A course in Level 2 Early Childhood (3 to 5 years) will be held during Semester I in 2014. The course will be held at Clayfield College, Gregory Street entrance,  on the dates given below.  It is not necessary that participants have completed Level 1 before being able to take part in this course.  The course may be taken for:

FULL CREDIT towards the Australian Kodaly Certificate in Music Education. This includes  60 hours of assessed course work in which participants can successfully complete certification in Level 2.  The course will be held on the following weekends: February 15th & 16th, March 15th & 16th, April 26th & 27th, May 10th & 11th and  May 24th & 25th.  The final week end will be primarily an assessment week end.  The cost of this course is $200 for each week end, payable on the Saturday of each course.

AUDIT:  This includes 48 hours of non assessed course work in which participants can be awarded a certificate for the hours worked for professional development.  The course will be held on the following weekends:  February 15 & 16th, March 15th & 16th,  April 26th & 27th   and 10th & 11th May.  The cost of this course is $180 for each week end, payable on the Saturday of each course.

Text books for the course are: “Music, the Young Child and You” by Doreen Bridges, “Music in Preschool” by Katalin Forrai and “Tickle Me” by Judith Johnson.  These are available from  www.soundthinkingaustralia.com  These texts are used for all three levels of the full certificate.  All other handouts will be provided at the course.

Each day will begin at 9.00 am and finish at  4.00 pm.  Each day will include Musicianship, Methods of Teaching, Materials or Practice Teaching, Resource Making and Research.

If you are interested in taking part in the course please email me, Judith Johnson, at c_s_m@bigpond.com  so that we can make final arrangements.  It would assist greatly if you can make a response before 28th January, 2014.