Calling All Theatre Teachers: How do you learn all your students' names?

Welcome to our video series, Calling All Theatre Teachers! In this series we’re going to answer questions that drama teachers have about stepping into a theatre program.

QUESTION: How do you remember all your students’ names? I’m terrible with names, but I know how important it is to get it right.

Watch the video to see Laramie’s answer to this question. It’s more than just learning them by rote!

Click the link below for a page of additional name games.

What is YOUR favourite way to learn student names at the beginning of the year?

This series is hosted by Lindsay Price and Laramie Dean. Lindsay has been in theatre education for 30 years, writing plays and classroom resources specifically for middle and high school through Theatrefolk (Check out Lindsay and Laramie’s The Ultimate Classroom Playwriting Resource) and co-creating the Drama Teacher Academy.

Laramie has been teaching theatre since 2003 and writing since he could first wrap his fingers around a pencil. (Check out Laramie’s Theatrefolk plays!) Currently he’s the theatre director at Hellgate High School in Missoula, Montana, where he’s worked for the last 12 years.