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Fall Post-Mortem

Hosted by Lindsay Price, Matt Webster, Christa Vogt, Lea Marshall

47:15 1 resource

As the fall semester comes to a close it's a great time to take a quick look back at the recently concluded term, and take note of what went well and what could be improved next time. From discipline, to curriculum to productions, there is always something to learn and a new semester is a great time to either continue full speed ahead - or press the reset button!

Join us for a review of the semester that was.

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Celebrating Your Theatre Program

Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Christa Vogt, Lea Marshall

43:13 1 resource
March is Theatre in our Schools month, and we think that is worth celebrating. Why, just look at some of the benefits a theatre program brings to a school and community - Improved test scores, community outreach, growing student self confidence, focused Social Emotional Learning and increasing empathy...and that's just the beginning! Theatre programs (and the people who run them) deserve to be celebrated for the valuable educational services they provide. So join us for this PLC as we celebrate all things Theatre!
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How to Give Feedback to Student Playwrights

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Author Nick Pappas has created a resource for teachers to develop the tools they need to help student writers find their voice. This resource focuses on two big questions: What is Feedback?, and What is Useful Feedback? At its core, all answers will focus on giving notes that will improve the work, which, in this case, is our students’ plays. And, as a teacher, that’s the goal: we want our students to write and to grow through their writing. If we want students to get better, we need to get better. Understanding the definition of feedback and understanding how to provide useful feedback is the key to all of us getting better.
# Playwriting # playwriting

Classroom Management with Social Emotional Learning - Session One

Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Christa Vogt, Lea Marshall

47:38 1 resource
If you talk to teachers these days, the same topic pops up over and over: Post pandemic classroom management.  It doesn't matter if they are a highly experienced educator or fresh out of their student teaching, they all say the same thing - the vibe in the classroom has changed.  Teachers say they need new tools in their classrooms to address these changes, so in this PLC we are going to break out the best tool in the toolkit: Social Emotional Learning (SEL).  Join us for a timely conversation about how you can use SEL in your classroom to reset your students and improve your classroom management.
# live PLC

Classroom Management with Social Emotional Learning - Session Two

Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Christa Vogt, Shelby Steege

43:13 1 resource
If you talk to teachers these days, the same topic pops up over and over: Post pandemic classroom management.  It doesn't matter if they are a highly experienced educator or fresh out of their student teaching, they all say the same thing - the vibe in the classroom has changed.  Teachers say they need new tools in their classrooms to address these changes, so in this PLC we are going to break out the best tool in the toolkit: Social Emotional Learning (SEL).  Join us for a timely conversation about how you can use SEL in your classroom to reset your students and improve your classroom management.
# live PLC # popular

PAJAMA DRAMA PARTY

Contributed by Lea Marshall

An evening where our Thespians run a night of DRAMA activities for Elementary School Students. We put the students in groups (based on their grade level) and each group had 3 PAJAMA PARTY PALS who were with them ALL EVENING (for safety and consistency.) The groups rotate between the cafeteria (CRAFT-ATERIA for craft activites), the Theatre Room for small table games, and the Stage for creating a short play with your group. In between each activity change, ALL the kids came onstage for a DANCE & FREEZE party and a large group game of Ships & Sailors. At the end of the evening, all the Thespians working the activity centers came on stage to put on an Improv show (using audience ideas) for our "audience" of students and parents who came to pick up their students! We charged $25 a student. Had pizza, juice boxes, and desserts donated by parents.
# Fundraising
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Curriculum Planning

Hosted by Matt Webster, Lindsay Price, Karen Loftus, Lindsay Johnson

49:57 1 resource
Ah, mid summer! The past school year is a speck in the rear view mirror and the new school year isn't quite in view yet.  This little oasis of sanity is a great time to contemplate your curriculum and, as the old saying goes, "Adapt, Adjust and Improve".  What worked? What didn't work? What have you always wanted to teach, but never had the time to include?  The best time to plan your curriculum is when you are not in the middle of teaching it! Join us for a laid back, thoughtful discussion about curriculum planning. We will have the authors of the Drama One (Karen Loftus) and the Middle School (Lindsay Johnson) curriculums on the panel, to help with your planning and answer questions about these popular resources in the DTA.
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Drama One

