AHIS PRIORITIES

Vision:  Art History in Every School

Mission: To give all young people—regardless of background—the skills of visual literacy to access the benefits of a global cultural education.

Strategic aims to support our mission:  

• To ensure exposure to Art History and art historical skills from primary upwards

• To increase the number of young people gaining access to the subject at A Level, available through the National Extension College

• To increase the number of teachers delivering Art History in schools and expand the number of schools taking up the new A Level.

Our successes:

• We delivered teacher training days for Art, History, English, RE, Philosophy and Sociology teachers keen to build on their skills and knowledge. This increased the diversity of institutions offering A Level Art History

• We delivered training days for current Art History teachers to support the new Pearson global A Level Art History syllabus, to maintain the current number of Art History teachers

• We recruited, trained and mentored graduates wishing to become Art History teachers

• We developed a six-week enrichment programme for 15-18 year old students who do not have the option of taking Art History A Level at present

• We offered one-off taster sessions for young people in schools that do not offer Art History

• We delivered a package of tailored workshops including online resources to primary teachers to enable their teaching of visual literacy in school classrooms.