Reminder: Submit Your D4LC Application By 6th July

Schools are reminded that Norfolk County Council Children's Services will again be offering subsidised places to the first 20 schools who register for D4LC. Applications must be submitted via the attached proforma to julia.idiens@norfolk.gov.uk by 6^th July 2012.

If your school's application is successful you will be asked to nominate two D4LC teachers. A highly experienced drama specialist will be allocated to work with these two teachers and their own classes (two school visits over two terms).

D4LC teachers will need to:

agree to teach whole class drama weekly for two terms;

attend the ''Drama for Learning and Creativity Conference'' (Friday 28^th September 2012 at Norwich Professional Development Centre);

attend a drama CPD twilight meeting in both the Autumn and Spring term (''Basic Drama Strategies and Conventions'' and ''Planning Drama Lessons''). These will take place at the Norwich PDC on 9^th October and 5^th February from 4.15 - 6.00 p.m. and the West Norfolk PDC on 10^th October and 6^th February from 4.15 - 6.00;

contribute one ''best practice'' drama lesson each by the end of Spring Term 2013 using a proforma that will be provided.

Schools should not apply if they are:

a school with limited capacity to take on a major improvement initiative at this time, e.g. you are in an OFSTED category

without sufficient leadership in the school to take on the programme for two terms and ensure that it is embedded in the longer term

Further details can be found in the attached document.