BECOME A SUZUKI MUSIC TEACHER
Suzuki Music Teacher Training
Are you a skilled, well-trained professional musician who would like to teach your instrument and work with young children?
Do you have a genuine affection for children and an interest in helping them develop as human beings through the study of music?
Are you interested in working in a cooperative atmosphere with children, parents and colleagues?
If so, you may be interested in becoming a Accredited Suzuki Music Teacher.
Teacher Training Program
There is a comprehensive teacher-training course for all teacher trainees.
The Suzuki Teacher Training program is well-structured offering an in-depth course. It provides knowledge of how to apply the Suzuki philosophy to musical instrument teaching, and creates much enlightenment when the skills learnt are used to teach and nurture young students, guiding them to develop their musical potential.
Ongoing Study:
A Suzuki teacher continues his or her own musical education throughout a teaching career. All teachers are required to complete several sessions of Suzuki professional development annually. This is accomplished through attendance at workshops held throughout the year, often with guest international teachers of worldwide reputation.
Accreditation
The SUZUKI TALENT EDUCATION ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA (WA) INC offers teaching certificates at 3 levels: Primary, Intermediate and Advanced.
Australian Suzuki teacher trainers authorized by the Director of Teacher Training in Australia, present the courses of study. Training courses are also conducted annually by International and Inter-State teacher trainers at 3, 4 or 5 day workshops.
The study involved is part-time and is provided specifically for tertiary level students and practising teachers. The minimum age is 18. It leads to the presentation of an accreditation certificate from STEAA(WA) Inc which is endorsed by Talent Education Japan, at the completion of each level of study.
Important Teacher Training Information:
A Suzuki student learns to teach
– Ashlin McKenna
“As a Suzuki student from a young age, I grasped the developmental steps naturally, and didn’t notice how I had been taught these things. To me, it seemed like I’d always been able to play, and it seemed odd when someone else couldn’t hear an in-tune note, or had no concept of how to hold the bow or play a violin.
It was not until I was older and wanted to teach the violin that I was challenged. What steps do I take to train this child so that they, too, could naturally feel and play music, until they forget that they once didn’t know how to play.
I had to think from the child’s point of view and work out the steps they would need to take. I had many ideas, but no plan of how I would go about putting them into practice.
After coming back from my first teacher training workshop I was so excited about my teaching, and had a much clearer vision of the learning path I would lead my students on, and had a greater respect and understanding of the Suzuki philosophy
It is such an interesting, helpful and inspiring course. I highly recommend it for teachers of any level.”
Teacher Accreditations and Descriptions
A Suzuki teacher continues his or her own musical education throughout their teaching career.
All teachers are required to complete several sessions of Suzuki professional development annually. This is accomplished through attendance at workshops held throughout the year, often with guest international teachers of worldwide reputation.
Trainee Teachers:
- Trainee Teacher: accepted into the Suzuki Teacher Training Program.
- Associate Teacher: those who have satisfactorily completed the introductory Teacher Training course, and are working towards accreditation as a Suzuki teacher.
Suzuki Talent Certificate of Accreditation (STCA)
- Primary Accreditation
- Intermediate Accreditation
- Advanced Accreditation
- Teacher Trainer Accreditation
- Director of Teacher Training