| Course Description: Directing Plays and Musicals in the school and Classroom is an ONLINE interactive and intensive teaching and learning experience that will provide teachers with the tools and experience to be able to direct and choreograph plays and musicals with their students for production within their school or classroom. This year the course will be held ONLINE. The course goals include developing the teacher’s abilities to stage and direct school plays and musicals, develop and articulate a clear and specific directorial concept, style and approach to a performance event demonstrate strategies and methods for teaching their own students how to direct and assistant direct student productions and scenes and to use the knowledge and skills involved in directing to enhance their overall knowledge and understanding of theater making. Teachers will create production plans and directorial concepts, rehearsal schedules and strategies for staging and integrating the production process into their classroom curriculum. Teacher’s will choose and analyze a theatrical text that is appropriate for their grade level, create a specific concept, style and approach to the text and direct a scene or musical number for presentation and assessment at the end of the course. Teachers will engage in various rehearsal activities including ensemble-building warm-ups, blocking demonstrations and text analysis designed to expand and enhance their own teaching practice. A panel of professional theatre directors will present a symposium on directing. Included in the course are two outings to Broadway or Off Broadway plays as inspiration and examples of quality directing. The course will conclude with staged scenes and musical numbers by the teachers. |
| Status: Closed for Registration |
Registration Deadline: 07/17/2022 |
Start Date: 07/18/2022 |
End Date: 07/22/2022 |
| Location: Online |
CTLE Hours: 45 |
No. of Credits: 3 |
Categories: Arts, English Language Arts
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| Restricted: No |
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CTLE Area: Content |
Grades: Pre-K,K,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12
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| Danielson Components |
3b : Using Questioning and Discussion Techniques
3c : Engaging Students in Learning
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