EF MAPP Journey

So having been stressing about sending out my surveys for the past week (yes I am the Queen of anxiety and procrastination!!). I finally plucked up the courage to send them out today. The response has been incredibly overwhelming and it's made me super excited to analyse their responses and see if it fits in with where I stand on using supplementary training. I also can't wait to see if there are any new ideas surrounding this topic that I can try out in my own lessons.  I feel like my MAPP journey so far hasn't been the easiest and there have been lots of bumps in the road. But I finally feel like it's all coming together.  I hope everyone's term is going well so far! Ellie x

As the term is already (!!!) just over 1 week in, I feel like this is a good time to reflect on module two (the stress that that was), and the impending stresses of module three.  It's safe to say that me and module two weren't the best of friends and I really struggled to put pen to paper and come up with a proposal for module three. Two MORE forms, and a redesigned proposal later and we finally got to a place, that, I think, I'm happy with. My module three focus has shifted to a new perspective, where I am now looking at how other teachers view supplementary training in regards to what they think this means in relation to the RAD Intermediate Ballet syllabus. Rather than using my own students as 'test subjects' as to whether the incorporation of supplementary training 'works'. After a week of extra research surrounding the topic of supplementary training I am keen to see what other teachers think supplementary training involves and how and if they use it w...