Thursday, March 20, 2014
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
with an hour lunch break
Registration: $95.00
CUNY Creative Arts Team
www.creativeartsteam.org
101 W. 31st Street, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10001
Driving Directions
Helen Wheelock
212-652-2844
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Back by popular demand!
APPROACHING THE COMMON CORE STANDARDS:
Interactive Storytelling and Emergent Literacy
in the Early Childhood Classroom (Level I)
Over the last few years, more than 1000 early childhood educators have participated in training workshops developed with the support of the NYC Department of Education Office of Early Childhood Education and the J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation.
The responses have been overwhelmingly positive:
“I love coming to CAT and learning.
Every time I come out feeling like I will be a better teacher.”
- Participating Teacher
We are pleased to announce that we have obtained further underwriting that allows us to offer an additional Level 1 session for the minimal fee of $95 per attendee.
All participants earn a CUNY Certificate of Completion.
During this workshop, CAT facilitators will guide participants through a step-by-step process that will help them build an experiential and intellectual understanding of the power of oral storytelling in developing children's listening, speaking and language skills as outlined in the Common Core Standards.
The workhsop will feature three forms of oral storytelling to demonstrate the progression from written word to active engagement – reading a storybook, telling a story based on a book and storytelling that engages an audience physically and verbally. We'll draw specific links to how each form impacts a child's literacy skills.
Teachers will then be guided through a process to develop, practice and refine an interactive storytelling of their own. Thoughout the process, teachers will be asked to reflect on their work, exchange constructive criticism, and discuss future applications. The overarching goals are to help the teachers work in a student-centered manner, use effective questioning, encourage and incorporate students' responses, and tap into their own creativity.
Participating teachers and sites are eligible for an on-site mentoring residency. (Click here for a video). During the five-day residency, CAT's professional actor/teachers will model interactive storytelling in the classroom and support classroom teachers as they design and implement their own literacy-based and English acquisition interactive storytelling lesson plans.
Led by Helen Wheelock, Director of the Early Learning Program
CAT (CUNY - Creative Arts Team) uses the power of drama to inspire lives.
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