How to be a new Drama Tutor.

 Drama is currently among the most used subjects to follow along with at GCSE and A level. With so many students discovering a passion for drama it is very important to learn what opportunities can be found when it comes to pursing a career.

Will be Performers have several options they could study drama at university or choose among the top 23 drama schools in England which are members of the CDS.

Child performers maybe able to help make the transition, from child actor to adult, without having to head to drama school. Though that is indeed rare, it's not impossible.

However, not everyone wants to be a performer some prefer to instruct, what exactly training would 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 first class job in a secondary school in Hertfordshire, she also outlines other routes into becoming a crisis teacher.

'My desire for drama began in my early teens, when I joined Blag Youth Theatre. There I surely could expand my knowledge and test out improvisation and scripted pieces. It also gave me performance opportunities which confirmed my desire for the arts.

I left school with 3 A-levels (Theatre studies, Music and English Lit.) in 1998. I proceeded to do a three year degree in Drama and Theatre Studies and graduated in 2001. During the following 3 years I caused a variety of different aged children running outdoor adventure activities. Dramacool I then made the decision to become 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 this year I began as an NQT (Newly Qualified teacher) at a school in Hertfordshire - Once I had done 12 months as of this school i was a fully-qualified teacher of drama!!

You will find other routes into teaching:

In the event that you make your decision before I did and know whenever you finish your A-Levels that you wish to be a teacher then you certainly can do a 4 year course at University and become either a principal teacher or a secondary teacher with drama specialism.

When you yourself have a crisis degree already and desire to teach drama then you can certainly either apply to do a PGCE, like me or a GTP. A GTP is a school based qualification where you work in a school for a low salary and soon you qualify.

When you yourself have a qualification in another subject then you can certainly still become a crisis teacher but might have to execute a short course to convert your specialism.'How to be a new Drama Tutor.