27+ years teaching experience, 25 of which has been in U.S. curriculum based international schools in South America, Europe, and Asia. I've taught middle school theatre or middle school language arts, with a few years of elementary, high school, and writers' workshop. Lots of experience creating the logistics to host and lead Arts based festivals and excursions both nationally and internationally. I'm always writing plays and musicals for my students.
Standards based assessment in project based learning units, with developmentally appropriate content to meet students' social/emotional and physical abilities while meeting National Core Arts Standards (U.S.)
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B.S. in Elem Ed (1-8) w/ Literature minor, Kent State University M.A. in Theatre Education, New York University Teacher Leadership Certificate, Lehigh University ELL Certified mainstream teacher Plus multiple theatre workshops including improve and sketch writing at Second City, Chicago; Bunraku puppet technique with Katkatha Puppet Arts Trust, Delhi; Alexander Technique; Mumbai; and devising theatre workshop with Complicite and Frantic Assembly.
I try to provide products you can easily insert into your own lessons, that don't require much tweaking on your part to suit your needs, and that I've honestly created on my own I am aware of the intellectual property rights violations on TpT and, as an artist myself, find it highly unethical. Nothing I create is AI generated, it is all my own work.
5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Homeschool, Staff
English Language Arts, Vocabulary, Specialty, Arts & Music, Graphic Arts, Other (Art), Drama, For All Subjects, Writing, Oral Communication, Holidays/Seasonal, Dance, End of Year