Location

Our Certificate courses usually take place at the Clore Learning Centre, Waterside, Stratford-upon-Avon, CV37 6BB.

Please check your emails carefully as on occasion we use other venues in Stratford-upon-Avon too. Please note that travel and accommodation are not included in the cost of your course.

Download a map of Stratford-upon-Avon

COURSE TIMINGS

ALL COURSES

Day 1: 10am to 4.30pm.

This day of the course will include a ticket to see the main show in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre. Please check your email carefully for the show start time, which will usually be around 7pm.

FOUNDATION AND INTERMEDIATE

Day 2: 9am to 3pm.

Sandwich Gap: Around a 3-month gap for you to apply techniques and pedagogies in your classroom and undertake a planning or teaching task. Details of this task will be given during Days 1 and 2 of your course.

Day 3: 10am to 4.30pm.

ADVANCED

Please check your email carefully for timings for Days 1-3 of your Advanced Certificate course, as these may differ to the times listed above.

Day 4: 9am to 1pm.

Show Tickets

Your course will include a ticket to see our main show in the Royal Shakespeare Theatre on the evening of Day 1. Tickets will be distributed during the course. For questions about your ticket, please contact the RSC Learning Ticket Hotline on 01789 331259, or email learning.boxoffice@rsc.org.uk

Course Content

Each day of your course will focus on learning how to use our rehearsal room approaches to teach Shakespeare. We do not require you to do any pre-reading ahead of the course or familiarise yourself with any Shakespeare play.

Our Foundation and Intermediate courses have tasks that we will ask you to complete between the 2nd and 3rd days whilst teaching back in your school. We recommend that all course participants plan to teach at least one lesson on Shakespeare during this period.

Our Advanced course also includes an action research project.

Writing Materials

We will provide copies of the text excerpts we will be working on each day, in addition to RSC notebooks for you to make notes and reflections. Please keep hold of your notebook to use each time you return to our courses. Full and detailed notes of all activities will be sent to you following the course.

Clothing

As the course content will mostly be practical work based on our rehearsal room approaches, please wear flat shoes and comfortable clothing that you can move around in.

Catering and Dietary Requirements

We will be providing light refreshments (tea, coffee and, most importantly, chocolate biscuits) each day. Please bring your own hot drinks container and your own water bottle. In line with our environmental policy we may not have disposable cups available for you.

If you have any specific dietary requirements, please let us know as soon as possible by contacting: teachers.courses@rsc.org.uk 

Absence Protocols

If you are feeling unwell, we advise you not to attend the course and to let us know as soon as possible. Depending on availability on future courses, we will try to accommodate making up any days missed.

If you are unable to attend your course due to reasons other than illness, such as the cover circumstances in your school have changed, we will do our best to accommodate you on a future course. However, we cannot guarantee this and encourage you to attend on the dates booked if at all possible. All bookings are subject to our ticketing terms and conditions.

Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact: teachers.courses@rsc.org.uk