BRIEFING FOR EDUCATORS

RECRUITMENT OF ALAM KREATIF EDUCATORS

JOB SPECIFICATION

Position
Renumeration
Duration

: Creative Educator (free-lance on a weekly basis)

: RM 100 per 1 hour
: Term between 2014 May 2015

Qualifications:
Creative educators may be artists or skilled and knowledgeable persons in specific mediums
offered as part of Alam Kreatif programming. Besides possessing skill and knowledge, persons
with interest in education and children will be prioritised.
Commitments:
1) Creative educators will be encouraged to work collectively with subject experts and
pedagogues, as well as collaborate between themselves to integrate disciplines.
2) Creative educators are encouraged to participate in capacity building workshops
particularly in relation to teaching and learning methods, lesson planning, understanding
the ages and stages of child development as well as sharing tools such as ice-breaking,
team-building, and facilitation skills.
3) They are expected to create, submit and execute lesson plans related to their
courses/workshops and also conduct small evaluation and reflection.
4) Towards the end of the semester creative educators are also expected to contribute time
towards organising a showcase/demonstration for parents and peers.
5) Creative educators are expected to volunteer their time for planning meetings, capacitybuilding sessions, lesson plan writing and evaluation sessions.

ALAM KREATIF PROGRAMME OVERVIEW

AIM

Alam Kreatif Programme is positioned as a non-formal educational endeavour aimed at

providing meaningful and varied creative education for children and youth. The programme aims
to provide opportunities for a more balanced and holistic education for young people which will
complement the formal school curriculum.
TARGET PARTICIPANTS

Alam Kreatif will target primarily children aged 8-18 from all walks of life (regardless of
income, gender, religion, language or ability). Special efforts will be made to accommodate
children with special needs, underprivileged children or children deprived of proper access to
basic education. Most importantly children talent and interest will try to be matched with an
appropriate creative medium.
PROGRAMME CONTENT

Local resources, knowledge, techniques and skills will also feature prominently in the courses.
Links can be made to formal school subjects wherever appropriate.
As much as is possible, each course should include the following components:
Intra and inter-personal understanding
Team-building
Experiential learning in environment and community
Knowledge and skills development
In order to provide participants with the opportunity to develop their individual capacities, a
range of mediums will be offered under programming. Among suggested mediums are:
PERFORMANCE

VISUAL

LITERARY

LIVING-SKILLS

Drama
Music
Dance & Movement
Martial/meditative

3-D installation/set etc.

2-D painting/sketching
Photography
Video
Craft
Graphic

Creative writing
Poetry & Lyric
Story making/telling
Scripting

Gardening
Culinary
Sewing
Games

PHILOSOPHY OF THE PROGRAMME:

i.

The programme design will try to encourage holistic development of the child i.e.
provide young people with creative opportunities for social, physical, cognitive and
affective learning (i.e. the capacity to think, feel, act and make meaning).

ii.

Lesson plans will encourage process over product i.e. providing children with the luxury
of time and space to experiment and immerse themselves in the particular art form.

iii.

The programming will encourage experiential learning i.e. exploratory fieldtrips to

natural and community spaces in the neighbourhood and meaningful engagement with
local environment and local community.