Devising for Secondary Teachers
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.
This course is suitable for teachers and support staff and is open to teachers from both government and non-government schools.
About the workshop
This workshop MyPL code NRG04991 addresses the following National Teaching Standards: 1.3.2, 2.1.2, 6.3.2 to maintain accreditation at Proficient. By attending this workshop, you will receive 6 hours of teacher identified professional learning. Please enrol in the course on MyPL to add your hours added to your professional learning diary.
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.
Enquiries
Dates – Coffs Harbour
2024 applications for the Coffs Harbour program are now open.
Applications close 5:00 pm Friday 15 November 2024
Date: Term 4 Week 7, Monday 25 November 2024
Time: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Venue: TBA
Cost
- $150 per participating teacher – government schools
- $250 per participating teacher – non government schools
One teacher free for every participating government school in the Multicultural Playwright Program.
Workshop schedule
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30 am – 9:00 am | Welcome and registration |
| 9:00 am – 9:30 am | Session 1 Introductions and icebreakers |
| 9:30 am – 10:00 am | Session 2 Warm ups |
| 10:00 am – 11:00 am | Session 3 The Elements of Drama |
| 11:00 am – 11:15 am | Morning Tea |
| 11:15 am – 11:45 am | Session 3 – continued The Elements of Drama – part 2 |
| 11:45 am – 12:45 pm | Session 4 Generating material using personal stories. Free-writing, photographs, narration, physical storytelling, character and comedy |
| 12:45 pm – 1:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Session 5 Devising and performance – How can we weave our material together and enhance it with the elements of drama. |
| 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm |
Questions, reflections and examples of devised work Time for questions and reflections on the day. |
2022 gallery – Multicultural Playwright Program Bankstown
All Arts Units programs are inclusive. If support is required to participate in the Devising for Secondary Teachers program, please email artsinitiatives@det.nsw.edu.au so we can assist.
