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As part of our mission to "cultivate community through outreach and education programming," The New Collectives hold professional development workshops throughout the year.
To book a workshop for your institution please email [email protected] |
"Thanks so much for all your help and a great PD, everyone was so thrilled with the session. Today is the first day of camp and we have already put into place some of the techniques we used."
-Brady J. Shoemaker
Director of Curriculum, Jacob Burns Film Center
"I can't wait to use these techniques in the coming school years."
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"I learned what I want my classroom to be."
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"I took away many tools, specific tools and ideas!! Too many to list, but exactly what I wanted!"
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"I gained so much! Knowing the different situations and tools to implement those situations really makes the students pro-active beyond the classroom and hopefully, reflect it in their homes and neighborhoods!"
- Workshop Participant, Face to Face Conference
Professional Development for Teaching Artists and Educational Organizations
Positive Behavior Management Training for Teaching Artists
Are you an arts educator with a passion for your subject and your students? Do you have trouble finding ways to redirect their enthusiasm? Do you long for teaching tools that will help you create an orderly, positive atmosphere in the classroom, while leaving ample room for freedom of expression? This 3-hour workshop offers Teaching Artists and other arts professionals the tools to work more effectively with children. Facilitator Erin Maxon, Education and Outreach Director of The New Collectives, translates established behavior management systems for the specific needs of the Arts in Education classroom. The workshop will include hands-on practice, activities, and readings that can be applied in classrooms immediately.
Are you an arts educator with a passion for your subject and your students? Do you have trouble finding ways to redirect their enthusiasm? Do you long for teaching tools that will help you create an orderly, positive atmosphere in the classroom, while leaving ample room for freedom of expression? This 3-hour workshop offers Teaching Artists and other arts professionals the tools to work more effectively with children. Facilitator Erin Maxon, Education and Outreach Director of The New Collectives, translates established behavior management systems for the specific needs of the Arts in Education classroom. The workshop will include hands-on practice, activities, and readings that can be applied in classrooms immediately.
Professional Developments for Classroom Teachers and Schools
Stepping into History: Theatre Arts Integration in History and Social Studies Classes
Using theatre arts in History and Social Studies classes can expand both factual knowledge on a subject, as well as deepen a student’s empathetic connection to what they are learning. This workshop will focus on using historical source material for dramatic exploration. We will work with a wide variety of historical source materials - newspaper articles, eyewitness accounts, diary entries, photographs, objects, historical fiction, poetry, pieces of art - and share activities, exercises and ideas for using this kind of rich material for dramatic creation. We will brainstorm about how Teaching Artists can collaborate with Classroom Teachers in devising lesson plans that will have students encountering history on their feet, exploring characters, events and motivations, while also building theatrical skills and gaining confidence in public speaking and performance.
Teaching The Bard: Making Shakespeare Approachable
Using theatre arts in History and Social Studies classes can expand both factual knowledge on a subject, as well as deepen a student’s empathetic connection to what they are learning. This workshop will focus on using historical source material for dramatic exploration. We will work with a wide variety of historical source materials - newspaper articles, eyewitness accounts, diary entries, photographs, objects, historical fiction, poetry, pieces of art - and share activities, exercises and ideas for using this kind of rich material for dramatic creation. We will brainstorm about how Teaching Artists can collaborate with Classroom Teachers in devising lesson plans that will have students encountering history on their feet, exploring characters, events and motivations, while also building theatrical skills and gaining confidence in public speaking and performance.
Teaching The Bard: Making Shakespeare Approachable
Workshop Facilitators:
Erin Maxon (The New Collectives Regional Education & Outreach Director):
Erin Maxon has more than 12 years experience teaching and facilitating art, drama, and music to people age 0 to 90. Her expertise lies in the use of ethical facilitation to create a safe space for people to try on different aspects of themselves. She is thrilled to pass on elements of her expertise as a Professional Development Facilitator for teaching artists. Erin is trained in the student-centered Responsive Classroom educational philosophy, NoBully response techniques, and the Harkness Method of discussion-based learning. She has her Master's in Applied Drama: Theatre in Educational, Community and Social Contexts from the University of London at Goldsmiths, and a BA in Anthropology and Theater from UC Berkeley. Erin has spent time working with numerous educational and artistic organizations including but not limited to Z Space; National Trust UK; Cabrillo Community College; San Francisco Day School; Ring Mountain Day School; Berkeley Playhouse; Tenryu and Urugi Board of Education in Nagano, Japan; Action for Refugees; Eastside Westside Music Together; Lawrence Hall of Science; and more. For a full resume and examples of her work, please visit erintatemaxon.com.
Sam Leichter (The New Collectives Education & Outreach Director):
Sam Leichter has worked in theatre education for over seven years. Sam served as the Education Manager at Marin Shakespeare Company in San Rafael California, overseeing in-school and after-school programs, adult/senior classes and workshops, as well as an extensive summer camp. For the last three years, Sam has been a Teaching Artist with George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Sam's teaching work with George Street has been phenomenally varied. He has led in-school, curriculum-based residencies on a wide range of subjects, such as the life of Ponce to Leon (3rd Grade), the experience of children in the Holocaust (7th grade), the Civil Rights Movement (6th Grade) and Greek mythology (5th-8th Grades). In addition, Sam has worked recently with Wingspan Arts, and was a co-teacher at the New Collectives Shakespeare Camp this past summer. Sam holds a BA from Bates College, and received his MFA in Acting from Rutgers, where he has taught Basic Acting to undergrads. Sam is a working actor, a member of of Actor's Equity Association, and performs regularly in classics and new works.
Erin Maxon (The New Collectives Regional Education & Outreach Director):
Erin Maxon has more than 12 years experience teaching and facilitating art, drama, and music to people age 0 to 90. Her expertise lies in the use of ethical facilitation to create a safe space for people to try on different aspects of themselves. She is thrilled to pass on elements of her expertise as a Professional Development Facilitator for teaching artists. Erin is trained in the student-centered Responsive Classroom educational philosophy, NoBully response techniques, and the Harkness Method of discussion-based learning. She has her Master's in Applied Drama: Theatre in Educational, Community and Social Contexts from the University of London at Goldsmiths, and a BA in Anthropology and Theater from UC Berkeley. Erin has spent time working with numerous educational and artistic organizations including but not limited to Z Space; National Trust UK; Cabrillo Community College; San Francisco Day School; Ring Mountain Day School; Berkeley Playhouse; Tenryu and Urugi Board of Education in Nagano, Japan; Action for Refugees; Eastside Westside Music Together; Lawrence Hall of Science; and more. For a full resume and examples of her work, please visit erintatemaxon.com.
Sam Leichter (The New Collectives Education & Outreach Director):
Sam Leichter has worked in theatre education for over seven years. Sam served as the Education Manager at Marin Shakespeare Company in San Rafael California, overseeing in-school and after-school programs, adult/senior classes and workshops, as well as an extensive summer camp. For the last three years, Sam has been a Teaching Artist with George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Sam's teaching work with George Street has been phenomenally varied. He has led in-school, curriculum-based residencies on a wide range of subjects, such as the life of Ponce to Leon (3rd Grade), the experience of children in the Holocaust (7th grade), the Civil Rights Movement (6th Grade) and Greek mythology (5th-8th Grades). In addition, Sam has worked recently with Wingspan Arts, and was a co-teacher at the New Collectives Shakespeare Camp this past summer. Sam holds a BA from Bates College, and received his MFA in Acting from Rutgers, where he has taught Basic Acting to undergrads. Sam is a working actor, a member of of Actor's Equity Association, and performs regularly in classics and new works.
