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Who does it impact?<br />
CREC: Trinity College<br />
Certificate Music Educa<strong>to</strong>rs:<br />
Early Childhood<br />
The aim of this national qualification is<br />
<strong>to</strong> raise the skill levels of the Early Years<br />
music workforce across the UK and is<br />
ideal for freelance and/or peripatetic<br />
musicians working, or wishing <strong>to</strong> work, in<br />
Early Years.<br />
Both Liv and Georgia are amongst several<br />
students across the South West who have<br />
benefitted from bursaries and men<strong>to</strong>ring<br />
support from <strong>Take</strong> <strong>Art</strong>.<br />
Where it happens<br />
Four Core Learning Days at CREC (Centre of<br />
Research for Early Childhood, Birmingham)<br />
and ongoing in practice men<strong>to</strong>ring by Jane<br />
Parker, <strong>Take</strong> <strong>Art</strong> (for students based in the<br />
South West).<br />
Time frame<br />
<strong>Sept</strong>ember 2017 - ongoing.<br />
Liv McLennan, former student is now<br />
studying for a PhD: “I highly recommend<br />
this course <strong>to</strong> anyone working in, or<br />
considering working in, Early Childhood<br />
Music Education. It really will enhance<br />
how and why you work the way you do."<br />
What is The CREC?<br />
The Certificate for Music Educa<strong>to</strong>rs (CME):<br />
Early Childhood, run by MERYC-England and<br />
Centre for Research in Early Childhood (CREC).<br />
The course is a nationally recognised<br />
qualification validated by Trinity<br />
College London. It takes 1-2 years <strong>to</strong><br />
complete, offers a flexible, part-time,<br />
distance-learning qualification in early<br />
childhood music and benefits from direct<br />
contributions from Dr Susan Young, Nicola<br />
Burke, Zoe Greenhalgh, Alison Harmer,<br />
Sally-Anne Brown, Barbara Cavanagh<br />
and Jane Parker, all well-known and<br />
highly successful early childhood music<br />
educa<strong>to</strong>rs and researchers.<br />
Georgia Bourne, former student and current<br />
SoundWaves Network music leader: “I am<br />
so excited about the work opportunities that<br />
have now opened up and this is all thanks <strong>to</strong><br />
doing this fantastic course.”<br />
Find us online<br />
www.meryc.co.uk/cmeec.html<br />
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