Julia Gabriel School of Education

Courses

Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama)

An intensive, part time training programme for adults to introduce Speech and Drama to children aged 3 to 8 years. The programme provides support for novice and student teachers in the classroom whilst they learn.

Course Content:

• Development of voice and speech
• Using language: poetry, prose and stories
• Teaching: methodologies and classroom management
• Drama in the classroom
• Working with individual children
• Parents as partners
• In addition, students take part in:
  • Practical teaching / supervised teaching
  • Individual clinics
  • Assessment and moderation for the Julia Gabriel Teaching Certificate (Speech and Drama)

Admission criteria

CPT, DPT, Dip. Drama or a relevant degree. Those without early childhood entry requirements or relevant experience must attend our Child Development and Learning module – ‘A Child’s World’.

Schedule

Three times a week for theory, practical and class attachment at Julia Gabriel Centre for Learning, Forum or Evans Road. Class attachment: 1 to 1 ½ hours per week (either weekday or weekends).

A Child's World (Child development and learning)

This course helps adults to understand children better. Our skilled educators provide information on physical, cognitive, language, social and emotional development in children from birth to the age of 8. Participants develop skills of awareness and sensitivity to children's needs, learn what to expect from children as they grow, how to create a warm and secure learning environment and how to help children reach their full potential.

Course Content:

• Learning in the early years (birth to age 8)
• Inter-related stages of development in young children including language and communication
• The child's understanding of the physical world
• The child as a social being
• Creativity and the growing child
• Observing children's behaviour and development
• Children with additional needs

Courses and Examinations in Speech Communication Art, Speech and Drama, Communication and Presentation Skills

Trinity Guildhall is an integration of two illustrious traditions of assessment in performance art: Trinity College London and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, owned by the Corporation of London. Committed to encouraging high standards of human interaction, performance and education, Trinity Guildhall's examination syllabus provides structure for learning and international validation of standards of attainment for teachers, performers, speakers and students of communication skills and performance arts.

Training and Preparation

Julia Gabriel School of Education is a Trinity Guildhall examination centre, offering small group classes leading to Trinity Guildhall graded examination, certificates and diplomas in performance, presentation, communication and teaching. Interested candidates are invited to apply for a Trinity Guildhall syllabus from Julia Gabriel School of Education, outlining the wide range of classes and examinations available.

Trinity Guildhall Foundation Teaching Certificate, CertTCL (FT)

Teachers who have already completed the Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate may go straight on to the Trinity Guildhall Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama) as the first step in international qualifications. The CertTCL (FT) recognises ability to teach children to Level 3 Speech Communication Arts, or up to 8. Exam requirements are explained, and practical work is undertaken and critiqued by a senior trainer so that trainees understand the standards required and are able to work individually and in small groups to develop their practical and written programmes for examination.

Grade Examinations

Teachers opting for further studies to more advance level proceed on to grade examinations in Speech and Drama, followed by an Associate Teacher's Diploma in Speech and Drama (ATCL), and Diploma in Teaching Speech and Drama (LTCL)