Hilary T

I have taught Drama in both formal and informal educational contexts. I have taught GCSE English, ESOL and Communications in a formal context, and worked in Learning Support and Additional Learning Support in several FE colleges and schools.

I was Director of Common Stock Youth Theatre for 5 years, running drama and writing workshops at the company?s base in Hammersmith and in local primary and secondary schools. I structured workshops to lead towards rehearsed readings and productions of both devised work and existing scripts which I directed.

Following this, I worked in several theatre in education companies including Theatrevan, Snap, Nottingham Playhouse and Y Touring, in primary and secondary schools across the country. I performed and facilitated in numerous productions, the most recent being Y Touring?s ?The Gift?, a play about inherited disease and genetic selection touring in London secondary schools. 

Whilst at the Institute of Education, I did my teaching practice at a secondary school in Ealing, where I taught KS3 and 4 English and Drama. At the William Morris 6th Form College, I taught GCSE and A Level Drama, GCSE English and Key Skill Communication on vocational courses (Leisure and Tourism, Science and IT). I also ran the extra curricular Performing Arts Group and directed two productions.

I have done voluntary work attachments with the Market Theatre of Johannesburg and the Baxter Theatre, Cape Town and written about these experiences for New Theatre Quarterly (CUP). I have acted in several fringe productions, at RADA and in a new children?s BBC Drama series, and worked for the NSPCC on a training film. 

I have run drama for young adults with mental health issues in relation to a production I directed at New Wimbledon Studio Theatre, and worked as teaching assistant at Westminster Adult College for students with learning difficulties.

I have taught for two terms at Hammersmith and West London College (Key Skills and pre-GCSE English); and one term at Kingston College on the BA Honours Acting programme. More recently, I have taught GCSE English at Berkshire College of Agriculture, and tutored GCSE English for Winchmore tutors.

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Qualifications

"O" Levels: English Language, English Literature, Economics, Maths, French, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, General Studies

"A" Levels: English, French, History

RSA Grades 1 and 2 Typewriting

BA Honours English and Drama 2:1

Postgraduate Certificate in Education Secondary English and Drama

Diploma in Freelance and Feature Writing (Distinction)

• Worked with 16-19 years students 1:1 in class support
• Worked with students with a wide range of SEN including autistic spectrum disorder. deaf and physically disabled students
• Worked across a wide range of courses including Health and Social Care, Media, Science, Leisure and Tourism, Business
• Worked in both Learning Support and Supported Learning departments
• Wrote progress reports