Certificate for Music Educators
For instrumental and vocal teachers, early years primary teachers, community musicians professional musicians undertaking educational work – Accredited by Trinity College London
The Certificate for Music Educators (CME) is designed to enable music educators to gain recognition for their work while benefiting from opportunities to develop their practice.
Study is part time and flexible over two years, with training and support arranged to fit around learners' professional commitments.
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Who is the CME for | What the CME assesses | Learning and assessment | Begin your application for the course
Who the CME is for
The Trinity CME has been developed for anyone who works as a music educator with children and young people, including:
- instrumental and vocal teachers working with music services, hubs, schools or privately
- early years and primary teachers
- community musicians and workshop leaders
- professional musicians who undertake education work
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What the CME assesses
The Trinity CME assesses learners across six units, representing up-to-date best practice in music education. The six units of the CME have a series of learning outcomes and assessment criteria each learner must be able to evidence.
- Understanding children and young people's musical learning
- Planning, facilitating and evaluating young people's musical learning
- Reflective practice and professional development in music education
- Promoting children and young people's positive behaviour
- Equality, diversity and inclusion in music education
- Safeguarding in music education
Learners are guided through the CME in four programmes of study, allowing evidence to be gathered for each of the assessment criteria
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Learning and assessment
Once registered, each learner completes an initial self-assessment to map their prior knowledge and experience against the criteria of the course.
From here, learners are guided through the CME in four programmes of study, bringing together related assessment criteria together from all six focus areas (units). With help from a mentor, they develop a personal action plan, setting out any training and support that will be required to enable the learner to meet the assessment criteria..
Assessment is through a portfolio of evidence that meets all of the assessment criteria. This includes written work and practical demonstrations in the real working environment.
The course is pass or fail with no further gradations.
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Begin your application for the CME
Follow the link below to find out how to apply for the course and additional enrolment information. Prospective learners must be able to demonstrate:
- a level of musical competence that is appropriate to the demands of their working environment
- musical, communication and interpersonal skills that enable them to inspire confidence in and elicit musical responses form children and young people
- the ability to cope with the learning and assessment demands of the CME.
Find out about the costs and how to express an interest in starting the CME course.
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