Calling All Theatre Teachers: What procedures do I need to set up at the beginning of the year?

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: What kind of procedures should I be teaching students at the beginning of the year? Do I really have to walk through how to ask to go to the bathroom?

Watch the video to see Laramie’s answer to this question. He has a very short answer, and a longer answer that connects procedures with theatre etiquette.

Click the link below for a Community Building, Expectations and Procedures document.

What do YOU think are the important procedures to set for the drama classroom?

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.