This professional development workshop will provide an immersive theatre experience for teachers aimed at increasing skills in spoken language, building self-esteem and social skills, and connecting theatre exercises to classroom literature and social studies curriculum. The objective of this process-based workshop is to expose the classroom teachers to several different theatre and performance-based activities that help with the development of core curriculum skills such as reading and writing as well as building social skills and confidence. Group exercises in the areas of voice, movement, imagination, and tableaux will be introduced and explored throughout. Teachers will leave the workshop with new strategies and be inspired to try out some of these practices with their students.
