Sound Practice: Module 5

Session Planning, Assessment, Evaluation, and Reflection

Module Overview

Part A: Explore and learn about:

  • How to deliver accessible, inclusive, and engaging music making experiences, including: setting up spaces, equipment, and resources, facilitating, co-facilitating, and managing groups, supporting communication, working with family and staff members, online delivery, and health and safety.

Part B: Explore and learn about:

  • How to measure impact, including: understanding key learning theories, using assessment, feedback, and reflective tools and models, assessing participants, and self-reflection and evaluation of sessions.

Module Details

Part A

Session Planning: Preparing flexible and participant-centred music-making sessions.

The first part of this module focuses on how to plan flexible, participant-centred music making sessions, considering different session types and formats, planning approaches, and session structures.

In this part of the module, you will consider how to plan using themes, how to develop aims and objectives, and how to create longer-term schemes of work.

Part B

Assessment, Evaluation, and Reflection: Understanding impact and learning from the music making experience.

In the second part of the module, you will build your understanding of how to assess participants, evaluate sessions, and reflect on your practice.

You will be introduced to a range of practical tools and frameworks for assessment, feedback, and reflective learning, that can be used to support your music making practice.

Date:

Thursday 26 November, 2026

Time:

Part A: 09:30 – 12:30

Part B: 13:00 – 16.00

Online, via Zoom.

Price: 

  • £200 for the single module.
  • £150 discounted rate for charities, not-for-profit education and healthcare providers, parents, carers, and community musicians.
  • £2,200 as part of the full Sound Practice training programme.
  • £1,650 discounted rate for charities, not-for-profit education and healthcare providers, parents, carers, and community musicians.

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