First registered centre for the Level 4 Certificate for Music Educators opens in the West Midlands.

Music Education Solutions and Target Education Alliance have announced that their partnership project CPD Centre West Midlands has been successfully validated to provide the Trinity CME.

As Registered CME Centre 0000001, CPD Centre West Midlands will provide face-to-face and online learning, including personalised mentoring, for music educators in the West Midlands region and beyond. It will cater for the needs of school-based curriculum staff, instrumental and vocal teachers, and community musicians and workshop leaders.

Applications are open now, and will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year, with the first learners beginning the programme this September. Enquiries can be made via the website: cme-westmidlands.co.uk

Recommended in the government’s 2011 National Plan for Music Education and developed through extensive consultation with the music education sector, the Certificate for Music Educators enables music educators working in any setting or musical genre to develop their skills and gain recognition for their professional abilities. It is assessed through practical demonstration in the real working environment.

CPD Centre West Midlands is a collaboration between Music Education Solutions Ltd and Target Education Alliance, in association with Dudley Music Education Hub and Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent Music Education Hub.

Elizabeth Stafford, Director of MES Ltd said: ‘We are thrilled to have been successfully validated as a Trinity CME centre. We view this qualification as the jewel in the crown of our nationwide CPD offer for music educators, and look forward to welcoming the first learners to our centre later in the year.’