The Artist-In-School Scheme (AISS) supports sustained partnerships between Singapore arts professionals^ and mainstream and Special Education (SPED) schools to co-design customised arts learning experiences that deepen students’ engagement in and through the arts.
AISS enables schools to co-design a range of meaningful arts learning experiences that focus on working with arts professionals^ to achieve one of the following objectives:
For mainstream schools
- Deepen students’ understanding and appreciation of various art forms
- Develop students’ awareness, skills and understanding of the non-performative aspects of the arts (E.g. choreography, lighting & sound design, arts criticism, etc.)
- Support broader educational outcomes through the arts (E.g. engaging at-risk children and youths through the arts, teaching Character and Citizenship Education through the arts, etc.)
For SPED schools
- Deepen students’ understanding and appreciation of various art forms in alignment with curriculum
- Support broader educational outcomes through the arts (E.g. developing skills and attributes in the core Learning Domains, teaching Character and Citizenship Education through the arts)
- Deepen SPED teachers’ knowledge and enhance their skills in developing or delivering arts-based lessons (E.g. through learning specific arts skills and/or pedagogy), so as to cater to students’ needs
Mode of Instruction
Face-to-face, digital and blended modes of learning are supported in AISS. Schools should indicate in the proposal the instruction mode to be adopted.
Hours of Learning
To facilitate deep engagement, a minimum of 10-hours of artist-student interaction is recommended.
Teacher-Training Component
Schools may include a teacher-training component as part of the programme, on condition that the number of hours designated for teacher-training does not exceed the number of hours of artist-student interaction.
Presentation/Showcase Component
Schools may also include a presentation/showcase component as a culmination of their AISS project. However, stand-alone presentations/showcases will not be supported.
^Arts professionals refer to artists (e.g. musicians, dancers, writers, sculptors, etc.) and other professionals (e.g. art critics, light/sound designers, etc.) with a practice in the arts industry.
| School Type | Application Cycle |
| For Primary & Secondary Schools, JCs, Centralised Institute & ITE Colleges | The application window for AISS projects taking place in CY 2024 will be open from 11 September – 23 October 2023. Applications are to be submitted via Form.Sg. |
Interested applicants may refer to the AISS 2024 Application Guide for Teachers and Grant Guidelines documents below for more information.
AISS 2024 APPLICATION GUIDE FOR TEACHERS
AISS 2024 ONLINE APPLICATION FORM LINK
Post-Project Report
All schools are required to submit a post-project report no later than 8 weeks after the project’s completion, along with at least two high-resolution photographs of the sessions. AISS 2023 (Mainstream) schools can download the post-project
report template
below.
| School Type | Application Cycles |
| For Special Education Schools | There are two application cycles for SPED-AISS projects taking place in CY2024:
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Interested applicants may refer to the SPED-AISS 2024 Grant Guidelines below for more information.
SPED-AISS 2024 GRANT GUIDELINES
Post-Project Report for SPED schools
All schools are required to submit a post-project report within two months after the project’s completion, along with at least two photographs of the sessions.
SPED-AISS 2024 POST-PROJECT REPORT TEMPLATE
SPED-AISS MEDIA RELEASE FORM
For further queries on this scheme, please contact the NAC Education Unit at nac_aep@nac.gov.sg.