INTERACTIVE STORYTELLING LEVEL 1 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

This 5-Hour Professional Development has been developed with the support of the NYC Dept. of Education Office of Early Childhood Education and JP Morgan/Chase Foundation.

Where:
CUNY/Creative Arts Team Offices
101 West 31st, 6th Floor
New York, NY 10001

When:
Thursday April 2, 2015
 9am-3pm

Lunch will be provided

All participants will receive a CUNY Certificate of Attendance. 

DESCRIPTION: 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.

 

CAT facilitators will model three forms of oral storytelling for teachers 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 both physically and verbally -- drawing specific links to how each form impacts a child's literacy skills.

 CAT will then mentor the teachers as they develop, practice and refine an interactive storytelling of  their own based on one of two picture books.

Particular attention will be paid  to strengthening each teacher’s storytelling skills and identifying  how specific techniques of audience participation support early  childhood literacy and English acquisition.

Thoughout the process, teachers  will be asked to reflect on what they have led, give and receive  constructive criticism, and discuss future applications. The overarching  goals throughout are to help the teachers work in a student-centered  manner, explore how to encourage and  incorporate student’s responses, and tap into their own creativity.

PLEASE NOTE: You can register as many teachers for the professional development. 

Led by Helen Wheelock, Director of the Early Learning Program

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