Certificate music educators

The Certificate on Music Educators (CME) is for generalist, as well as specialist music educators who work with children and young people. Participants might include teachers, classroom assistants, local hubs, peripatetic vocal and instrumental teachers, community musicians and students of music/music education wishing to embark on, or develop their primary class teaching expertise.

The CME would support adults wishing to develop their music teaching skills and knowledge of the primary music curriculum including composing and music technology, as well as adults wishing to aspire to, or who already have a leadership role for the music curriculum.

The CME would be a key enhancement to the participant’s CV as well as benefit anyone considering further study in education, such as a BA/QTS or postgraduate certificate in education.

The Trinity CME assesses students across the following six units, representing up-to-date best practice in music education.

• Understanding children and young people's musical learning
• Planning, facilitating and evaluating young people's musical learning
• Reflective practice and professional development in music education
• Promoting children and young people's positive behaviour
• Equality, diversity and inclusion in music education
• Safeguarding in music education

The course is assessed and moderated by tutors at Canterbury Christ Church University and accredited by Trinity College London.

• Work as a specialist within primary schools
• Contribute to secondary cross-phase outreach work in primary schools
• Complementing or contributing to the work of the hubs
• Consultancy work in other educational settings
• Saturday morning schools
• Extra-curricular work

The course includes four days of very active seminars/workshops where participants will have first-hand opportunity to engage in primary music activities. The days will include reflection on and analysis of their own current practice.

Each participant will receive a minimum of three tutorials, including an initial tutorial to record current expertise and assess participants’ needs.

Participants are expected to maintain a reflective journal which will provide a record of developing expertise and future needs, as well as reflective notes on their own learning, children’s learning and implications for future learning.

Participants will be observed by the course tutor(s) teaching at least two music lessons (which may be through an assessment visit or through video evidence). Records of these assessments will add to the participants’ journals.

Both tutors are senior lecturers at Canterbury Christ Church University with many years of experience between them. This includes working not only with student teachers and teachers but also senior leaders in school and those with responsibility for music in a range of educational settings.

The course is assessed through:

• Attendance at four workshop/seminar days;
• A Journal which records developing understanding of the six modules;
• Evidence of at least two assessed class taught sessions by the course tutor(s);
• Tutor and participant assessment through a reflective journal.

Course assessment is moderated both locally and externally.

Fees

2018/19 tuition fees for this course

Students may self-fund their course or a sponsor may fund or part-fund. Bursaries, scholarships and fee discounts may also be available.

Further information

• See information about financial support available for postgraduate studies
• If you would like information about paying your fees, please contact finance@canterbury.ac.uk
• For specific fee queries, please contact fees@canterbury.ac.uk

Additional course costs

Although we aim to minimise any additional costs to students over and above the course tuition fee, there will be some additional costs which students are expected to meet.

Costs applicable to all students

General principle policy

The University’s general principles policy for additional course fees are set out here