The LSO On Track CPD Scheme 2011/12 is now underway, with 25 teachers from across East London taking part:

Phillipa Baulch Morningside Primary School, Hackney

Elizabeth Browne Joseph Clarke School, Waltham Forest

Alex Cooke Joseph Clarke School, Waltham Forest

Gillian Dubock Southern Road Primary School, Newham

Lauren Dyer Our Lady & St Joseph's Catholic Primary School, Hackney

Emma Edwards Roding Primary School, Redbridge

Mark Gowers Mead Primary School, Havering

Alice Hale Orchard Primary School, Bexley

Rafaela Hatziefstratiou Essex Primary School, Newham

Sarah Hughes Chingford C of E Junior School, Waltham Forest

David James Brook Community Primary School, Hackney

Marilyn Johnson Kaizen Primary School, Newham

William Leng Randall Cremer Primary School, Hackney

Michaela Marinko St Peter's London Docks Primary School, Tower Hamlets

Marie-Claude Perreault Waltham Forest Music Service / Greenleaf Primary School, Waltham Forest

Helen Pree St Winefride's Catholic Primary School, Newham

Davida Robinson Glade Primary School, Redbridge

Jill Scott-Kerr William Davis Primary School, Tower Hamlets

Renuka Sivakumaran Old Palace Primary School, Tower Hamlets

Mhairi Sturt Randall Cremer Primary School, Hackney

Karen Swift Grazebrook Primary School, Hackney

Junette Taylor St Helen's Catholic Primary School, Newham

Lisa Wilson Christchurch Primary School, Redbridge

Stella Wong Gilbert Colvin Primary School, Redbridge

Nicholas Yeo St Michael's Catholic Primary School, Newham

The LSO On Track CPD Scheme is a year-long Scheme designed for teachers at KS2 who want to develop confidence and strategies for using music in the classroom, focusing on a creative approach to music-making. The Scheme is suitable for all KS2 teachers from the ten Host and Gateway Boroughs of East London*, whether they have no experience of using music in the classroom, some experience, or a great deal of experience.

The Scheme is delivered by LSO Animateur Rachel Leach and specialists from the ten Host and Gateway boroughs’ Music Services*, supported by LSO Players. This year's CPD Borough Centres are based in Hackney (with CPD Tutors James Thomas & Xanthe Sarr), Newham (with CPD Tutor Julie Sharpe) and Redbridge (with CPD Tutor Maggie Goble). The Scheme content is written by Music Educator / Trainer and Acting Head of The Learning Trust Music Service, Hackney, James Thomas, with Rachel Leach.

Benefits of the LSO On Track: CPD Scheme
By the end of the Scheme it is anticipated that teachers will have:

• gained confidence both in teaching music and in your own personal musical development
• developed your singing skills
• facilitated a group or ensemble at your school
• sourced appropriate songs for use with a range of age groups
• learned warm up exercises, appropriate for different musical and classroom situations
• understood the basic principles of graphic notation and other appropriate forms of notation
• organised one visit to a live music event for your pupils
• performed with other teachers in an ensemble
• written a scheme of work for your year group
• developed your own personal listening experiences
• demonstrated an ability to create abstract pieces and to structure class music pieces
• used simple conducting techniques to lead young musicians in the classroom
• demonstrated a deeper understanding of working in collaboration with other art forms
• followed an LSO Resource Pack to prepare pupils for an LSO Schools Concert
• organised one or more performance opportunities for your pupils

Accreditation

On completion of the LSO On Track CPD Scheme, teachers also have the opportunity to seek formal Accreditation by taking the Trinity Guildhall qualification LTCL Music Practice: Teaching, for which they receive support from LSO and Music Service tutors.

 

Recruitment for CPD Scheme 2013/14

Recruitment for the next LSO On Track CPD Scheme, beginning September 2013, will take place in the academic year 2012-2013. Please look out for details of upcoming Creative Days and Taster Workshops at the Barbican, LSO St Luke's and in a borough near you.

For more information about any aspect of the CPD Scheme, please contact David Nunn, LSO On Track Projects Co-ordinator, on 020 7382 2538 or david.nunn@lso.co.uk.

*Barking & Dagenham, Bexley, Greenwich, Hackney, Havering, Lewisham, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest.