Katie had a negative experience of art in school, teachers gave little support and had favourites, maybe art should be taught at a better level with passionate teachers. She believes that the creative arts are an essential part of learning, it helps children to think and solve problems. and that we are getting them ready for the future, where more creative thinkers will be required. Her opinion of art is it allows non academic children to shine, as there are no right or wrong answers. Katie got into teaching as she enjoyed working with children, she didn’t feel had enough skill or talent to work in the creative industry. Katie’s route into teaching began by studying an open university degree, where she could work at own pace and did her teaching certificate on the job, took General Teaching Practice route. Katie got interested in teaching from being a TA for rubbish teachers.
Katie advised me to do a lot of volunteering and stated that teaching is hard work but rewarding. Apparently t’s hard to be a creative teacher in the current system as the current system focuses on tests and assessments, but hopefully this will change. It’s important to show children jobs available in the creative industry as they are the future.
Katie’s best things about teaching are the children, colleagues and being able to make a difference. The hard parts are the work loads, and filling in lots of paper that no one reads.
Katie’s creative talents lie with writing and illustrating books, she co writes and illustrates children’s outdoor activity books and he is currently writing book three. Katie loves using her creative skills in this way. Anyone who manages to make a living through their creative talents inspires her. In the future she sees herself possibly working on my books full time, but still being involved in education and maybe through working with different schools.
Sonia Crewe
Teachers encourage Sonia to take up further education with her creative skills, but not necessarily a specific creative industry. Her opinion on the importance of art is that it’s essential as it enables them to be individuals, with no right or wrong answers, in control of their own personal journey. Sonia believes it’s important to understand that not all children are academic and allows them a break from the demands of academic work. Her memorable moment of wanting to become a teacher was a an art project with nursery children which she loved. Her reasons for not entering the creative industry was that it’s difficult to find a career without he right contacts, so a teaching degree with art and design would be a sensible idea, therefore she could still use both.
Sonia’s route into teaching was a BA with Qualified Teacher Status in Primary Education and Art and Design.
Similar to Katie, Sonia’s advice was to get as much practical experience in a variety of settings. The best things about the job are the practicality of teaching and seeing children excited and learning new things, the worst things are the paperwork and politics. She believes that it’s important to get teaching right from the start as it will have a big impact on children’s future.
Sonia sees a decline in art since she started teaching and the demand of academic subjects take priority , however there is always a place for art in all children and hopes this will change. Voluntary work experience got Sonia interested in teaching. She believes art is important as she wasn’t academic at school, therefore creative subjects were more important, otherwise she would never feel like I was achieving anything.
If she wasn’t teaching Sonia would have liked to go into animating, she loves printmaking and enjoys creating patterns and fabrics. Any creative work she does is with the children, however she has recently I have been looking into any opportunities to go on courses.
Creative people who inspire her consist of William Morris, Georgia o’ Keeffe and Emma Hardicker. Sonia isn’t sure about the future for her job as she tends to live in the present.
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