Appendix A: Drums Alive® Course Descriptions
Drums Alive® Basic Instructor Training workshop is a one day (8-hour) training designed to provide the instructor with a basic knowledge and practical application of the Drums Alive® program. Participants will learn the theory and application of this fun and effective group exercise program. This training will explore sound and movement therapy through drumming and music. Learn the loco-motor skills to drum your way to a distinctive and unforgettable class design! The workshop will include:
· Introduction to Drums Alive®
· Medical and physiological effects of drumming
· Benefits of Drumming
· Basic Loco-motor Movement / Combined skills
· Basic Drumming Skills / Choreography and Practical Application
· Power Beats
· Wellness Beats
· Rhythm and Drumming Application
· Group Dynamics / Practical Experience / Class Design
Participants will receive a manual, DVD and certificate upon completion. CEU’s for ACE are available.
Fees:
- $365 USD
Note: Add($19.00 for USA, $29.50 for Canada) to the registration fee if the equipment needs to be rented from Drums Alive.
Drums Alive® Golden Beats stimulates people whether they are young or old, healthy or ill. When we drum and dance we are having FUN! This in return releases endorphins and releases negative feelings. The rhythmical patterns of the drum increase synchronization of brain wave activity which in turn provides feelings of euphoria and improved mental awareness and self-acceptance. Golden Beats® is specially designed for the senior population. This is a one-day (6-hour) workshop. Please note: attendees must have completed the Drums Alive® Basic Instructor training workshop to enroll in this training workshop.
Objectives:
- Provide the participants exposure to a drumming and movement specifically designed to enhance emotional and cognitive education as well as social competence.
- Experience how drumming and movement can contribute to satisfaction of one’s individual needs as provide you with a unique, fun, exciting alternative to traditional aerobics for seniors.
- Learn movements and rhythms with the use of drums & drumsticks that are appropriate for the senior population.
Workshop includes; Drums Alive® Golden Beats Training Manual, DVD +CD, Choreography and Practical Application. CEU’s for ACE are available.
Fees:
- $365 USD
Note: Add($19.00 for USA, $29.50 for Canada) to the registration fee if the equipment needs to be rented from Drums Alive.
6-hour, One Day Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® Basic Training Workshop
This one-day, 6-hour training for educators and recreation leaders and provides participants with an opportunity to experience and understand the “WHATs” and “HOWs” of the Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® program—what it is, what it feels like, AND how to teach the Drums Alive® program to their students. The Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® Curriculum is introduced and participants actively participate in a sampling of lesson plans. They’ll experience how fun and easy it is to teach the evidence-based Drums Alive® program while addressing National Standards for Physical Education (NASPE). Participants learn how to navigate through the comprehensive Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® curriculum program. The program was designed to make it easy to quickly and confidently implement and sustain the Drums Alive program in classrooms, gyms, and recreation centers. Participants are guided through the abundance of resources provided in the curriculum kit and gain a better understanding of its organizational structure. In this fun-filled and informative training, participants learn how to use movements that inspire children and prompt them to create movement and rhythms of their own. Music, balls, and drumsticks create curiosity in children (and adults too!), promote attention, and achieve a high level of motivation.
Please note—we require anyone attending this training to have access to a Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® Curriculum Kit and we recommend they bring their kit with them to the training. (Optimally, prior to the training, each school should own at least one kit that’s shared between staff members.) The training is far more effective if each participant can see/touch/feel the DRUMTASTIC® curriculum and its abundance of resources and use it during the training. Samples of the Drums Alive printed DRUMTASTIC® lesson plans and Drums Alive logo drumsticks are provided to each participant.
The 6-hour Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® Basic training workshop is ideal for a school or school district’s Professional Development activity.
Cost: Please contact us at hello@drums-alive.com
12-hour, Two-Day (6 hours per day) Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® Cross-Curriculum Workshop
This two-day, 12-hour training (6-hours per day) for educators and recreation leaders provides participants with an opportunity to experience and understand the “WHATs” and “HOWs” of the Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® CROSS CURRICULUM program—what it is and what it feels like, how to teach the Drums Alive program to their students, AND how to collaborate with mathematics classroom teachers. This training includes all that’s covered in the DRUMTASTIC Basic 6-hour training training plus participants learn how to make the Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® a truly cross-curricular program by enhancing and reinforcing students’ learning and comprehension of math and other core subject areas. The Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® Mathematics In Motion program provides a brain and body workout that expands mental powers to increase brain functioning. Bursts of high intensity drumming and movement interspersed with periods of recovery cognition (mental math) exercises, create an interval training experience that is fun and engaging for all ages. Discovery lessons that utilize the Drums Alive equipment and the student’s whole mind and body improve comprehension of abstract concepts. This practical, applied hands-on course focuses on using music, rhythm, fun, and interesting activities to teach students about their world, themselves, and how the two interact.
Please note—we require anyone attending this training to have access to a Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® Curriculum Kit and we recommend they bring their kit with them to the training. (Optimally, prior to the training, each school should own at least one kit that’s shared between staff members). The training is far more effective if each participant can see/touch/feel the DRUMTASTIC® curriculum and its abundance of resources and use it during the training. See below to learn more about the Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® program kit options and equipment options. Samples of the Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® lesson plans, including Drums Alive® Mathematics In Motion lessons and are provided to each participant.
The 2-day, 6-hours per day Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® Cross-Curriculum workshop is designed for a school(s) or school district(s) that want to maximize the effectiveness of the Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® curriculum by implementing the program into PE, music, and math classrooms. With today’s increased emphasis on STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math) and decreased budgets on music and PE, compounded with the childhood obesity epidemic, the Drums Alive DRUMTASTIC® program is a fun and effective way to help teachers and administrators enhance their students’ learning of abstract concepts in math while improving physical, social, and cognitive health.
Cost: Please contact us at hello@drums-alive.com
8-hour, 1-Day DRUMTASTIC® Ability Beats™ This is a one-day, 8-hour workshop – The foundation, the theory, and the research behind the Ability Beats™ program are presented together with the basic movements and teaching concepts needed to successfully implement and integrate the Drums Alive® program into the classroom or other learning, recreational, or therapeutic environments. This program teaches you how to use and adapt movements that inspire children and adults with diverse abilities and prompt them to create movement and rhythms of their own. Music, balls, and drumsticks create curiosity, promote attention and achieve a high level of motivation.
DRUMS ALIVE® DRUMTASTIC ABILITY BEATS is an all-inclusive, comprehensive, multi-generational, brain and body program for all diverse abilities that unlocks limitations and empowers participants to achieve healthy and happy lives through research-based fitness and wellness applications. This one of a kind, culturally diverse, program fosters individual creativity in a fun and enriched environment that turns the impossible to I’M POSSIBLE by coordinating kinesthetic awareness, neuro-muscular skills, cardiovascular conditioning, flexibility, strength, health and wellness activities into an inspiring experience that accommodates physiological, emotional and cognitive needs; and, taps individual “ABILITIES” leading to endless possibilities.
Workshop includes; DRUMTASTIC Ability Beats Sampler Manual, a pair of Drumsticks and a certificate of completion.
Fees:
- $375 USD
Note: Add($19.00 for USA, $29.50 for Canada) to the registration fee if the equipment needs to be rented from Drums Alive.