Teacher Professional Learning

Black Swan State Theatre Company will customise Professional Development workshops for teachers at your school. We welcome bookings from the Department of Education, Catholic Education Office and Independent Schools Association of WA as well as individuals wishing to get a group together for their own professional development and learning.

If you wish to hold these sessions at the State Theatre Centre of WA then additional facility hire charges will apply.

 

Target audience: Drama teachers

Duration: Two hours

Participant minimum/maximum: 4 / 20

Where: At your school (no extra charge) or at the State Theatre Centre of WA (room hire charges will apply)

Bookings: Four weeks before the desired date.

Please email alena@bsstc.com.au with a minimum of two possible dates/times that the workshop could be held on. A tutor will be sourced for your workshop who will contact you to organise workshop specifics. You will receive a workshop confirmation from Black Swan and will need to provide a purchase order number for invoicing.

Cost: $325 ex GST & mileage

UNPACKING PRODUCTION AND DESIGN ELEMENTS OF THEATRE

Black Swan will customise Professional Development workshops for teachers at your school addressing the production and design aspects of theatre and demands of the current curricula. Choose from production management, stage management, set & props design, costume design, sound design, lighting design or make-up.

MODEL MAKING AND SET DESIGN

Black Swan will customise a Professional Development workshop to address the creative process of set design including working with scale and the spatial environment. Participants will create their own set model box.

Cost: $750 for a full day ex gst & mileage

TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO PERFORM IMPROVISATIONS

Practical and creative, this physical workshop will assist teachers with unlocking their students’ creativity. Our professional artist will teach practical techniques that will help you to enhance your students’ preparations for their drama assessment tasks and exams. The workshop will explore practical examples that will help free your students to explore characters, narrative and connections.

TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO PREPARE AND PERFORM THEIR OSP

A workshop designed to assist teachers with guiding their students towards this challenging examination task. Teachers will be shown how to help their students transform ideas into a character within a dramatic piece. Learn how to make sure a clear structure is established to enable students to take their chosen character/s on a journey from the beginning to the resolution.