This three week virtual course will provide insight and inspiration to help you plan for and implement accessible interpretation in your organisation.
Who is it for?
This course is suited to learning professionals who wish to develop their understanding and practice of accessible, inclusive interpretation. It compliments GEM’s Heritage Interpretation and Developing SEND-Inclusive Learning with Confidence courses.
When and where is it?
2nd July, 9th July, 16th July 2024, 10am to 12noon.
The course will be delivered through three x 2 hour online sessions (via Zoom) over three consecutive weeks as well as ‘at home’ activities. Participants are highly encouraged to take part in the live online sessions but there will also be the ability to engage with the recorded sessions afterwards.
Each session will include relevant case studies from guest speakers, Q&A and a chance to discuss learning with other participants in small break-out rooms. Over the three weeks you will be invited to put the learning into practice through:
· Undertaking an accessible interpretation audit of your chosen site / experience
· Identifying areas for improvement and developing accessible interpretation ideas
· Sharing and discussing audit findings with each other
By the end of the course you will have identified one thing you could do to improve or develop accessible interpretation for your chosen site / experience.
Who runs the course?
Sarah Oswald
The course director is Sarah Oswald. Sarah is a creative coach with over 20 years’ experience in heritage interpretation, which she shares as the course director for Heritage Interpretation. She has worked in consultancy, on projects large and small, and in community heritage and loves to use that experience to help coach, mentor and train others in the sector.
Sam Bowen
Sam Bowen is an experienced museum professional having worked in the sector for over 20 years in curation, education and museum development roles. Sam’s daughter is disabled and she draws on her personal experience as a SEND mum and museum professional visiting museums and galleries for her work. She challenges the sector’s perception of learning disability and who museums are for and argues that as agencies for change and place making, museums have a role to play in fostering better inclusion and access in their communities. Sam is the author of the Special Schools and Museums Toolkit and the Kids in Museums SEND family toolkit and is project manager of the SEND in Museums project funded by Arts Council England. She lives in Kent with her husband, daughter and cat and is a keen crafter when ever she has the time.