The American Place Theatre

Professional Development for Educators

Below are a sampling of workshops available for educators, principals, administrators a other professionals who work in and educational setting.

Bringing Literature to Life in the Classroom

This interactive approach to literacy will demonstrate our basic Literature to Life methodology. We show educators how to encourage critical thinking and inspire a student's interest in reading and writing through active exploration and making personal connections. This workshop can include a performance from our Literature to Life roster which will be used as the launching pad for the literacy learning.

Team Building / Fostering Cooperation & Trust

This workshop tackles how to build a successful group dynamic and create a classroom environment that is most conducive to individual and group productivity and creativity. This workshop can also be used as a motivational opportunity for teachers and/or administrators with an organization school, or district.

Theatre as a Cross-Curricular Tool

This workshop explores the unique ability of drama-in-education techniques to be used as a catalyst for learning across the curriculum. The workshop will provide educators with tools to help their students make personal connections to the curriculum and explore subjects in a kinetic way. Examples of subject specific themes: HISTORY: Bringing historical documents to life through drama. ENGLISH: Exploring literature and personal narrative through written and oral expression. ESL: Approaching ESL through interactive drama-in-education techniques.

Blueprint for Theatre Arts

This workshop will use interactive drama-in-education techniques to help educators become more familiar with and able to utilize the New York City Department of Education's theatre Blueprint for Teaching and Learning. Alternatively, this workshop can provide educators with tools and techniques to support their teaching of particular strands and benchmarks within the blueprint document.