Certificate in Professional Practice
Course Overview
Are you an arts education teacher seeking to enhance your professional practice skills?
The Certificate in Professional Practice at The Leinster School of Music & Drama addresses important topics such as business management, health and safety, and child protection in arts education—areas that are frequently overlooked in traditional training programmes.
Why Study a Certificate in Professional Practice?
Our certificate in Professional Practice can help you to:
- Understand the legal and ethical obligations of working with children and young people, and how to protect them effectively.
- Learn how to create a safe and healthy environment for learning, and how to prevent and manage risks and hazards.
- Develop your business acumen and entrepreneurial mindset, and learn how to plan, manage, and evaluate your arts education business
- Provides a pathway for the progression to the Higher Diploma in Arts in Drama Education.
- These certs will allow learners to upskill in their field.
Intake Dates
- Dublin - Part-Time - September 2024
Course Details
Professional Practice (5 ects)
Professional Practice is structured to enable learners to implement codes of best practice in relation to safeguarding children, and health & safety; it also provides learners with a practical framework for managing the administrative, business, and financial aspects of running a drama or performing arts school or practice.
Learners will engage in a range of practical activities that are integral in the safe and successful running of a creative Arts business. Learners also engage in reflective practice and writing through the Process Folio an Integrated Programme Assessment piece (IPA).
Course Contact
Suzanne Binley
- Dublin Main Campus
Timetables
(1 Saturday (campus), 1 Sunday (Campus) & 4 Thursday Evenings - online)
How to Apply
Entry Applicants:
Applicants will be considered on a case-by-case basis. They will need to submit a CV outlining relevant experience in the area and a short personal statement outlining why they see themselves as a suitable applicant.
All applicants will be considered on a case by case basis.
Fees
Tuition Fees
Tuition Fee: €372.50
Acad. Admin. Fee: €250.00
Total: €622.50
Progression
These certificates will provide learners with exemptions from the full Higher Diploma in Arts in Drama Education. These certs will allow learners to upskill in their field.