Created by Amy Patel
Whether you're in a new school or have an existing program, you can use a Mission Statement to define your program, unify your students and let everyone know from administration, to parents, to the community why you do theatre, what you do and how you do it. Learn how to create this powerful and vital statement with your students. Mission Possible takes you through step by step from asking the right questions, to looking at your school culture and traditions, to writing and revising, to shouting your statement from the rooftops.
7 Modules
56 minutes
2 Credit Hours
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National Core Arts Standards
Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art - Grade HS Proficient
Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work - Grade 6
TH:Re9.1.6.c - Identify a specific audience or purpose for a drama/theatre work.
Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work - Grade 7
Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work - Grade 8
TH:Re9.1.8.c - Assess the impact of a drama/theatre work on a specific audience.
Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work - Grade HS Proficient
Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work - Grade HS Accomplished
TH:Re9.1.HSII.c - Verify how a drama/theatre work communicates for a specific purpose and audience.
Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work - Grade HS Advanced
Common Core
Writing
California VAPA Standards (2019)
Prof.TH:Cn10 Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art.
6.TH:Re9 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
6.TH.Re9.b - Identify a specific audience or purpose for a drama/theatre work.
7.TH:Re9 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
8.TH:Re9 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
8.TH.Re9.b - Assess the impact of a drama/theatre work on a specific audience.
Prof.TH:Re9 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Acc.TH:Re9 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Acc.TH.Re9.b - Justify how a drama/theatre work communicates for a specific purpose and audience.
Adv.TH:Re9 Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Florida Sunshine State Standards
Critical Thinking & Reflection
Skills, Techniques & Processes
TH.912.S.1.1 - Describe the interactive effect of audience members and actors on performances.
Georgia Performance Standards - Theatre Arts
Grade 6 - Connecting
Grades 9-12 - ACTING LEVELS I-IV - Connecting
Grades 9-12 - ADVANCED DRAMA LEVELS I-IV -Responding
Grades 9-12 - ADVANCED DRAMA LEVELS I-IV -Connecting
Grades 9-12 - FUNDAMENTALS OF THEATRE LEVELS I-IV - Connecting
North Carolina Essential Standards
Advanced High School Standards - Culture
A.CU.1.1 - Interpret theatre arts from personal, cultural, and historical contexts.
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for Theatre Arts
HS 117.317 LIII - Critical evaluation and response
C.5.B - recognize theatre as an art form and evaluate self as a creative being.
Alberta, Canada
Junior Orientation
demonstrate trust by becoming comfortable, physically and emotionally, with others
meet deadlines and follow through on individual and group commitments
share ideas confidently with others
Junior Goal I Objectives
develop a sense of responsibility and commitment
develop the ability to interact effectively and constructively in a group process
develop the ability to offer and accept constructive criticism
develop the willingness to make a decision, act upon it and accept the results
Senior Goal I Objectives
demonstrate a sense of responsibility and commitment, individually and to the group
demonstrate respect for others-their rights, ideas, abilities and differences
demonstrate the ability to considered decisions, act upon them and accept the results
demonstrate the ability to contribute effectively and constructively to the group process
demonstrate the ability to initiate, organize and present a project within a given set of guidelines
demonstrate the ability to offer, accept, and reflect upon, constructive criticism
British Columbia (2018)
GRADE 6 - ARTS - Exploring and creating
Explore relationships between identity, place, culture, society, and belonging through the arts
GRADE 6 - ARTS - Reasoning and reflecting
GRADE 7 - ARTS - Exploring and creating
Explore relationships between identity, place, culture, society, and belonging through the arts
GRADE 8 - ARTS - Exploring and creating
GRADE 9 - DRAMA - Exploring and creating
GRADE 9 - DRAMA - Connecting and expanding
Collaborate through reciprocal relationships during creative processes
Demonstrate respect for themselves, others, and the audience
GRADE 10 - DRAMA - Reason and reflect
Examine the influences of social, cultural, historical, environmental, and personal context on drama
Reflect on dramatic works and make connections with personal experiences
GRADE 10 - DRAMA - Connect and expand
Demonstrate respect for self, others, and the audience
Make connections with family and community through drama and theatre
GRADE 11 - DRAMA - Explore and Create
GRADE 11 - DRAMA - Reason and reflect
Demonstrate awareness of self, others, and audience
Reflect on aesthetic experiences and how they relate to a specific place, time, and context
Reflect on dramatic works and make connections with personal experiences
GRADE 11 - DRAMA - Connect and expand
Demonstrate awareness of self, others, and audience
Explore the impacts of dramatic works on culture and society
GRADE 12 - DRAMA - Explore and Create
GRADE 12 - DRAMA - Reason and reflect
Evaluate the social, cultural, historical, environmental, and personal contexts of dramatic works
Reflect on aesthetic experiences and how they relate to a specific place, time, and context
Reflect on dramatic works and make connections with personal experiences
GRADE 12 - DRAMA - Communicate and document
Express personal voice, cultural identity, and perspectives using dramatic techniques
Ontario, Canada
Grades 9 & 10 - Foundations - Responsible Practices
Grades 9 & 10 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing - Connections Beyond the Classroom
Grades 9 & 10 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing - Drama and Society
Grades 9 & 10 - Reflecting, Responding and Analyzing - The Critical Analysis Process
Grades 9 & 10 - Creating and Presenting - Presentation Techniques & Technologies
Grades 9 & 10 - Creating and Presenting - The Creative Process