The Foundation Course:

Ideal for anyone who is teaching or considering teaching that has not had formal training. A pre-requisite to the JWAAD diploma course. Can be completed as a stand alone course with a pass or fail element. If students wish, they can complete it without the assessment element however this would not count as being sufficient to go on to do the teaching diploma. Some may choose to do this foundation course for information and not as a qualification.

The JWAAD Foundation Course                                                                                                                  Certificate of attendance – not a qualification but shows you have attended and completed the course.                                                                                                                                                                The JWAAD Foundation Course – including assessment.                                                                        Certificate of achievement – Pass / Fail.                                                                                                      You require a ‘pass’ if you are considering going on to do the JWAAD Teaching Diploma. A ‘pass’ will also be accepted as evidence that you understand safety in dance classes for the MADN insurance policy.                                                                                                                                                    If you fail, there will be options to re-take some parts or you can choose to receive a certificate of attendance instead.

What is included?

**Anatomy – 3 hours

**Safe warm ups – 3 hours

Technique classes – 4 hours

Administration & professionalism – 1.5 hours

Fundraising and facilitating – 1.5 hours

**Health & safety in the Studio – 1.5 hours

Teaching basic technique – 1.5 hours

**Lesson planning – 1.5 hours

Individual tutorial - .5 hour

Warm up microteachings – 2+/- hours

The course will take place over 2 weekends – some may be residential, others non residential dependant on what facilities are available in the different regions. Both weekends are very intensive as there is a lot of ground to cover. There will be 4 homework assignments (marked **. The ‘safe warm up’ homework is preparing your micro-teaching) which will be given out on the first weekend. There will need to be submitted 2 weeks prior to the second weekend taking place. This will give tutors the chance to mark them before the second half of the course. The course will culminate in a session in which everyone will complete one 10 minute microteaching to demonstrate that they can incorporate the principals of safe warm ups in the classroom.

For more information on teacher training please contact Kay Taylor at                                            JWAAD Teacher Training, 9 Ferndale Avenue, East Boldon Tyne & Wear, NE36 0TQ

Email: kay@faridadance.com