The ITE Grants Programme builds partnerships and develops good practice between museums, archives and organisations which offer initial teacher education.
MLA chief executive Roy Clare said: “Congratulations to the successful applicants. The ITE Grants programme will enable teachers at the beginning of their career to be inspired by museums and archives, and to see in practice how beneficial these experiences are to the development of children and young people.”
The ITE programme is designed to:
- Empower teachers at the beginning of their professional careers in using of museum and archive collections
- Challenge museum and archive staff to think about their professional practice and collections by working with student teachers
- Develop and embed partnerships between museums, archives and Initial Teacher Education providers and expanding the number of placement opportunities available in a range of museum and archive settings
- Using the placement experience as a catalyst for all partners to achieve stronger outcomes for children and young people
These ITE Grants are part of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) Strategic Commissioning programme - a two-year cultural learning programme that finishes in 2011, and is funded by the Department of Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Department for Children Schools and Families (DCSF).
www.mla.gov.uk/what/programmes/commissioning
