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TEACHER TRAINING.

Opportunities for teachers to continue professional development via online and in-person CPD courses

Enhance your classroom skills with our wide range of teacher training opportunities. You can explore Shakespeare’s plays in their performance context, develop socially conscious approaches to key texts and build your practical toolkit for engaging your students in the classroom. Choose from our publicly available workshops or work with us to develop a bespoke solution for your department or school.

UNLOCK OUR PRODUCTIONS

Delve deeper into the plays currently on our stages with our production-focussed CPD sessions, which include a ticket to see the play.

EXPLORE KEY TEXTS

Develop practical ways to engage your students with Shakespeare in our key text CPDs, focussing on some of the most popular plays studied at each Key Stage. Join us in person or online and equip yourself with tools to enhance your teaching.

Key Stage 4

For teachers working with 14-16 year olds

Key Stage 5

For teachers working with 16-18 year olds

Key Themes

BESPOKE CPD FOR SCHOOLS

CONTACT US

For more information or to arrange a CPD for your organisation, email or call us on 020 7902 1463.

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