MAMT 1617

UNITS ONE & TWO

The Course Spec describes 2 parts to the assessment. Here are some further notes:

1 Progress against areas identified in Skills Audit and through tutorials and
classes during the first term. Your examination on 13 December will be where
you will most easily demonstrate this, but your mark will reflect this in
conjunction with your progress as reported by your Lecturers. We are still
discussing the content of the exam, which will cover singing, dancing and
acting. I will pass on all the details when we have decided.

2 Personal Development Plan this is either pass or fail, to be handed in in

January. It is an opportunity for you to review your progress and create
strategies to prioritise your progress in the coming months, and indeed years.
Many alumni say that their PDP has been a crucial gauge and measure as
well as a sign-post over their career. It is not a fixed object with which to beat
yourself up with when you miss a target. It is an opportunity for you to initiate
a dialogue with yourself about what you would like to do and how you might
achieve it. The nature of a PDP is to be constantly revised and amended
whenever you review it, which should be at least monthly.
Everyone develops their own structure: some like bullet points, others
paragraphs, some like graphs and pictures, others tables. These are simply
choices that you can make to reflect best your thoughts, make analyses and
record them for referencing over time.
You might consider the following table, which is no more than a starting
place to consider the range of skills and plans you might wish to develop and
a time-scale on which to think through strategies which are usually a
combination of time and money!:

1 3 6 1 3 5
month months months year Years years
Acting
subsections

repertoire
accents
contemporary
classical
Singing subsections

Belt
Jazz
legit
range
Score
reading
Repertoire subsection
s
Repertoire
Lists
Dance subsections

tap
 fencing
jazz
Profess subsections

ional
work
Theatre
Musical subsection
s
Theatre
Repertoire
List
TV
Film
Concerts
Instrum
ents
Compo
sing
Writing
New
Work
Produci
ng
Agents subsections

Identities and
differences?
Self- subsections

employ
ment
tax
Limited
companies
charities
funding
Creatin
g Your
Own
Compa
ny

I am not presenting this table as a usable structure but as a way to choose and plan
the range of skills and disciplines you might wish to develop in relation to the work
you are driven to make your objective.

The Course Spec gives you a maximum of 750 words. The limit is there to prevent
us marking thousands of words, and give staff more time to concentrate on your
practical skills. It should however be as long as you need it to be.

I will be pleased to discuss your personal PDP at your next tutorial you are here
warned so please start thinking about it! PB 2/11/16