by Karen Loftus

This is a curriculum map for an introductory, comprehensive high school theatre class. The purpose of the curriculum is to give students an overview of theatre in general. The super objective of this curriculum is to have students “bring it all together” at the end in a culminating project. The essential questions for the year: * What are the most important tools of the actor? * Who’s who in the theatre? The answer to the first question is mind, body, and voice. Each unit reflects one of those tools: pantomime—body, improvisation—mind, etc. The answer to the second is explored throughout the curriculum.
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Middle School

by Lindsay Johnson

This is a curriculum for a scene study semester at the middle school level. The goal for each unit is to build off the knowledge and skills gained in the previous unit so students are gradually adding to their abilities as they progress through different types of scene performance assessments. Students begin with the acting basics they need to create a successful scene: ensemble skills, improvisation, projection, vocal clarity and expression, characterization, pantomime, objective and tactics. They will learn script structure, blocking, and stage directions and how to give, receive and apply feedback. They will explore aspects beyond acting such as directing and simple set design.
# middle school friendly
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Lesson 5 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Relax, Have Fun and Don’t Force the Humour

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss what it means to not “force” the humour. They play all the games from the unit in a high risk setting, as volunteers in front of the class.
# Acting # improv # acting
Lesson 1 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Accept the Offer

by Karen Loftus

Students apply this guidelines through the games “Yes and…” “Yes Let’s,” and Low Risk Experts.
# Acting # improv # acting
Lesson 3 of 3 in Theatrical Arguments: Pursuing Objectives, Communication, and Conflict Unit

Improvised Arguments

by Rachel Atkins

In this final lesson, students explore two different characters whose opposing points of view or arguments create a conflict. They will identify the objectives or arguments for each character. They will act out a scene between those two characters multiple times, playing both characters. Finally, they will write an argument from one character’s point of view – and support it with evidence.
# Acting # acting # improv
Lesson 3 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Take the Active Choice

by Karen Loftus

Students discuss what it means to take the active choice and apply the concept in Quiet Scenes.
# Acting # improv # acting
Unit 5 of 14 in Drama One Curriculum

Ancient Greek Theatre

by Karen Loftus

4 lessons
This unit on Ancient Greek theatre focuses on the function of the chorus, the choral ode, and the details of the theatre space. It touches on plays and playwrights of the era, culminating in a final project of a modern version of Medea that includes a choral ode.
# improv # ancient greek theatre # middle school friendly
Lesson 2 of 6 in Improvisation Unit

Make Choices/Bring Information

by Karen Loftus

Students learn the word “endow” and apply the concept through the exercise Low Risk Endowment.
# Acting # improv # acting

Careers in Theatre - Lesson 6: Regional and New York Productions - Producing Organizations: Educational Theatre

Practical Technical Theatre

12:39
CAREERS IN THEATRE LESSON 6, VIDEO 2 Thousands of people make a living in educational theatre. The three most common types of educational theatre are elementary and secondary theatre, community college theatre, and university theatre. You are probably pretty familiar with the first branch, elementary and secondary school theatre. The...

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Distance Learning ideas vs Zoom or other video conference platform.
# Video Conferencing Activities # improv

Movie Styles

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Distance Learning ideas vs Zoom or other video conference platform.
# Video Conferencing Activities # improv

School Startup - Session One

Hosted by Karen Loftus, Matt Webster, and Jennine Profeta

46:49 2 resources

Learn about the most important things for the first week of school - from ice breaker games, to classroom procedures, to setting the tone from Day 1. Watch this replay to learn tips and tricks to start your school year off on the right foot!

Hosted by DTA instructors Karen Loftus, Lindsay Price, Jennine Profeta, and Matt Webster.

Recorded on August 14th, 2015 at 2pm.

# improv # games # live PLC

Careers in Theatre - Lesson 2: Professional Theatre – Commercial Theatre and Not-For-Profit Theatre - Commercial Theatre and Not-For-Profit

Practical Technical Theatre

13:32
CAREERS IN THEATRE LESSON 2, VIDEO 1 Since this program is all about making a living in theatre, its important to have an idea where the money comes from to pay salaries and all the other costs of producing a show. The producers of a show have the ultimate responsibility...