Enhancing Your Arts Practices with Emotional Competence

Deepen your skills and knowledge in Emotional Competence in this 13-hour Professional Development Course specially designed for Arts Educators that will reshape and transform your teaching approaches in this VUCA world. 

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Online & Self-Study Mode

This programme will be conducted online via Zoom with a self study module where you will be able to access learning videos and resources from our portal anytime anywhere. 

Expert Facilitator

Learn and experience from professors and specialists in this field who share the passion and belief in harnessing the Arts to better the community.

Subsidised Fees

One time offer of subsidised fees for our pioneer batch of Arts Educators. This subsidy is only possible with the grant support from The National Arts Council.

Customised Content

This programme is fully customised to cater to the needs of the Arts Educators, addressing issues and challenges faced in daily interactions with our students.

Interdisciplinary Exchange 

An opportunity to network with fellow educators in the Arts Industry, from drama, music, art, dance.

Certificate of Completion

Participants will be awarded a certificate upon completion of all requirements of the Programme.
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Course fees before subsidy @ $478
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Additional 15% Early Bird Discount
Valid till 31 Jan 2022

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Commencing from 9 Feb 2022

Professional Development Course

The Professional Development Course is designed to enhance Arts Educators' Emotional Competence and their capacities in emotional processing. The course aims to provide Arts Educators with an understanding of emotions commonly expressed by students. It elaborates on a set of specific emotional skills (i.e., RULER) that will help both Arts Educators and their students develop their personal Emotional Competence. At the same time, Arts Educators will also learn to appreciate the importance of addressing emotions as part of their relational process.

Topics Covered :

  • Link to Social & Emotional Learning and mental well-being
  • What are Emotions?
  • Importance of Emotions
  • The R.U.L.E.R Approach
  • Responding to Emotions
  • Developing Emotional Competence through the arts 

At the end of the course, learners will be able to:

  • identify and list the different kinds of emotions commonly expressed by students
  • appreciate the importance of addressing emotions as part of the relational process
  • assess and manage emotions that arise within the classroom context
  • create multi-disciplinary arts resources relevant to developing Emotional Competence

Benefits to Learners:

  • Build wider emotional vocabulary
  • Enhance greater self awareness & self management skills
  • Develop deeper empathy
  • Strengthen teacher-student relationship
  • Improve social interactions and relationships
  • Enhance the value of their existing arts programme
   Course Details :
    Course Day/Time: Wednesdays 6:30pm  
    Dates: 9 Feb 2022 - 18 Mar 2022          
    Duration: 13 hour
    Cohort Size: Maximum 20pax
    Delivery Mode: Online Zoom & Self Study
    Assessment Modes: Reflection, Group Project
    Fees Before Subsidy: S$478.00 
    Fees After Subsidy: S$128.00
    Early Bird Rate: S$108.80
  

Meet Our Facilitators

DR. LIZA THIA

Currently working in private practice with children and youth with special educational needs and mental health issues, and lecturing in NIE(NTU) and SUSS, Dr, Liza Thia has trained and supervised psychologists and educators in Social Emotional Learning (SEL), inclusive education and special educational needs. Having worked in MOE for over a decade, she was also instrumental in building our local schools' capacity to support children with special educational needs. As a co-founder of the Centre for SEL, Liza is actively involved in SEL- related research, consultancy projects and curriculum development. Her doctoral research focused on developing an emotional competence program for preschools in Singapore.
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MS. JOY KHAU

A music advocate, music wellness specialist, educator, performer, arranger, composer and curriculum developer, Ms. Joy Khau founded Music Solutions, an award-winning company who has been a valued Arts Education partner to our local mainstream schools, preschools, special schools and corporate organisations since 1999. Having over 20 years of teaching experience, Joy worked with many primary schools in designing and developing the PAL Performing Arts curriculum, training school teachers in the area of delivering these programmes to achieve Social and Emotional Learning goals. Beyond the mainstream schools, Joy also works with children and youth with special needs, elders and persons with dementia, cancer patients and survivors, using music as a tool to bring about person-centered care and improving quality of life. Her masters research focuses on the power of music in dementia.
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