Devising for Secondary Teachers – applications
Region: Metro, Metro South and West, Regional North and West
Dates
Applications opening: Mon 10 Feb 2025
Applications closing: Fri 2 May 2025
This course is an excellent opportunity for you to develop high-level skills in making performance works, engaging in creative practices and exploring dramatic contexts for secondary students. You will gain practical insight, knowledge and skills applicable to a wide range of school contexts and you will be equipped with teaching strategies and program scaffolds to take back to the classroom.
About the workshop
Sessions will focus on:
- Engaging students through movement, music, and drama
- Creating performances from a range of stimulus material
- Managing collaborative learning experiences and group work
- Using non-verbal communication focusing on empowering and teaching students through performance, movement, and gesture
- Using student experiences to create devised documentary drama performances
This course is suitable for teachers and support staff and is open to teachers from both government and non-government schools.
Workshop information
- The program is a 1 day teacher professional learning workshop
- Date: Term 2 Week 5, Tuesday 27 May 2025
Time: 9 am – 3 pm - Venue: Bankstown Arts Centre - Studio 1
Program fees
- This program is free for 1 teacher per participating school for the Multicultural Storytelling Program
- $200 for all other government teachers attending the professional learning.
- $300 for non government teachers.
Application process
- Complete this online application form, including all your students' details and contact teacher information.
- Read the information package Devising for Secondary Teachers Information Package (DOCX 2.62 MB)
Payment
- Government teachers will need to enter school details including school code and SAM contacts. The amount will be transferred from your school to the Arts Unit.
- Non-government teachers will need to pay via the Arts Unit payment portal for teachers.
- Government teachers can choose to pay via the Arts Unit payment portal for teachers and use a credit card. The Arts Unit will not debit the school in this case.
To use the payment portal
- Go to the payment portal.
- Select Arts Initiatives from the program drop down.
- Then select 'Devising for Secondary Teachers' and the non-government fee of $300 and government fee of $200 should come up.
Contact
For more information contact Ashley Napoleoni at artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au.
All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If your students require support to participate in the Secondary Aboriginal Dance Workshop, please email artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au so we can assist.