What I Learnt with Emma Barnett and Rebecca Reed

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Deirdre Snedden scholarship 2023 recipients share key learnings from their offshore professional development opportunities.

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Deirdre Snedden scholarships are granted to teachers seeking an offshore opportunity for professional development. In this online talk, scholarship recipients and teachers Emma Barnett and Rebecca Reed impart some of the key learnings from the intensive programmes they attended overseas. Rebecca ReedRebecca is a communications, public speaking, and public relations professional with 17 years of experience, including three years as a Broadcast Journalist in New Zealand and the UK. As Director of Arriba! PR, she specializes in media training, public speaking, and media relations.In 2021, she began teaching Speech and Drama at St Orans and Sacred Heart College in Lower Hutt. She holds degrees in Broadcast Journalism and Political Science, two national journalism awards, an Advanced Associate Diploma in Speech and Drama Teaching and completed her Licentiate Diploma in Speech and Drama in 2023. In 2024, Rebecca was awarded the Deidre Snedden Scholarship to study at The Globe Theatre in London and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon.During her time abroad, Rebecca attended workshops at the Globe Theatre, observed performances of The Taming of the Shrew and Richard III, and explored queer themes in a panel discussion. She also learned about digital teaching tools, met with Andy Reeves at Shakespeare’s birthplace, and completed a teaching certificate at the Royal Shakespeare Company. Emma BarnettIn 2024, Emma was awarded the Deidre Snedden Scholarship for Shakespeare Globe Teachers Go Global Intensive course; located in London and Stratford-Upon Avon. Opportunity to perfom on The Globe Stage with mini performance scene from Much Ado About Nothing. Emma will give a brief note on her highlights. Including, profound teaching skills. With an opportunity to practically apply the main exercises. Emma also attended range of workshops at the Globe Theatre, observed performances of The Taming of the Shrew, Richard III, and Much Ado About Nothing.Emma connects her experience and skills gained from corporate facilitation coaching, speech and drama teaching, interview and presentation coaching with her personal acting experience. So students and learners build confidence and are successful in obtaining their individual goals. Emma continues to add to her professional development by continuing with her own acting work, she has also trained at the highly regarded National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney.

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