About Us

About Us

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Welcome to Benoit Academy of Steelpan Arts, your premier destination for a dynamic fusion of education, multimedia, and entertainment! Our online learning platform is designed to immerse you in the rich world of steelpan, offering comprehensive courses that cater to all skill levels. Whether you’re a novice eager to explore the melodious world of steelpan or a seasoned musician looking to refine your craft, our dedicated team of experts is here to guide you. With a perfect blend of traditional wisdom and modern technology, we’re committed to nurturing your passion for steelpan and ensuring you experience a truly immersive learning journey.
 
Join us at Benoit Academy, where steelpan artistry meets the digital age, and let the rhythm of the Caribbean captivate your heart and soul.

Strategic Goals

We’ll develop future leadership capacity and have the opportunity to professionally grow, learn and     develop in our work.

We’ll strengthen our management skills and build our capacity to support employees to manage their own careers while contributing to

the achievement of Benoit Academy of Steel Pan    Strategic Goals

We’ll foster and build a “leaderful” organization, working together to     cultivate innovation and lead change.

We’ll enable our People Managers to successfully embrace their strategic role in the achievement of Benoit Academy of Steel Pan Strategic Goals through skill building and team development.

We’ll ensure that the necessary human resource capacity and capability are in place to achieve our intended results.

We’ll work in an organizational culture focused on student success.

We’ll focus on providing a Total Rewards Program for our employees that helps Benoit Academy of Steel Pan to attract, engage and retain the best.

We’ll link our rewards programs directly to individual and team accountability and performance.

We’ll ensure our programs demonstrate that our employees are valued and their contributions and achievements towards Benoit Academy of Steel Pan Strategic Goals are recognized.

Benoit Academy of Steel Pan resources are limited. It makes sense, therefore, to work collaboratively to increase support for the Steel Pan Industry. We will form partnerships to work closely with Private companies and our line

Ministry, Ministry of Communities Development Culture and the Arts and the Ministry of Education and territorial authorities, to make a greater impact.

Contributing to cultural development Maintaining
our heritage.
Formulating the program for a definite course of
action to educate and promote the steel pan
instrument.
Preserving the art and integrity of steel pan and
advancing educational awareness.

Our students will pursue a range of course options, including:

certificates in Steelpan Literacy, Steelpan Performance, Orchestra  Performance, Pantrepreneurship and Culture.

We have began the process of developing an international reach by  partnering with the International Society of  Music Education and creating a platform such  as Steelpan Global with connections in the U.S. for creativity and innovation, and we’re committed to growing that over the life of this Strategic Plan

The Academy has developed a relation with the
following organizations and will continue to
maintain its partnership.

  • CARIRI
  • Youth Business Trinidad and Tobago (YBTT)
  • AMCHAM TT Chamber of the Americas
  • U.S. Embassy Port of Spain
  • Ministry of Community Development, Culture and the Arts

We have developed Steelpan literacy programs
in 3 different Primary Schools, creating a syllabus to meet the needs of all the students. The Academy has also  provided steelpans to the schools and a qualified  music teacher. The schools are as follow: Belmont Girls R.C., Gloster Lodge and Moravian Melville Memorial

Developing and implementing policy Remaining accountable and responsive to all our Stakeholders Continues development of our  Steelpan literacy syllabus.
Maintaining our  commitment to Assisting in the development of the steelpan industry.

With the different number of student demographics, The Academy has and will continue to develop educational pathways that will meet the needs of students and steelpan industry practitioners. best for our students A student communications process will be developed to provide information in a way that works.

We will build programs that support the entrepreneural side of the steelbands. These programs will be promoted through our recruitment process.

Most students in the 21st century will be at ease with technology and will easily adapt and integrate new functionality as introduced.
Students have the right to expect to leverage technology in their learning
environment as they do in their personal lives. Benoit Academy of Steel Pan will deliver on our commitment to meet the scheduling, learning and service  flexibility needs of our students through the  following means:
We’ll design and  implement online  programs where students can easily access from anywhere.

Curious?

Interested and inquisitive in the world around us, Benoit Academy is never satisfied with the status quo. We’re always asking, how can we make it better?

Purposeful

Everything we do serves a greater good and reason. Purpose keeps us grounded and in touch with our primary objective: great steel pan education. If there’s no purpose, there’s no place for it in our brand.

Smart

We are sharp. To the point. Insightful. But without the need to be clever for the sake of it.

Gutsy

We aren’t afraid to go where our creativity takes us, even if it means taking a risk. If a higher purpose is served by breaking with convention, we’ll do so without hesitation.

Inspired

At Benoit Academy, we unite the worlds of imagination and intention to create inspiration. We’re inspired by learning, by growing. This inspiration is always authentic — never forced — and keeps us focused on making things better.

Real

We live in the real world and work towards creating change tha benefits our faculty and staff, students, industry partners and communities near and far. Our approach is always down-to-earth and based in reality

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