Residencies and Workshops
For Teachers [Professional Development Workshops]

Sheila Kerrigan demonstrates how to guide students to move in the classroom safely and with control. She includes techniques that build collaborative learning skills into a classroom norm. Teachers gain an understanding of how to lead movement-based exploration of curricular objectives in their classroom. They take home a guide to leading the activities they take part in during the workshop, including a script. This workshop was developed during a Kennedy Center training.

Teachers experience practical methods for using drama and movement to teach Social Studies and English Language Arts curricular content. They choose figures from history or literature and explore them through movement and imagination; they write from the point of view of the characters they choose and create a brief, informal readers' theater presentation. Teachers take home a guide to leading the activities they take part in during the workshop, including a script for leading similar activities in their own classrooms. This workshop was developed through a Kennedy Center training.