Join us on Thursday, September 20, 2012 for an in-depth look at how you can bring Hamlet and William Shakespeare to life in your classroom!

Workshop Includes:
• Two-hour workshop on arts-integration tools through the lens of The Taming of the Shrew
• Reception for educators
• Ticket to that evening’s performance ofThe Taming of the Shrew

Date: Thursday, September 20, 2012
Time: 5–7pm workshop, 7pm reception, 8–10:30pm performance
Location: Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda
Cost: $25; online registration required; registration begins August 1, 2011
click here to register

Contact: Jenna Stich at jstich@calshakes.org or 510.548.3422 x105

Professional Development for Classroom Teachers
Our trainings offer teachers easy-to-replicate theater-based strategies that can be used in core curriculum. Trainings are available as part of in-service days at school sites, in the evenings, and on weekends. Past workshops have included a workshop for pre-K through first-grade teachers to teach games to encourage creativity and verbal development, district-wide sessions on Shakespeare in the classroom, and school-wide hands-on experiences in arts-integration games and exercises that can immediately be used in lesson planning.

Professional Development workshops include training by seasoned teaching artists as well as an extensive packet detailing goals, state standards, the specifics of the exercise, and reflection questions.

We also bring in renowned professional trainers from across the country to give workshops. Past workshops have included “From Story to Stage: The Drama in Classroom Literature” with Rosalind Flynn and “Habits of Creative Engagement” with Eric Booth, both co-produced with Cal Performances and the Berkeley Unified School District.

Professional Development for Teaching Artists
For Teaching Artists we provide a wide range of trainings, from Classroom Management to Effective Lesson Planning, and work with a variety of local organizations to offer workshops specific to the career goals and needs of the professional teacher/working artist.

In conjunction with Teaching Artists Organized (TAO), we host and co-create several workshops each year for Teaching Artists. Previous offerings have included “Key Teaching Frameworks for Teaching Artists” and “The Business of Being a Teaching Artist.”

Cal Shakes will also be offering classes in the Arts Integration Specialist Certificate Program through the Alameda County Office of Education.

We are also working with the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) in developing opportunities to share curriculum online through such portals as Open Educational Resources (OER) Commons.
 
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View all Cal Shakes Teacher's Guides online at Scribd:
www.scribd.com/calshakes

Download Teacher's Guides for Past Shows
The Taming of the Shrew
Much Ado About Nothing Teacher's Guide
John Steinbeck's The Pastures of Heaven Teacher's Guide
A Midsummer Night's Dream teacher's guide
Romeo and Juliet teacher’s guide
Twelfth Night teacher's guide
Pericles teacher's guide
King Lear teacher's guide
Richard III teacher's guide

Educator Night:
Jenna Stich, Artistic Learning Coordinator
510.548.3422 x136 or jstich@calshakes.org

Professional Development and other inquiries:
Trish Tillman, Director of Artistic Learning
510.548.3455 x113 or ttillman@calshakes.org