Drama has become one of typically the most popular subjects to follow at GCSE and A level. With so many students discovering an interest for drama it is very important to learn what opportunities can be found in regards to pursing a career.
Could be Performers have several options they could study drama at university or choose one of many top 23 drama schools in England that are members of the CDS.
Child performers maybe able to make the transition, from child actor to adult, and never having to visit drama school. Though that is indeed rare, it's not impossible.
However, not everybody wants to be always a performer some prefer to teach, just what exactly training do you need. Well I spoke to one drama student who told me all about her journey from leaving
Blag Youth Theatre in Rickmansworth to landing a first class job in another school in Hertfordshire, she also outlines other routes into becoming a dilemma teacher.
'My passion for drama began within my early teens, when I joined Blag Youth Theatre. There I surely could expand my knowledge and test out improvisation and scripted pieces. In addition, it gave me performance opportunities which confirmed my passion for the arts.
I left school with 3 A-levels (Theatre studies, Music and English Lit.) in 1998. I continued to do a three year degree in Drama and Theatre Studies and graduated in 2001. During the following 3 years I worked with a number of different aged children running outdoor adventure activities. Dramacool I then determined to become a secondary school teacher and to get back to university; so in 2004 I began a PGCE in drama at Chester University. This course took a year and was very hands-on with two teaching placements in numerous schools.
Once I completed in 2010 I began as an NQT (Newly Qualified teacher) at a school in Hertfordshire - Once I had done one year as of this school i was a fully-qualified teacher of drama!!
There are other routes into teaching:
In the event that you make your decision before Used to do and know when you finish your A-Levels that you want to be a teacher then you are able to do a 4 year course at University and become either a main teacher or perhaps a secondary teacher with drama specialism.
If you have a dilemma degree already and desire to teach drama then you can either apply to do a PGCE, like me or perhaps a GTP. A GTP is a school based qualification where you work in a school for a low salary and soon you qualify.
If you have a qualification in another subject then you can still become a dilemma teacher but may need to perform a short course to convert your specialism.'
