Park in I-Lot on Randall (right before Randall turns to Reynolds)
Room 162 - 1st Floor, on the right
Lunch provided
Schedule
8:00 am
Coffee & Conversation
8:30 am
Welcome & Introduction by Judith O'Hare8:45 am
Claire Ritzler
Keynote Address/Puppetry in Education
"The Art of Partnership"
Puppeteers often work alone and may be the only puppeteer in their community. Partnerships with arts organizations, universities, and foundations can increase work opportunities and strengthen visibility in the community. This presentation will focus on The Alliance Theatre Institute for Educators – its partnerships, residencies, lesson planning, research, and programming – and offer ideas how this type of institute might be possible in other communities.
9:30 am
Karen Konnerth
Presentation
Focus: Curriculum Content in Artistic Residencies
Karen discusses how pre-planning, implementation, and assessment can be effectively used to achieve a balanced integration of curriculum content learning with genuine creative control by the students. Special consideration: how does the artist/instructor introduce and validate the value of artistic residency in the classroom and stay true to the art of puppetry?
10:00 am
Ronni Gerstel
Presentation
Project: The Harlem Renaissance: A Collage of People, Art and Ideas
Through the Center for Creative Education, Puppetry Artist Ronni Gerstel and 4th Grade teacher Jeff Fessler team-taught an 8-session Social Studies unit on the Harlem Renaissance using puppetry arts. Focusing on singers Bessie Smith and Cab Calloway, collage artist Romare Beardon, and poet Langston Hughes, the students worked in teams to create large"talking" rod puppets. Ronni shares her experience creating and implementing this successful project.
10:45 am
Leslie Gilson
Presentation, including performance
Project: The Monarch Butterfly
Focus: Public Education/Science
Leslie presents the Monarch Butterfly project, where she employed puppet performance as a direct teaching tool for students and the community. This project was focused on providing factual information about Monarch Butterflies with the goal of raising awareness to protect this species.
11:15
Joanne F. Vizzini, PhD, LCPC, NCC
Keynote Address/Puppetry in Therapy
"Puppeteer Be Aware: The Potent Power of Puppets"
Dr. Vizzini addresses the differences between puppetry (given by a puppeteer) and puppet therapy (given by a trained therapist) and the way to appropriately assess and refer those affected by puppet play.
Puppet Therapy can integrate education and therapeutic play, but it adds the counseling components of assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of mental health issues. Puppet Therapists must be supervised by a licensed clinician or must be licensed in their state. Together we will look at the ethical implications of using puppets in education, therapeutic play, and counseling. Participants will receive guidelines to make decisions about using the powerful potential of puppets as a healing tool.
12:00-12:30 LUNCH (on-site)
12:30
Sharon Peck, PhD
Presentation
Focus: Educational Research/Puppetry in the Classroom
"Maximizing Student Learning Through the Power of Puppetry: Research-Based Frameworks for Puppetry in Education"
Dr. Peck explores "frameworks" for puppetry in education based on current research. There is tremendous focus right now on scientific research methodology to support educational practice; fortunately, there is also research to support the use of puppetry in the classroom as an effective teaching tool.
1:00
Discussion Groups
Choose one
Therapy, facilitated by Matthew Bernier or
Education,facilitated by Judith O’Hare
Each facilitator will summarize the topics discussed so far and open a discussion for everyone on Puppetry in Education or Puppetry in therapy. The goal is to provide a time to discuss topics of interest and importance to each area, especially areas that participants feel a need for more information and more in depth exploration.
1:30 Yostie Ashley
Presentation
Project: Year-long Teaching Artist Residency
Focus: Curriculum Integration/Language Arts & Social Studies
Yostie will share her experience as a teaching artist working collaboratively with a media specialist and art team in a year-long residency at the School for Creative Arts in Hilton Head, South Carolina. This successful residency combined the curriculum standards of language arts, social studies, and visual/performing arts. Yostie will provide a “try at home” hands-on package for each participant.
2:00-2:15 Break
2:15-2:45Puppets, Laughter, & Tears: The Therapeutic Use of Puppetry in Health Care
Diane Chiles, with facilitator Matthew Bernier
Diana describes how puppetry can be an effective tool to help meet the emotional, mental, social, creative, educational, and developmental needs of children in a health care setting.
2:50 pm Allen Ware
Presentation
Focus: Analysis, Creation, and Bloom's Taxonomy
"Puppetry as a Catalyst to Critical Thinking"
Most state standards for Drama, Reading & Language arts contain objectives calling for students to analyze presentations and draw comparisons between source material and source adaptations. Teachers can use puppet presentations to address these standards both in relation to performance observation (as audience) and creating in-class projects (as performer). Allen will explore a road map beginning with performance observation. This leads to student response and evaluation, and finally to possibilities for student creative projects, including student performances. A handout will include ideas for taking students deeper into Bloom’s Taxonomy to engage their critical thinking skills at each juncture.
3:20 p.m. Wrap Up and Call to Action: Judith O’Hare
