Finance
There are two ways to look at this:
1. Before the course.
If you are at the start of this, you are in a great position. It may be that the Principal has asked you to set up this course from scratch. You have decided to go with AQA for example. Now what? First things first: money.
2. Once the course has started.
Ok. This is the more realistic of the two. Many teachers get asked to start the course and are too busy looking at specifications / freaking out / tying up other administration to think they could ask for money. I would go as far as saying don’t commit to ‘doing’ the course until you have enough money in the bag.
Budget
Your school will either have lots (£10, 000+) or little to none. If you are being asked to set this up, unfortunately, in my experience, you do need some. Stress that this is a multimedia course, and that technology is important. You will need access to laptops / computers / tablets pretty much every lesson and you will need software which is industry standard. Some schools expect students to use Powerpoint for magazine production. How does this help teach the skills your students will need if they want to have a career in this subject? No. Be firm. If you can get money - ask for more than you need.
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