feedback  to  what  context  the  framework  may  best  reside.      C-­‐PAL  freely  provides  access  to  the  Core  Competency  Framework  to  anyone  wanting  to  implement  and  draw  from  it,  on  the  understanding  that  feedback  and  reflection  on  the  process  are  an  open  source  also.  We  would  request  you  to  seek  to  answer  the  following  question  whilst  you  undergo  this  process  and  share  this  with  C-­‐PAL  and  the  sector  nationally:    BEFORE    

• What do you want to achieve in using the framework, what do you hope success will look like?

 

AFTER    

• What were the outcomes, what have you changed, what worked, what didn't?

• Any specific challenges, what would you recommend to others? • Anything unexpected? • How did you go about it? • How long did it take? • How much did it cost (inc. time)?

 

“  I  was  really  excited  about  being  invited  to  work  on  this  project.    I  am  passionate  about  people  development,  and  believe  that  successful  organisations  are  those  that  acknowledge  the  importance  of  their  people,  as  the  inspiration  for  their  development.    Participatory  Arts  is  all  about  recognising  and  developing  the  creative  potential  of  everyone,  and  understanding  that  everyone  contributes  to  the  character  and  spirit  of  a  collaborative  enterprise.    I  knew  that  a  competency  framework  for  this  sector  had  to  be  grown  from  the  common  values  at  the  heart  of  Participatory  Arts.”                                                                                      Jacqui  Ruding