PGCert Performance

Teaching
A new part-time programme designed to
support professional musicians, actors, theatre
technicians and dancers who teach as part of
their practice

gsmd.ac.uk/perfteaching
 PGCert Performance Teaching
One year part-time or two years part-time
Performance Teaching is a new programme,
designed to support professional musicians,
actors, theatre technicians and dancers who
teach as part of their practice as performers or
are undertaking a portfolio career. The
programme provides a unique opportunity to
develop creative and reflective practice in
performance teaching. You will be encouraged
to identify a personal pathway for your
development, in specific contexts that are most
relevant to your career aspirations.
The programme will support your
employment as a professional artist-teacher
in a range of contexts, including:
• Higher Education Institutions
• Specialist performing arts schools and
junior conservatoires
• State and independent schools
• Community and lifelong learning
• Inclusive learning programmes such as
Sistema-inspired initiatives
Participants who have appropriate experience
of teaching at HE level have the option of
completing an elective, Reflective Practice in
Higher Education, which will lead to
professional recognition from the UK Higher
Education Academy (subject to accreditation).
How you’ll learn
The programme combines intensive workshops
with online learning and practical experience.
Supported by a team of world-renowned
practitioners, researchers and guest speakers,
you will develop skills and knowledge in the
fundamental principles of pedagogy,
professional frameworks, teaching and
facilitator approaches. Where appropriate, the
programme team will support you in accessing
opportunities for practical experience of
facilitating learning, drawing on the Guildhall
School’s extensive network of partners (for
example, the East London Creative and Cultural
Partnership, Centre for Young Musicians, and
Music Hubs). You will be supported by a personal
Pedagogy Mentor, and will participate in guided
peer support groups.
This programme offers:
• A strong focus on critically reflective practice,
framed by professional guidelines such as the
Higher Education Academy Professional
Standards Framework
• Interdisciplinary perspectives
• Feedback on practical work in Higher Education
or Inclusive Learning settings
• Teaching and mentoring delivered by an
experienced team who individually have strong
professional reputations as educators, performers
and researchers
• An educational philosophy that celebrates
professionalism, international perspectives,
creativity, and innovative practices in
performance teaching
The programme is one year part-time or two
years part-time, delivered in intensive bursts.
Students take the following modules:
Core Module 1: Fundamental Principles in
Performance Pedagogy
and
Elective A: Reflective Practice in
Higher Education
or
Elective B: Reflective Practice in
Inclusive Learning
A student taking the programme over two
years will undertake Core Module 1 in year
one, and the elective in year two (subject to
relevant experience).
Find out more
Visit gsmd.ac.uk/perfteaching for further
information and to apply online.