Vocal Health for Lecturers & Teachers

Vocal health impacts on career satisfaction among teachers & lecturers.

Ready to use your voice to your advantage in the classroom?

As a teacher, you're in a profession where you use your voice every day – so much so that you're a professional voice user. Did you know that teachers and lecturers are some of the professionals who have damage to their vocal folds?

This workshop will give your team practical research-based strategies to use your voice safely in the workplace. Research highlights the impact of voice difficulties on absenteeism, enjoyment and career longevity among the education workforce.

This workshop trains your team to:

Enhance their vocal health, prevent injury and find vocal ease & confidence when lecturing or teaching.

We'll cover:

• Vocal health (hygiene) tips for the classroom and school environment to protect your voice
• Warning signs of vocal misuse and harm
• Daily voice warm up exercises to protect your voice
• Methods to reduce the risk of vocal strain and damage
• How the voice works and essential factors to produce optimal voice when teaching
• Internal and external factors that can affect your voice
• How to use your voice healthily to command attention in a room (of students or even colleagues)
• How to adjust your volume, pitch, tone and pace to provide range and scope to your voice use.
• Microphone and amplification strategies for large lecture theatres, open plan classrooms, footy fields, noisy spaces.

All participants will leave the workshop with a solid understanding of the voice and how to build vocal resilience.

Your facilitator will provide practical strategies to your team to build their vocal health and comfort.

DURATION: 90 minutes

DELIVERY: online, or in person at VOICE SCIENCE, Melbourne; or book us to come to your school or faculty (Australia-wide).

MAX NUMBER OF ATTENDEES: 100