Join us for an exciting multi-modular part-time training programme to learn about teaching Speech and Drama for children. The Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama) programme involves a series of evening workshops in which you’ll discover how Julia Gabriel Centre’s well-established EduDrama® techniques can be used to develop children’s confidence, expressiveness, creativity and language skills. Additionally, each participant will gain hands-on experience in a 10-week attachment to a Speech and Drama class at Julia Gabriel Centre, with weekly 1-1 mentoring sessions during the attachment period.
The programme focuses particularly on teaching Speech and Drama for children aged 3 – 9 (and many of the techniques you’ll learn can also be used in working with other age groups).
Programme Structure
Modules A – C can be taken in any order. Module D must be done in the participant’s final intake. (Participants can do all four modules in one intake if they choose to, or can spread the modules out over multiple intakes.)
Participants who do not currently have formal qualifications in education, child development or other related fields, also need to do the Julia Gabriel Initial Certificate (Child Learning & Development) (see details below).
Course content during the 4 modules
- Drama in the classroom
- Development of voice & speech
- Using language: Poetry, prose and stories
- Teaching: Methodologies and classroom management
- Participation in:
- Practical teaching / supervised teaching
- Individual mentoring
- Assessment and moderation for the Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama)
Registration
Participants may choose to register for all the modules in 1 intake (if they wish to complete the programme in half a year).
Alternatively, participants may register just for Module A, B or C (or a combination of these modules) in one intake, and then complete the other modules in later intakes in order to attain the Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama). Module D must be done in the participant’s final intake.
It is fine if a participant wants to do just 1 or 2 modules as individual short-courses initially, and then decide if they want to go on to complete the full Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama) programme after that.
Pre-Requisites
Background Qualifications
Participants who do not currently have formal qualifications in education, child development or other related fields, need to do the Julia Gabriel Initial Certificate (Child Learning & Development) in order have the appropriate background knowledge to attain the Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama).
The Julia Gabriel Initial Certificate (Child Learning & Development), which consists of two modules, can either be done before joining the Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama), or can be done in the same intake as some or all of the Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama) modules.
Note: Julia Gabriel Initial Certificate (Child Learning & Development) is only required for people who don’t currently have qualifications in education, child development or related fields who want to do the full Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama) programme. It is not required for people signing up just for Module A, Module B and/or Module C but not for the full certificate programme. Also, anyone who already has qualifications in education, child development or related fields will be exempt from any requirement to do the Julia Gabriel Introductory Certificate in Child Learning & Development.
Language Requirements
Participants who wish to do the full Julia Gabriel Foundation Teaching Certificate (Speech & Drama) programme (including Module D), need to have a level of spoken and written English language which can enable them to pass the final assessment and moderation at the end of Module D.
Anyone who registers all four modules in one intake will be called for an admission interview so we can make an assessment of this.
Anyone who registers for Module D after having completed other modules in an earlier intake may also be called for an admission interview (unless instructors from earlier modules are able to confirm that the applicant has a strong enough level of English language to be able to pass Module D).