The Creativity Portal has two new pieces of content this week from the RSA that educators at both a school level and a senior management, strategic level will find fascinating and transformative.

RSA: Giving Schools the Power to Create – Developing creative capacities in learners and teachers

A summary paper on how schools can best develop pupils’ creative capacities by the RSA. The paper includes 12 design principles for action and offers a clear overview of the international picture on creativity skills.

http://creativityportal.org.uk/?q=giving+schools

RSA Report: Creative Public Leadership – school system leaders and system-wide innovation

A report from the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) and WISE (World Innovation Summit for Education) that asks how school system leaders can create the conditions for system-wide innovation. The report sets out nine first steps to re-orient the role public system leaders might play.

http://creativityportal.org.uk/?q=creative+public+leadership