This course is designed for non-specialists teaching music as an extra subject at KS3. This course will help you understand basic musical concepts, and will give you the skills and knowledge to teach music with confidence.
- Manager: Elizabeth Stafford
On this course you will reflect on how you learned music yourself and how this impacts on the way that you teach it. You will be challenged to consider how your current KS3 curriculum is balanced between formal, informal and non formal approaches to music teaching to ensure that all kinds of musical learners can be both engaged and challenged by what is on offer. You will also explore the balance between different approaches to music learning to identify what aligns with the needs of your students, your beliefs and values about music education and the requirement to deliver a broad and balanced curriculum at KS4.
- Manager: Elizabeth Stafford
On this course you will learn how to prepare your students for the performance, composition and listening components of GCSE music. You will consider what level of skill your students need to achieve success against the criteria, including some myth busting around required prior experience, input and ‘standards’ for GCSE. The course will help you decide how and when you teach different skills during Year 10 and 11, to ensure that students are fully prepared for success in their assessments.
- Manager: Elizabeth Stafford
This course covers everything you need to know about leading singing in a secondary (11-18) setting. It includes the latest research into the impact of singing in schools, advice on developing a culture of singing, video tutorials on singing and conducting techniques, advice on selecting repertoire, using singing to support the curriculum, and how to start, maintain, and improve a choir.
- Manager: Elizabeth Stafford