Order Description
Degree name: Certificate in Ballet Teaching Studies
Term paper title: Professional Portforlio (1800 words total)
Two sections
Section 1: Evaluation and Targets (approx 600 words)
Evaluate your current teaching skills, focusing on the following areas:
1)your reason for doing the CBTS programme
2)your career aims for your 1st year as an Royal Academy of Dance teacher
3)Your particular strength as a ballet teacher
4)The subject area/skill which provided you with the biggest challenge
5)What further study or training you will need to do in order to complete your long term career aims
6) Three targets for your 1st year in a teaching role focusing on the above
Section 2:
Identify an opportunity/event/training you would like to offer your students in the future as part of your services and/or freelance career. Create a plan that will articulate your goal and demonstrate how you will achieve your goal.
N.B: This would not include something that you are currently pursuing and/or have already undertaken.
To create your plan, you should consider the following areas:
1. What is your goal? (Approx. 600 words)
Specify what your goal is. The goal that you identify should be based on a market trend as part of your future products and services. Detail the opportunity/event/training you wish to create.
2. What added value will the goal offer to you as a teacher and/or the dance industry? (Approx. 400 words)
Give your reasons as simple bullet points linking these to the market trends.
3. What new professional networking opportunities will your goal initiate? (Approx. 100 words)
Who will you need to work with to deliver your goal? How will these networks help you and what can you offer your new collaborators?
4. Timeline(Approx.100words)
By when will you achieve your goal and what are the milestones?
For CBTS you will be assessed on providing satisfactory evidence for achievement of the following competencies:
? Effective use of reflective practice
? Basic understanding of continuing professional development
? Ability to identify career opportunities for ballet teachers
? Ability to evidence skills and experience in an appropriate manner
