How Can You Really Work in Partnership with Young People?
Discussion and sharing of practical skills to support practitioners to develop effective working relationships with young people to enable creative composition. We’ll explore the themes of building confidence, differentiation, facilitating shared ownership of ideas, consider quality and progress in this context and how working in this way can impact on young people’s attainment in other areas.
Speakers
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Ruth Cohen
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Clair McColl
Dorset Music Service
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Jacques Verhearen
B Sharp
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Ellie Walker
Ruth Cohen
Ruth has a wide experience of managing music programmes and opportunities for children and young people. A varied background across the arts, heritage and cultural sectors has given her a broad knowledge of youth arts, education, and the health and well-being sectors. Ruth took over as Chief Executive & Artistic Director in 2018.
Clair McColl
Dorset Music Service
Clair McColl has worked in music education since 2003, with ten years as a manager in Devon, and now leads the music hub for Dorset. She champions access to the arts across rural communities, and now advocates for better understanding of neurodiversity in education after her own ADHD diagnosis came later in life.
Turning it Around: Changing lives with online music mentoring
Dorset Music Hub will shares its story of developing new online mentoring provision throughout lockdown and the strategies employed by the music leaders, and the Hub team, as they adapted their musical inclusion project to work online.
Jacques Verhearen
B Sharp
Jacques Verhearen is a co-founder of B Sharp and one of their principal Music Leaders. He delivers early years, primary and secondary music making both in and out of school.
Ellie Walker
A vocalist and music teacher who grew up in the North East of England, gaining much experience working with the Young Musicians Programme and Sage Gateshead whilst completing her BA in Community Music. Ellie has a PGCE in Secondary Music and a passion for making music accessible for all.