Bringing Literature to Life Through Drama: Summer 2012
Gather your colleagues and join us for our 6th annual Summer Drama Institute! This year we will be exploring exciting ways to connect learning with the world's greatest stories. Books chosen will include winners of the prestigious Caldecott, Newbery, and Jane Addams Children's Book Awards.
Register using the online form below. Or click hereto download a printable flyer and registration form. CPDU's available!
Teacher responses to the institute…
“I enjoyed learning how to implement drama into my classroom so that my students feel comfortable and excited.”
Carol Jones is the Director of the Institute for Educators and Teaching Artists Training at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta, GA, USA, where she designs and implements programs for educators and students in eleven counties, grades Pre-K-12.She is the Regional Director of Georgia Wolf Trap. Ms. Jones chaired the curriculum committee to write the first K - 12 framework in theatre for the state of Georgia and wrote resource guides for grades 1, 2, 7 and 8. An accredited classroom teacher in Theatre, Special Education and English, Ms. Jones taught for twelve years. She has designed curriculum in Theatre and Language Arts and and has presented for numerous organizations including the International Reading Association, American Alliance for Theatre and Education, International Storyline Conference, International Drama Education Association and the Arts Education Partnership.
Carol Ann Amour has had years of experience training teachers and others around the U.S. to lead creative drama and to incorporate drama into the classroom. She was one of the editors of the Illinois State Drama and Theatre curriculum and co-author, with Anne Thurman, of Drama with Older Adults, published by Haworth Press in New York.
She has consulted throughout the country and helped many schools and school districts develop creative drama curriculum. Most recently she was Managing Editor of Incite/Insight, the e-magazine of the American Alliance of Theatre and Education.
Select one or more days from the list below:
Thursday, July 26 - 9am to 3pm Directing Like a Pro
Warmups, blocking, rehearsal schedules, coaching actors -- there is so much to juggle when directing a play. Come learn expert tips and tricks from professional directors.
Learn to create a powerful sense of ensemble among your students
Develop your own rehearsal process
Experience clear and comprehensible approaches to movement and staging
Practice techniques for one on one guidance with student actors
Appropriate for teachers and teaching artists of grades 312.
Monday, July 30 - 9am to 3pm Getting Started with Drama Integration
Challenge student thinking, improve collaboration, and tap into students' curiosity about content. Wonder how to get started? This session presents techniques for introducing and using drama effectively.
Discover how drama connects across curriculum.
Learn basic tools and skills of drama
Experience how drama teaches teamwork
Acquire activities for teaching imagination, concentration, movement, and enacted story
Learn to begin designing drama lessons
Appropriate for teachers and teaching artists of grades K-8. Recommended books: Getting Started with Drama, 181 Favorite Level I Ideas for Drama, From Page to Stage: 50 Original Stories for Classroom Drama.
Tuesday, July 31 9am to 3pm Drama with Award-Winning Literature
Enliven award-winning literature with the active, student-centered approach of drama integration. Split into two different sessions, this workshop explores two unique age groups: pre-K to grade 3, and grades 4 to 8.
Enact favorite stories from language arts
Explore setting, character, and adding detail
Enliven concepts of writing & reading comprehension
Engage collaborative problem solving
Appropriate for teachers and teaching artists of grades preK 8. Completion of Getting Started with Drama Integration is recommended.
Wednesday, August 1 9am to 3pm Character Education & Bullying
Drama is a powerful way to engage students in discussion and reflection on topics of character education -- especially when it comes to bullying. This workshop provides a variety of drama and other art techniques which focus attention on conflict, resolution, and bullying.
Enact moments and situations from real life
Examine conflict, actions, and consequences
Explore emotion, empathy, and understanding
Engage creative and critical thinking
Appropriate for teachers and teaching artists of grades K-8. Completion of Getting Started with Drama Integration is recommended.
