The Reasons I Offer Customized Theatre Lesson Bundles

The Reasons I Offer Customized Theatre Lesson Bundles Recently, I’ve helped several theatre teachers organize their curriculum. Some states have standards which they press upon their school systems and boy, can you feel it. Not so for two wonderful teachers I worked with last week. So, let’s talk about the reasons I offer customized theatre lessons […]
How Theatre Shaped My Life Volume Two

How Theatre Shaped My Life Volume Two This is the second blog post in my series, “How Theatre Shaped My Life.” Here is the first: How Theatre Shaped My Life I find it quite intriguing that many people who take theatre classes inspire to be or become community servants. What is the connection for them? […]
The Blended Learning Classroom is Here to Stay

Two months ago my Google classroom and products, which could be tweaked for distance learning, were purchased hundred of times. That’s thrilling for me for obvious reason, but more important I was relieved I could help someone in a tough predicament.
I sensed they wanted something more than what I could offer at the moment. So I began researching the blended classroom.
Student-Centered Learning: An Optimal Approach

Recently, I was given the opportunity to guest blog on another teacher’s website.
The Unofficial Fortune Teller’s Guide to Becoming a Fantastic Teacher in 12 Steps

People don’t ask me that. They never directly ask me. They ask around the questions. I think they are afraid of what I might say. Teehee….I’m known for being honest. So they say, “I was thinking I would like to do something in life that uses my love for theatre.” Or “I don’t think I would make it on Broadway, but I’d still like to be involved in theatre and make a living from it.”
Student Survival: The Importance of Pleasure Reading for a Kid

Some people are selective about the genres they read. I usually gravitate toward books with quirky characters in ordinary appearing plots. I say “ordinary appearing” because it is always intriguing to find the characters going somewhere else than you expected.
However, I am known to cheat and read the last chapter of a book if a. the story is moving too slowly for me or b. I’m dying to know what happens.