EA343-6-FY-SO:
Arts Administration and Professional Development
2017/18
East 15 Acting School
Southend Campus
Full Year
Undergraduate: Level 6
Current
Thursday 05 October 2017
Friday 29 June 2018
30
15 February 2010
Requisites for this module
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BA W496 Acting and Community Engagement
Module Outline
In this compulsory BA Hons Acting and Community Theatre final year module, students will undertake a placement for a minimum of one day per week over fifteen weeks with a local or regional arts organisation of other user/provider of applied theatre. The work may be 'blocked' into a total of three weeks' work or a combination of days and weeks by negotiation with the tutor and placement provider. Potential work placement providers include arts organisations, schools hospitals and social care or youth work settings.
After an initial induction students will be expected to:
take some responsibility for an aspect of the organisation's work
forge effective working relationships
understand the organisations business practices
develop appropriate practical and administrative skills in relation to the placement
Students will be supported in their placements by the module tutor and a designated work placement supervisor within the organisation. Students undertake 15 days work placement during the summer vacation between second and final years or other non-teaching periods as negotiated with the course leader.
Students will critically examine the working practices of the organisations and companies with which they have work placements. They will further explore issues in current arts management, funding and arts development. Further information is contained within the Community Theatre Work Placement Handbook.
Students will extend their arts administration knowledge in funding sources, developing a pitch and completing an application. Production Management is advanced to consider planning, prioritising of areas and time lines.
The work of this professional preparation module includes lectures with key industry bodies and personal management sessions.
Module Content
Term One
Arts funding: public funding, corporate sponsorship, charitable sources
Funding from community sectors: health, social services, regeneration, education, heritage
Share knowledge from placements
Funding application process
Budget terminology and structure
Draft a pre-application in small groups
Defend the pre-application
Draft full application for funding from a chosen source
Reflect on the process
Term Two
Review elements of production management
Venue / site - licenses, contract, limitations. stakeholders, indirect costs
Timeline for instigation. development and completion of elements
Budgets
Costume, set and sound design planning
Technical plan
Crew requirements, advisors and specialists
Marketing, ticketing and community liaison
Communication and transport
Term Three
Actors Equity and Spotlight
Creating a limited liability company
Establishing a new community theatre company
Roles within large established companies
Career pathways
Aims
To provide students with an opportunity to complete a professional work placement
To encourage students to audit their own workplace skills and identify personal development and training needs
To experience the process of funding community theatre
To further develop production skills to a professional level
To prepare for a professional career in community theatre
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to demonstrate ability to:
Apply arts administration skills to employment
Critically reflect on their own learning in the workplace
Write a funding application
Create a budget for a community theatre event
Develop a comprehensive production plan
Ensure compliance with safety and regulatory requirements
Devise mechanisms for audience feedback
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Work placement, lectures, seminars, tutorials, independent and group study
This module does not appear to have a published bibliography.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
| Coursework / exam |
Description |
Deadline |
Coursework weighting |
| Coursework |
Student Placement Portfolio |
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40% |
| Coursework |
Production Plan & Funding Application |
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40% |
| Practical |
Placement Performance |
|
20% |
Additional coursework information
Work Placement
Student Placement Portfolio
Students will compile a Work Placement Portfolio which includes a requirement to:
Record attendance and indicate what activities have been undertaken daily
Gather relevant documentation on the company and its activities
Complete and include placement documents (Health and Safety, contracts, reviews etc)
Consider the effectiveness of own performance in the following categories
a. quality of work
b. time and workload management
c. managing stress
d. working safely
e. working independently within a set brief
f. team working
g. own work goals
h. identification of development and training needs
The Portfolio is marked by the module tutor and is due two weeks from the last day of placement with the company.
Placement Performance
The work placement supervisor will provide a written review called a Supervisor's Placement Report) on the following areas of assessment:
a. professional attitude (commitment, time-keeping, ability to work to instructions, working safely)
b. quality of work and attention to detail including timely completion of tasks
c. relations with work colleagues
d. personal growth (learning on the job)
The module tutor, liaising with the workplace supervisor as necessary, will mark the student's placement performance based on the Supervisor's Placement Report.
Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
Ms Ainslie Masterton, email: amast@essex.ac.uk.
Ainslie Masterton and Community Theatre Tutors
For further information please contact amast@essex.ac.uk
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Travel costs for UK - based unpaid, approved work placements and live projects which are an integral part of a module may be covered by your department. (NB this will usually exclude field trips and site visits). Please check with your module supervisor to ensure that the activity is eligible.
Dr Kerrie Vanessa Schaefer
The University of Exeter
Senior Lecturer
Available via Moodle
No lecture recording information available for this module.
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