AIM Hallmarks Learning Programmes
Enablers
Guidance notes Who can apply?
• Applicants for the enablers programme must either work in Museum Development in England, or work with museums in England in another capacity which involves supporting museums to develop and change
• Consultants and freelancers are encouraged to apply. We are looking for consultants whose current work involves organisational development, or who currently work in more specialist or technical areas and want to expand their work into broader management consultancy.
• Applicants must be able to commit to attending all three residentials, and to
undertaking independent learning and working with other participants between each residential module. In addition, they must commit to undertaking a programme of action learning (typically shadowing a more experienced facilitator or a senior leader) alongside the residential modules.
• Applicants must either work for an organisation which is an institutional member of AIM or be an individual member, which offers significant benefits for freelancers, including a discount on AIM conference. Applicants can join at the point of application.
• The majority of the costs of each course are supported by Arts Council England. Participants are expected to contribute £250 per place for the museum enablers programme. These fees include all accommodation and refreshments, course materials and the support of AIM staff and our trainers, but do not include travel. We have some bursaries and travel grants available for those who can demonstrate need.
We will assess applications using the following criteria:
1. Has the applicant demonstrated that have the capacity to support and challenge museums to grow? (see Question A)
2. Has the applicant shown a realistic understanding of their areas for growth? Is the training programme a good fit with those needs? (see Question B)
3. Has the applicant shown a good understanding of the needs of museums and the changing context for their work? (see Question C)
4. Does the applicant work in a role or in a freelance capacity which supports museums to develop and change? If not, do they have a clear plan to expand their work into this area? (see ‘Tell us about your role’ questions)
5. (If applicable) Does the applicant have the support of their employer? (Assessed through employer support question)
If you have any questions about the programme, or about your application, please contact Helen Wilkinson, AIM Assistant Director, [email protected].
Please return your completed form by email to Helen Wilkinson, [email protected] to arrive by 5pm on Friday 29th January 2016.
AIM Hallmarks Learning Programme Enablers
Application form About you Name
Role and organisation (if applicable) AIM membership number (individual or institutional)
Tell us about your role:
How do you support museums in your work?
What kinds of museums do you work with? If you are a consultant please briefly outline how you structure your work: are you a sole-trader? Do you work with associates or partners? Please confirm that you have arranged for your employer to write in support of your application (if applicable). See below
Yes/no/not applicable
Please confirm that you are available for all planned dates for the programme and are willing to commit time between modules to further reading and personalised learning.
Yes/no
Please indicate whether you would be looking for financial support to enable you to undertake the programme, either in the form of a bursary towards the fees, or support with travel costs and other expenses. *
Yes/no
If yes, please indicate the approximate amount you think you need:
Please indicate whether you have any access requirements or would require any other support to enable you to participate in the programme
Yes/no
*We will contact those who have requested support separately to request further information if their application is successful. A request for support does not form part of the initial assessment and we will assess all applications on merit in the first instance. However, our budget for support is limited so it may not be possible to offer financial support to all successful applicants who request it.
Employer support (if appropriate)
If you are employed by a Museum Development provider or by another organisation, we need the formal support of your employer to accept your application. Please ask your line manager, or another appropriate senior manager or board/committee member, to write in support of your application by email to Helen Wilkinson, AIM Assistant Director, [email protected]. Their email should arrive by the deadline of 29th January 2016 and should be no more than 200 words in length.
The letter should:
Confirm that they support your application
Indicate how they hope that your participation in the programme will benefit your employer and the museums you work with
Confirm that they are willing to support you to have appropriate time away from your day-to-day work to complete the programme. The time commitment is for 3 residentials, each lasting from 12pm on day 1, to 3pm on day 2 (in a venue with good transport connections); two half day peer learning meetings (in London), a programme of work-shadowing or other action learning lasting approximately five working days, and time to read and reflect between course modules.
How you would benefit from the programme
A. Give an example of a time when your support for a museum has made a difference to that organisation. What was it about how you behaved that made what you did effective? (200 words or fewer, links to criterion 1)
B. What areas of your facilitation, support and consultancy skills do you hope to develop further through the programme? How will it complement other CPD opportunities you have benefitted from? (200 words or fewer, links to criterion 2)
C. Suggest one way in which you think the museum sector in your region (or the kinds of museums you work with) will need to change over the next five years. How will the programme make you more effective in supporting museums to achieve this change? (200 words or fewer, links to criterion 3)
Diversity monitoring
This information will be collated separately and will not form part of our assessment. Please indicate if you prefer not to answer any of the questions.
1. Gender
2. How do you describe your ethnicity?
3. Age
4. Do you consider yourself to have a disability?
Please return your completed form by email to Helen Wilkinson, [email protected] to arrive by 5pm on Friday 29th January 2016.
