Come along and get stuck into a day of creative discovery to aid your development as a teacher of the performing arts.

Get ready to engage in practical activities to support excellence in Singing, Dancing and Acting.

Aspects also covered:

• Supporting steps to learning and links to the Early Years Foundation Stage Curriculum
• Teaching young children with developing Literacy Skills
• Planning and Assessment
• Use of play and games as tools for learning
• Developmental feedback and its role in accelerating learning
• Expectations
• Inclusive Early Stages practice

Lunch and refreshments are provided - please do stay for lunch to network with colleagues.

Venue: Stagecoach Performing Arts Professional Development Centre, The Courthouse, Elm Grove, Walton-on-Thames KT12 1LZ

Workshop Leaders

Lily de la Haye

Lily began attending Stagecoach as a Stage 2 and upon leaving at the age of 18 to train at The BRIT School, she began teaching in the network. She has taught every discipline up and down the country and has been helping to inspire teachers as an extended member of Head Office for the last four years. Her creative works have been performed at Her Majesty’s Theatre and most recently the alumni performance at The Shaftesbury Theatre, London. She currently looks after over 200 students each week at Stagecoach Tooting, Dulwich and Merton Park. West Side Story (Prison Choirs Project); Imagine This (The Union Theatre); Cats (Royal Caribbean International); Parade (London Revival); The Hogwarts Choir (Universal Studios Japan); Friday Night is Music Night (The Mermaid Theatre).

Chase Demmers

Chase was originally a Stagecoach Student himself. He has been teaching within the Stagecoach network for many years; teaching a combination of Early stages, Main Stages and Further Stages Classes. As well as being a passionate Stagecoach Teacher, Chase is also part of the Stagecoach Education team at Head office where he is Head of Dance. Chase is dedicated to ensuring that all Stagecoach students get the best possible learning experience.