ESTA, the European String Teaching Association, has long been part of the music education landscape, delivering CPD in the form of training days and an annual summer school. Around 10 years ago, it started branching out and today offers (among other courses) a PG Cert and Master’s degree in instrumental teaching, covering all instruments. The qualifications are validated by the University of Chichester.
I caught up with Helen Dromey, course leader for the ESTA PG Cert, who has been involved with the course since its inception in 2017. How did it start; what was the thinking? During discussion at one of ESTA’s summer course, Dromey explains, many felt something was missing, that there was a need for teachers ‘to learn how to teach, to continue getting better at what they do and for that to be recognised as something quite expert’. Richard Crozier (consultant), Laura Ritchie (from the University of Chichester) and Phil Aird (CEO of ESTA) took this and other ideas and designed a course for teachers, for all instruments.
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