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Dr Steven Berryman
@Steven_Berryman
Senior Deputy Head @SWPSOfficial, Past President @CharteredColl, Past VP @NSEAD1, trustee and governor, Visiting @kingscollegelon ECS & Music. NPQEL FRSA FCCT
London, England
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Nov 4, 2023
    I had the joy of writing a resource (cost-free!) for @nmcrecordings suitable for GCSE and A-level composing nmcrec.co.uk/education/educ… - I'm keen we get more living/recent contemporary music in the classroom again. I'd love to know what colleagues think and if it's useful.
    GCSE Composition | NMC
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    May 5, 2020
    Excited to have accepted a new role for September as Director of Arts and Culture for the Odyssey Trust for Education - working across @TownleyGrammar and @KingHenrySch - can’t wait to meet the pupils, and colleagues. More than ever we need the arts.
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Mar 10, 2018
    Great comment from @dylanwiliam about music teachers and their approach to feedback/assessment from @C_Hendrick book
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Oct 8, 2021
    I know I can be rather annoying/zealous going on about the arts in education; the arts saved me as a child when my father died and set the direction of my entire life. I won’t be giving up on ensuring young people get access to great experiences, teaching and education.
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Apr 28, 2020
    I'm quite ashamed to be a male teacher when you see how female teachers are treated on twitter when they challenge, question and provoke colleagues. I don't normally tweet anything like this but the behaviour is shocking.
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Mar 27, 2021
    A document doesn’t make a great classroom music experience; a music teacher does.
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Jan 22, 2021
    Arts education: why every pupil needs one ⁦@tes⁩
    tes.com
    Why all pupils need access to arts education right now
    Art has the potential to support us in times of trouble, writes Steven Berryman, so here is how we can help all students to access the arts
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Aug 6, 2021
    Pleased to be part of this expert panel to refresh the @DCMS and @educationgovuk NPME
    Panel of experts to shape future of music education
    From gov.uk
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Nov 13, 2022
    I’m joining @Charter_Trust as Director of Creativity, Music and Culture soon: over the moon to work with @cassiebuchanan. students, colleagues and families across the schools in the trust. Excited to learn and build a shared vision for creativity, music and culture. Can’t wait!
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Jun 8, 2020
    My final four weeks as Director of Music - after nearly 17 years of teaching and leading the teaching of music there’ll be lots of things I’m going to miss. I realise how privileged we are as music teachers to build lasting relationships with pupils, parents and the community.
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Jul 20, 2021
    ‘Students from low-income families are three times more likely to get a degree and twice as likely to vote if they do art in school. They are also more employable’. (Rob Hopkins, 2019, 94)
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Feb 18, 2024
    No one should have to pay to train to be a teacher. We need great people to join our profession in all subjects; they should be properly remunerated to grow as a professional and not be paying any fees. No one should struggle to keep a home as a consequence of becoming a teacher.
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Mar 19, 2023
    You’re completely right @daniel_bath - I didn’t pay for instrumental lessons when I went to school; if my mum had to pay I’d never had progressed into my music career. We must remove financial barriers for those most at risk of missing out.
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    Daniel Bath
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    Mar 18, 2023
    Of course she's brilliant and working with her is the greatest blessing a scruffy music teacher like me could dream of. But Lucy is what happens when you make instrumental tuition available to disadvantaged children. Help us to get this message across to those who decide.
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    Dr Steven Berryman
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    Aug 6, 2021
    ‘Creativity crisis’ looms for English schools due to arts cuts - ⁦@guardian⁩
    ‘Creativity crisis’ looms for English schools due to arts cuts, says Labour
    From theguardian.com