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[Partners in Education: Performing Arts Centers and Schools (fostering partnership among arts organization, schools and communities)]

Some workshops have materials (i.e., tapes, scripts) that accompany them and can be bought by the sponsor for an additional fee. In some cases, these materials must accompany the workshop; in others they are optional. The individual workshop leader(s) will provide this information.

Other services (i.e., performances, residencies, additional workshops) are also available from the workshop leaders and can be negotiated separately with them. For additional information, contact Partners in Education, The Kennedy Center, 2700 F Street, NW, Washington, DC 20566, or call (202) 416-8806.

Requirements for Booking a Workshop

The fee for workshops will be negotiated between the sponsoring organization and the workshop leader or agent for the workshop leader. Sponsors should contact the workshop leader directly to determine his/her availability. (Note: Contact information can be found with each workshop leader’s listing.) In addition to the fee, other expenses incurred by the sponsor include round-trip airfare, hotel room, per diem appropriate to the individual locality, and local ground transportation for the workshop leader in the hosting community.

In all media and printed materials in which the workshop is advertised and/or described, the following statement must be included: “This workshop was developed in association with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and is partially underwritten by the U.S. Department of Education, the National Committee for the Performing Arts, The Kennedy Center Corporate Fund, and the Bank of America Charitable Foundation.”

