Act-48 Workshop

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Act-48 Workshop

Recommended for teachers in Grades 6 - 12

As an Act 48 Provider, Prime Stage designs and presents interactive teacher workshops that will provide innovative and effective strategies to engage and assess students.

For more information about our workshops please email admin@primestage.com


AVAILABLE FOR YOU

All the World's a Stage: Creative Ways to Bring Your Lesson to Life!

Playwright and Educational theatre specialist Lawrence E. McCullough, Ph.D. shares practical ideas on how you can enhance student engagement using basic drama methods and transforming lessons into short classroom plays. You will: • Learn how to write a short play teaching a lesson from your curriculum. • Use simple drama exercises to increase student participation. • Explore resources and best practices for using theatre to attain learning objectives.

Bring Literature and Learning to Life!

Our education team engages you in simple theatrical techniques that bring literature and learning to life for students who struggle with reading, writing and critical thinking. You will: • Learn simple theatrical strategies that increase comprehension, critical thinking, and enjoyment of reading. • Explore resources and best practices for using theatre to assess learning objectives.

Creative Assessments Replace Pencils and Papers!

Our education team shares how quick and easy theatre exercises and techniques can become effective formative assessments in any classroom and curriculum. You will: • Learn how to use fun improvisational skits to assess what students know and learned. • Explore resources and best practices for using theatre to assess learning objectives.

Steam Makes Literature and Learning Come Alive!

Our education team engages you in strategies and activities so a team of teachers can make classic and contemporary literature come alive and increase the students’ comprehension and enjoyment of reading and discovering literature. You will: • Learn how to engage your colleagues to create effective interactive lessons. • Explore STEAM practices to create and assess interactive learning experiences.


Education Program Funding

Our Education Programs are funded in part by:

The Grable Foundation, The Laurel Foundation, Henry C. Frick Educational Fund of The Buhl Foundation, General Dollar Literacy Foundation, McKinney Charitable Trust of the PNC Foundation, Nora Roberts Foundation