Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
We are committed to lifelong learning and the RAD Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme is a reflection of our formal commitment to this. Our CPD scheme is designed to meet your individual needs and circumstances; activities are offered worldwide with structured, innovative and progressive opportunities to continue your professional development. Each activity is designed to enhance your skills, extend your knowledge and widen your career opportunities.
CPD activities include practical face-to-face workshops and online learning. Face-to-face workshops not only give you the chance to deepen your understanding of a specific topic but also meet and network with other dance teachers so you can share ideas and gain from each other’s experience. We also offer a suite of highly interactive e-learning activities. Our eCPD learning has been exclusively designed for dance professionals. It is rich in graphics and audio-visual content which blends a variety of question-types and discussion forums to ensure that you are at the forefront of developments in dance teaching. Our eCPD activities mean that you can take part in CPD from any location or situation; you choose where best suits you.
When you graduate and become a dance teacher with the RAD, you will often work on a part-time or freelance basis so you need to ensure that you are on top of your game and taking advantage of new developments and initiatives, in a highly competitive market. Taking part in CPD will show potential employers that you are a committed professional ready to take on challenges of changing educational and professional requirements.
No matter where you are in the world, how you like to learn, whether you are at Certificate or Masters level, the RAD CPD scheme will support you in your on-going development and further career progression.
Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing
The Academy’s commitment to lifelong learning and to providing high quality, workplace relevant CPD came together in an innovative project last year, supported by a grant from the Community Learning Innovation Fund.
The project provided opportunities for older adults, who would not normally get an opportunity to dance, to participate in appropriately tailored classes. The RAD believes that dance is not just for children and young adults and that people of all ages can enjoy, and benefit from, participation in this art form. Our oldest learner on the Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing project was 102, so dance can form a part of lifelong learning, from infancy through to very old age.
An integral element of the project was the provision of training and mentoring for the six teachers who volunteered hours of their time to lead the specialist classes. Our project teachers took part in an intensive two-day seminar on dance practice with older learners. Once they were on placement they received regular mentoring visits from Faculty of Education staff. Following eight months of regular practice, reflection, and study on working with older learners our project teachers are themselves now empowered to deliver CPD on this topic and to further contribute to workforce development in relation to this rapidly growing area of work.
Alongside the provision of lifelong learning for seniors and CPD for dance teachers, this project also engaged in research to explore the benefits of dance for older learners and to prepare guidance on best practices for dance teachers. The outcomes of this research are shared in the Dance for Lifelong Wellbeing project report, which can be downloaded as a PDF from
www.radeducation.org.uk/ danceforlifelongwellbeing
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