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Continuing Development
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Continuing Development is an essential part of any dancer's training and the RSCDS is committed to helping its members with their personal development. Tools and ideas are listed here for dancers, potential teachers and qualified teachers.


 
Continuing Development Print

The Continuing Development Record provides a way of documenting this learning. It builds upon the reflective approach of Unit 4 of the Teaching Certificate, encouraging teachers and musicians to identify development activities and to consider how that learning will benefit them and their class. Use of the record is entirely optional. It can be used very flexibly to suit personal styles and needs.

The Scheme for Developing Experience of Potential Examiners has been devised to give teachers with the potential to be examiners opportunities to gain experience at Summer School - mainly that of tutoring - which they may not be able to gain locally. The scheme is similar to a scholarship-award and information will be posted here when the next round of application open

 
Teaching Skills Print

The Society has developed guidelines for branches wishing to run Teaching Skills courses.

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International Teacher Development Fund Print

Applications open as of 1st May 2010

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Basic Teaching Skills - Unit 0 Print

This is best described as a course for those who are already leading/teaching, or about to take on a group, but who do not wish to sit the RSCDS teaching exams. 

Attendance on the course will result in a “Record of Completion of a course in basic SCD Teaching skills”.

All of the elements listed below are useful skills for any teacher.  Those seeking to study Unit 0 may not require all of them in the same depth, so the most relevant can be selected for delivery, depending on the needs of the course members. 

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Guidance notes on running a SCD Class Print

Helpful hints on preparing for and running a class.

Although thorough preparation and planning form the basis of good teaching, if time is short a detailed review of the dances you plan to teach is a vital minimum requirement...

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