Building a Learning Legacy Cymru
The questionnaire has now been completed and its results will be posted here. The text below has not been updated.
Download the questionnaire (pdf 88KB)
This new project, which will run until March 2008, is a collaboration between GEM, GEM Cymru, Swansea Museum and CyMAL. It will build on and benefit from the work carried out on the Grass Roots project which took place in Scotland over the last two years
The aim of the project is to provide practical support to museums and galleries throughout Wales by developing high quality learning and access programmes, in particular for smaller, less well resourced organisations and those without dedicated learning and access staff.
The intended outcome is to achieve a lasting legacy of material and intellectual resources to support ongoing, confident and continually improving access and learning provision in Welsh museums. This legacy will be of ongoing value and use to staff and volunteers implementing CyMAL and GEM access and learning initiatives
This will be achieved by:
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Delivering training on the ‘core syllabus’ for entry level learning and access staff, those who are new to the museum world or new to the delivery of learning activities
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Producing resource materials linked to the training to be available on GEM’s web site and linked to that of CyMAL’s
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Developing a support network for museum staff involved in access and learning
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Providing practical problem solving help by experienced practitioners
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GEM is pleased to welcome Clodagh Cherry as the project’s Learning Development Officer who writes the following:
“As Learning Development Officer (LDO) I would like to hear from anyone in Wales who has an element of access and learning work in their role and would like to be involved with this project either as expert or novice or anywhere between. I will keep all users up to date with my progress and will also be liaising with other providers of professional development support for learning in museums.
Stage one of the project is to develop a broad idea of what is needed and I would like to hear from anyone with an interest in any of the topics above. Please download a questionnaire (pdf 88KB) and contribute your ideas.
If you have contact with those at smaller museums or those where learning activities are being introduced please tell them about the project. I have started by carrying out an initial telephone consultation. I will also be at the GEM conference and hope to meet as many people as possible.
The LDO post is part-time and I will also be continuing in my role as access and learning officer for Stoke-on-Trent Museums Service. I am already finding interesting crossovers between the two posts. I am looking forward to working on this project and maximising its potential in the short time available.”
clodaghcherry@dsl.pipex.com