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Creative Leadership in Learning

An innovative Opera House program that embeds creativity into schools

The Creative Leadership in Learning Program is an immersive, and deep way to engage your school community with Sydney Opera House.

The program works by engaging the full creative capabilities of the Sydney Opera House to activate deeper learning for students and to support your teachers to teach any subject through creativity.

What is Creative Leadership in Learning?

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Creative Leadership in Learning has revolutionised teaching and learning at Casula High School...the potential benefits to the teachers and students are limitless.

Andrew Walsh, Teacher, Casula High School

The CLIL Program

The Creative Leadership in Learning program takes schools on a three year journey of discovery, growth and learning.

This flexible program has three main streams of activity:

  1. A two-term artist residency in your school resulting in a performance outcome.
  2. Teacher Professional Development Workshops to develop confidence in teaching through creativity.
  3. Student excursions to Sydney Opera House to engage with performances, workshops, talks or tours.

All of the artists are practicing creatives, theatre makers and artistic directors with backgrounds in education and creative learning.

After three years schools will:

  • Have up to 60% of teachers participate in immersive training programs exploring creative learning practices
  • Be experienced at integrating Sydney Opera House programs into their creative learning practices
  • Have attended numerous performances and events at the Sydney Opera House
  • Perform in Amplified Festival at the Sydney Opera House – the annual showcase of work from participating schools 

Amplified Festival

Amplified is the two-day festival when schools present their major projects from the Creative Leadership in Learning Program. Watch and celebrate how teaching creativity turns up the volume on learning, amplifying the connection between education and art.

Amplified Festival 2019

The performances, foyer activation, and film you are about to watch are the result of two terms of work between Sydney Opera House artists, a class of students and their teachers.

Each school group attended a performance at the Sydney Opera House and used it as the stimulus to create the original work you are about to watch. Each of these works also explores relevant curriculum subjects.

Amplified Festival 2019

The performances, foyer activation, and film you are about to watch are the result of two terms of work between Sydney Opera House artists, a class of students and their teachers. Each school group attended a performance at the Sydney Opera House and used it as the stimulus to create the original work you are about to watch. Each of these works also explores relevant curriculum subjects.

Stream, read and listen

I will never forget this experience and the profoundly positive impact it had upon my students.​

Katrina Faros, Teacher, Chipping Norton Public School

This is a program you can use to activate whole school change and make creativity the focus of what you do​.

Michael Saxon, Principal, Liverpool Boys High School

Meet the team

A woman sitting on a wooden bench with her hands on her knees.
A man with grey hairs and beard.
A woman with black hairs and green eyes.
A man in a shirt with X X on his eyes.
A woman with blonde hairs and a big smile.
A man with moustache and eyes wide open.
A woman in a blue top, smiling.
A woman in a shirt.
A woman in a yellow dress leaning on a wall.

Get in touch

To find out more about Creative Leadership in Learning for your school, please contact us:

Phone: +61 2 9250 7770
Fax: +61 02 9241 4276

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