Teaching Drama in Schools

Arts in Education works with pupils and schools in Music, Dance and Drama.

View a list of Drama related INSET Courses for the Autumn Term 2009

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Drama, dance and music are all part of the National Curriculum and our advisory teachers have the experience to support staff in the early years, primary, secondary and special schools, and develop their skills in the performing arts.

The Curriculum Team has developed a large range of practical resources and website material for teachers in the performing arts. Members of the team have been instrumental in developing the National Curriculum and examination syllabi and are involved in examining and moderating at a national level.

Advisory teachers for drama in the curriculum support team can provide ...

Classroom curriculum support to promote effective teaching and learning by

working alongside teachers in their classrooms to develop skills and confidence in drama;
showing how to include all learners encompassing their differing learning styles, abilities, cultures and interests;
promoting creativity, oracy, and cross-curricular approaches;
working with teachers to devise schemes of work;
updating and networking good practice.

Staff development through

school workshops
tailor made packages
collaborative packages with other schools
central INSET
teacher networks

School based or local collaborative performance projects

Festivals of drama often developed from classroom curriculum work; these can include dance and singing too.

Performance opportunities

We offer young people a range of performance opportunities at venues like De Montfort Hall, Knighton Fields Centre, Loughborough Town Hall and local community colleges. Look out for information coming into your school via post or intranet about our projects.

We offer school matinees and collaborate with other artists to introduce children to live performances.

Arts in Education is a trading service of the LA and has to meet its costs. The Standards Fund for Music and support from the LA enables the service to keep its costs down, but only represents around one fifth of the service's income.

Drama Department Staff Contacts

INSET Courses for Autumn 2009

Tuesday 6th October	Exploring Antartica and Egypt through Dance & Drama
Thursday 8th October	Ways Drama can be used to enhance and develop writing
Tuesday 13th October	Drama for effective and engaging cross-curricular teaching
Thursday 15th October	Literacy and Drama for Infant Teachers
Tuesday 27th October	Drama for Teachers in their first year of teaching, new to teaching or returning to teaching
Wednesday 4th November	AQA GCSE: DANCE Teaching & Learning the new Set Dance: Find It!
Monday 16th November	Getting Boys Moving
Thursday 19th November	Dance for Early Years
Wednesday 25th November	Making Shakespeare Accessible and Engaging through Drama - Focusing on Key Stage 3 & 4
Thursday 29th November	Dance Resource pack for Key Stage 3 - 'A Paractical Guide to Teaching Dance'