ELIA Spotlight Session: A Borderless Future for Teachers of the Arts

The Arts in Education Platform will meet to examine ways of enhancing art teachers’ professional qualifications, through advocating for a new European system. The idea being that this system would recognise intercultural learning and mobility without compromising existing internationalisation processes or career paths in teachers’ respective countries.

This online spotlight session will question if such a system could act as an instrumental tool for the development of a truly European arts education area, promoting international collaboration, knowledge exchange, and professional growth.

We are calling all arts education professionals, and teachers in training keen to explore the possibilities of borderless future for teachers of the arts. Join this interactive session with presentations and breakouts, which aims to tease apart the complexities of these issues, find common ground and map positive ways forward together.

PROGRAMME

Thursday 20 January

14:00 – 14:10
Welcome and Introduction
Maria Hansen
ELIA Executive Director

14:10 – 14:30
European policy and developments
Tine Delva 
Deputy Head of Unit, Higher Education, European Commission Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture

Tapio Saavala 
Directorate-General for Education, Youth, Sport and Culture

14:30 – 14:40
Discussion

14:40 – 14:50
A national perspective from Germany
Barbara Michalk
Head of Section ‘Higher Education in Germany and Europe’, HRK – German Rectors‘ Conference

14:50 – 15:00
An institutional perspective from the School of the Arts, University of Évora
Ana Telles
Dean of the School of the Arts, University of Évora (Portugal)

15:00 – 15:10
Perspectives from students in art teaching and pedagogy
Lilli-Krõõt Repnau 
MA student Art Teaching, Estonian Academy of the Arts (Estonia)

Ioana Moldoveanu 
BA student Arts Pedagogy, vice-president of the Student Association (ASUAD) - University of Art and Design Cluj-Napoca (Romania)

15:10 – 15:15
Burning Questions
Moderated by Sara Burkhardt 
Professor of Art Education, Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design (Germany)

15:15 – 15:40
Discussions in smaller groups with panelists

15:40 – 15:55
Final panel conversation

15:55 – 16:00
Wrap-up

16:00 – 16:30
Online speed networking (optional)