Students at the Center, Art at the Heart. Sign Up Now!

Students at the Center, Art at the Heart 

Tuesday Nov 8, Monday Jan 30, Thursday June 8, at the 14th Street Y, 344 East 14th Street.

Entering the school year with renewed energy to reimagine and reframe theater instruction, we honor teacher pedagogy and artistry in support of our students' expression and well-being. We center professional learning on knowing students well, on developing a community that nurtures potential, growth and creative risk-taking. Our 2022-2023 Citywide series in theater focuses on: 

• Fostering student meaning-making and joy in their artistic expression to emphasize the impact of thinking like an artist and expose students to multiple forms of theatrical expression as well as the variety of potential theater career pathways 
• Revisiting the foundational NYC Blueprints and NYS Standards to ensure responsiveness in our teaching of theater skills, content, literacy and assessment 
• Building capacity for teachers to develop relationships with key stakeholders (school leaders, families, community) in support of sustainable theater programs at their schools 
• Offering context to connect and ground theater exploration in examining the world(s) around us 
• Celebrating and designing theater instruction around and through the diversity of our NYC communities and cultural institutions. 

A Short profile from a previous PD, CLICK HERE

Each session provides opportunities for teachers to invest as lifelong learners with an emphasis on facilitating student ownership of all aspects of theater making and reflection. This series thus focuses on: 

• Teaching, facilitating and producing theater with students across all grade levels and abilities. 

• Qualities of highly effective teaching that serve student creativity and theater learning 

• Hands-on workshops facilitated by professional and NYCDOE theater artists and educators 

• Small learning communities model with opportunities for teacher self-reflection and peer sharing of curriculum maps, effective texts, resources, etc. 

TO REGISTER for our free 2022 Citywide PD series, CLICK HERE

Note: Teachers must sign up for all three days of the series as it is sequential. 

Break a leg and have a great year.

Peter