Course

Creating Lesson Plans for Inclusive Music Teaching

Do you want to ensure that your music teaching is inclusive and caters for all learners? If so, this self-paced online course is perfect for you!
From someone who knows the ins and outs of inclusive music teaching - this course is for music educators who want to make a change in the way they plan and execute their lessons. Creating Lesson Plans for Inclusive Music Teaching offers educators all the information they need to create inclusive lesson plans, making sure that no student is left out.
The course is self-paced and relevant to any setting, instrumental or vocal, one-to-one or group. It's also great for those teaching music in early years, primary or secondary schools, or community settings!
Enrol today and join the ranks of educators committed to inclusive excellence.
CERTIFICATES
Learners in the course can obtain either:
Enact Music Digital Certificate of Completion upon viewing all video-recorded course content for those who do not wish to submit the course learning activities tasks for assessment.

Enact Music Digital Certificate of Knowledge upon viewing all video-recorded course content and submitting all thirteen course learning activities, which will then be graded by an internal assessor. This Certificate will only be awarded for work assessed at a 'pass' level. Shall the outcome not be at 'pass' level, learners may receive a Certificate of Course Completion or resubmit revised work for re-assessment. Resubmission incurs a £40-pound fee not included in the course fee and paid fully upfront resubmission.
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Why this course?

  • 15 Videos
  • 2 Certifications
  • 13 Reflective Learning Activities
  • Lesson Plan Template
  • 1 PDF document

Learn What's Important

Focuses on what is important. We won’t spend time dwelling on nuances that won’t ultimately matter. 

Action the ten steps for lesson planning straightaway

In addition to introducing you to ten steps you can use to guide your lesson planning, we’ll provide you with a step-by-step lesson plan template which you can use to ensure you can put everything into action, as you progress in the course.
Meet the instructor

Lilian Simones

Lilian is an internationally-recognised music education expert with over two decades' experience in piano and instrumental music teaching, regularly in demand as an invited speaker at universities and conferences across the UK and internationally. 

She has held teaching and mentoring roles at Queen's University Belfast. Currently,  she is a Lecturer and Staff Tutor in Music at the Open University and the founder and director of Enact Music.

Enact Music is a global music education company that supports music teachers worldwide to improve their music teaching and obtain music teaching qualifications. It has also supported thousands of music learners to receive recognition for their music learning by working with all UK based major music examination boards.

Lilian regularly publishes articles in renowned academic music education journals and is a reviewer for various music psychology and music education academic journals.

As Director for the Certificate for Music Educators, Level 4 course, Accredited by ABRSM and Trinity College London, at Enact Music, her book entitled Certificate for Music Educators: Teaching Children and Young People (2021), published by Routledge, is the first and so far only book written to support learners in this course. ​
Patrick Jones - Course author
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