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Singapore Teachers' Academy for the aRts

Milestone Programmes

Explore STAR's milestone programmes that deepen music teachers' pedagogical understanding and support professional renewal and transformation.

Last updated 1 September 2026

Milestone programmes help participantss to deepen their pedagogical understandings, and achieve professional renewal and gain transformation in teaching beliefs and practices.

Music Beginning Teacher Programme

Music Beginning Teacher Programme schedule and participant details

FOR:

Beginning Teachers

PERIOD:

Part-time basis over the course of one year

Photo taken during Beginning Teacher Programme. Four people in an orange-walled room hold tambourines; an invited guest guides young teacher in a music activity.

The Music Beginning Teacher Programme: Music Teaching Through the Lens of the Singapore Teaching Practice (STP) is a blended-learning programme that has been designed to deepen BTs’ understanding and application of Music pedagogical practices based on the STP. This one-year long programme provides support for new music teachers, in essential music classroom routines, engaging music pedagogies for effective classroom teaching, awareness about the music curriculum and networking opportunities with fellow colleagues. Apart from workshop sessions, the Programme also includes a Learning Journey to music classrooms taught by experienced music teachers.

The programme includes an online learning component which comprises eight microlearning sessions. The objectives of the microlearning sessions are to:

  • Strengthen teachers’ pedagogical understanding

  • Provide a platform for teachers to discuss effective music teaching strategies