Workshop Leader	Workshop Title	Grade Levels	Art Form(s)	Connection To Educational Area
Maria Barbosa	Responding to Diversity: Creating Artists' Books with ESOL Students	K-6	Visual Art	Language Arts, English for Speakers of Other Languages
Randy Barron	Poetry in Motion	4-12	Dance/Creative Movement	Language Arts
Randy Barron	Scientific Thought in Motion	3-12	Dance/Creative Movement	Science
John Bertles	Building Musical Instruments from Recycled Materials	3-6	Music	Language Arts, Science
Derek Bowley	Focusing on the Music in Musical Theater	4-8	Drama/Music	Drama/Music
Kimberli Boyd	Exploring Habitats through Creative Movement	1-4	Dance	Science
	Moving to Harlem: Integrating Poetry and Dance	5-8	Dance/Creative Writing	Language Arts, Social Studies
	Reaching the Kinesthetic Learner Through Creative Movement	K-3, 4-6	Dance/Creative Movement	Science, Social Studies, Language Arts
	Responding to Visual Art Through Movement	3-8	Dance/Creative Movement	Visual Art
Harlan Brownlee	Weather on the Move	3-6, 6-8	Creative Movement/Dance	Science
Deborah Brzoska	Assessment in the Arts, Part I: Creating Rubrics to Promote Learning	K-12	Fine Arts	Assessment
	Assessment in the Arts, Part II: Assessment Design	K-12	Fine Arts	Assessment
	Creating Interdisciplinary Units Based on the Performing Arts	K-12	Fine Arts	Interdisciplinary
	Designing Arts-Centered Interdisciplinary Curriculum	3-12	Fine Arts	Interdisciplinary
	Reflective Practice: Looking Together to Assess Student Work in the Arts	K-12	Fine Arts	Assessment
Stacey Coates	Teaching Tolerance Through Drama	4-8	Drama	Social Skills
Mauli Cook	Bringing Hawaiian Folktales to Life Through Creative Movement	3-5	Dance	Social Studies, Language Arts
Marcia Daft	Journeys in Sound: Learning through Imagination, Music, and Movement	K-2	Music/Movement	Interdisciplinary
	Musical Adventures: A Door to Writing	2-8	Music	Language Arts
	Musically-Moving Math!	1-6	Music	Math
	Word Painting: Mastering Reading Fluency and Oral Expression Through Music	K-6	Music	Language Arts
Cynthia Elek	The Power of Chant: Building Oral Fluency and Reading Comprehension	Pre K-3	Music	Language Arts
Barbara Ellmann	Learning About African Masks Through Mask-Making	4-8	Visual Art	Social Studies
Karen Erickson	The Drama of Science	1-6	Drama	Science
	Drama: The Missing Link in Teaching Literacy	1-8	Drama	Language Arts
	Focusing on Arts Integration	K-12	Drama	Language Arts, Social Studies
	Getting Started with Drama Integration: Part 1, The Basics	1-8	Drama	Interdisciplinary
	Getting Started with Drama Integration: Part 2, Managing and Creating the Lesson	1-8	Drama	Interdisciplinary
	Integrating Drama with the Early Childhood Curriculum	Pre-K-K	Drama	Language Arts, Developmental Stages
	Powerful Partners: Improving Student Writing through Drama	4-8	Drama/Creative Writing	Language Arts
Carol Erion	Composition for the Music Classroom	K-6	Music	Music
Rosalind Flynn	Dramatizing the Content: Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre	5-12	Drama	Interdisciplinary
	Exploring Secondary School Literature and Social Studies through Drama Techniques	6-12	Drama	Literature, Social Studies
	From Story to Stage: The Drama in Classroom Literature	K-6	Drama	Literature
	Improving Student Writing: Creating Dialogue through Drama	3-8	Drama/Creative Writing	Language Arts
	Theme Theater: A Guide for Teachers and Directors	2-8	Drama	Language Arts
Hobey Ford	From Larvae to Butterfly: Metamorphosis through Puppetry	3-8	Puppetry	Science
Hobey Ford	Telling Folktales with Shadow Puppets	3-12	Storytelling/Puppetry	Language Arts
Imani Gonzalez	Exploring World Cultures Through Music	2-6	Music	Social Studies
Sandi Hammonds	Interdisciplinary Connections: Enriching the Study of Mexican Culture	8-12	Visual Art	Language Arts, Social Studies
Sandi Hammonds	Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies Through Visual Art	5-12	Visual Art	Language Arts
Kim and Reggie Harris	Sing to Freedom: Music of the Underground Railroad	3-8	Music	Social Studies
Eric Johnson	Learning and Dancing Throughout the Curriculum	K-2, 3-5	Dance/Creative Movement	Math, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts
	Dancing Teamwork: Cooperation Skills for ALL Students	K-3	Dance/Creative Movement	Special Education, Social Skills
	Teamwork through Dance: Developing Young Children’s Collaboration Skills	Pre K – K	Dance	Social Skills
Geri Keams	Native American Stories	2-6	Storytelling	Social Studies
Lenore Blank Kelner	Bringing Literature to Life!	K-6	Drama	Language Arts
	Character Interviews: A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension	Pre-K-2, 3-8	Drama	Language Arts
	Drama Across the Curriculum	1-6	Drama	Interdisciplinary
	Drama Every Day	Pre-K-2	Drama	Social Studies, Science, Math, Language Arts
	Making History Come Alive!	3-6	Drama	Social Studies
	Motivating the ESOL Learner Through Drama	K-5	Drama	English for Speakers of Other Languages
Judy Thibault Klevins	Coaching Your Students to Dramatic Success	6-12	Drama	Language Arts
	Exploring Character Education Through Puppetry	K-5	Puppetry	Language Arts, Character Education
	Exploring Points of View Through Drama: Walking in Another's Shoes	5-12	Drama	Language Arts, Social Studies
	Helping Students Develop and Tell Their Stories	2-5	Storytelling	Language Arts
Peg Koetsch	Assess Learning Through Student-Created School Exhibitions	K-12	Museum Studies	Interdisciplinary
Peg Koetsch	Students as Curators: Demonstrating Learning by Creating Exhibits	K-12	Museum Studies	Interdisciplinary
Kate Kuper	Dancetalk: Creative Movement and Language Development	K-2	Creative Movement	Language Arts
Sean Layne	Acting Right: Drama as a Classroom Management Strategy	K-8	Drama	Classroom Management
	Bringing Timelines to Life Through Drama	2-6	Drama	History, Science, Language Arts
	Living Pictures: Comprehension and Assessment Through Drama	2-8	Drama	Social Studies, Art, Language Arts
	Once Upon a Time: Bringing Fairy Tales to Life	2-6	Drama	Language Arts
	Putting Drama to the Test: Increasing Reading Test Scores through Drama	3-8	Drama	Reading Comprehension/Test Scores
Kathleen Lynam	Meeting Famous Americans: A History Lesson Through Puppetry	K-3	Puppetry	Social Studies
Amy MacDonald	Writing by Storm: Overcoming Obstacles to Writing	1-5	Creative Writing	Language Arts
Kim McCormack	Shadow Box Portraits: Creating 3-D Visual Displays	4-8	Drama	Language Arts
Deborah Sunya Moore	A Powerful Connection: Music and Poetry	3-5	Music	Language Arts
Lynette Overby and Michele Root-Bernstein	Thinking Tools and the Multi-disciplinary Imagination: Exploring Abstraction in Dance and Creative Writing	8-12	Dance/Creative Writing	Language Arts
Sandra Phaup	Using Visual Art to Encourage Thinking and Writing	K-5	Visual Art	Language Arts, Social Studies
Felix Pitre	Exploring Latin American Culture Through Animal Folktales	K-6	Storytelling	Social Studies
Dylan Pritchett	Storytelling: Involving Students in African Tales	1-8	Storytelling	Social Studies
Glenis Redmond	Poetry Off the Page	4-8	Creative Writing/Drama	Language Arts
Karl Schaffer and Erik Stern	Physical Problem Solving: Math Dance	3-8	Creative Movement/Dance	Math
Karl Schaffer and Erik Stern	Math + Dance; Exploring Sequence and Combination	5-8	Dance	Math
Daniel Sklar	Re-Play: Adapting Myths into Plays	9-12	Visual Art	Language Arts, Social Studies
Jon Spelman	Listen-See-Tell: Basic Steps in Telling a Story	4-12	Storytelling	Language Arts
Stuart Stotts	Writing the Hero's Journey: Building Writing Skills Through Storytelling and Oral Language	4-8	Storytelling	Language Arts
Stuart Stotts	The Teacher as Storyteller: Building Story Comprehension in Beginning Readers	K-2	Storytelling	Language Arts
Mary Hall Surface	A Playful Approach to Writing	1-6	Drama	Language Arts
Michele Valeri	Dinosaur Detectives	Pre-K-3	Music/Drama	Science
Michele Valeri	Story Songs for the Young Child	Pre-K-3	Music	Language Arts
Cissy Whipp	Exploring the Wetlands Environment Through Movement	3-6	Creative Movement/Dance	Science
Cissy Whipp	Moving Ways to Read and Write About Images in West African Textile Art	3-6	Dance, Visual Art	Social Studies, Langauge Arts
Jamie Winnick	The Drama of Shakespeare	9-12	Drama	Language Arts
Jamie Winnick	From Page to Stage: Let’s Put on a Play!	3-6, 6-8	Drama	Language Arts
Cynthia Word	Bringing Characters to Life Through Dance	7-12	Dance	Language Arts, Social Studies
Cynthia Word	Moving Ideas: Integrating Science and Dance	3-8	Dance	Science