Drama is now among typically the most popular subjects to follow along with at GCSE and A level. With so many students discovering a passion for drama it is essential to understand what opportunities can be found as it pertains to pursing a career.
Would be Performers have several options they are able to study drama at university or choose one of the top 23 drama schools in England which are members of the CDS.
Child performers maybe able to really make the transition, from child actor to adult, and never having to go to drama school. Though this is indeed rare, it's not impossible.
However, not everyone wants to become a performer some prefer to show, so what training do you need. Well I spoke to at least one drama student who explained all about her journey from leaving
Blag Youth Theatre in Rickmansworth to landing a top class job in a secondary 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 try 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 proceeded to accomplish a three year degree in Drama and Theatre Studies and graduated in 2001. During the following 3 years I worked with a variety of different aged children running outdoor adventure activities. Dramacool I then determined to become secondary school teacher and to get back to university; so in 2004 I started a PGCE in drama at Chester University. This course took per year and was very hands-on with two teaching placements in various schools.
Once I completed this season I started as an NQT (Newly Qualified teacher) at a school in Hertfordshire - Once I had done twelve months only at that school i was a fully-qualified teacher of drama!!
There are other routes into teaching:
If you make your decision before I did so and know once you finish your A-Levels that you wish to be described as a teacher then you can do a 4 year course at University and become either a principal teacher or even a secondary teacher with drama specialism.
If you have a dilemma degree already and need to teach drama then you can either apply to accomplish a PGCE, like me or even a GTP. A GTP is a school based qualification where you work in a school for a low salary until you qualify.
If you have a diploma in another subject then you can still become a dilemma teacher but might have to execute a short course to convert your specialism.'
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