Hi everyone! I'd like to share some info about a Sunday PDI Dana Taylor and I are doing on Sunday of the EdTA Conference in St. Petersburg. We did a similar PDI in NYC several years ago, and it was well attended and well received.
This will be a intensive Technical Theatre PDI that will address common tech theatre issues, like:
1. Why Have a Curricular Tech Theatre Program?
2. What are Reasons Many Teachers Avoid Curricular Tech Programs?
3. Assessing Your Own Skills, Your Facility, Budget, Administrative and Parental Support, Level of Competence of Your Technicians, and Other Considerations.
4. What to Teach? Curricular Sequence, State Standards, Resources, Testing.
5. Safety and Liability
6. Organizing Your Tech Areas and Tech Tips
7. How Developing a Student Design Program Helps Build Student Ownership of the Theatre Program
8. Building Your After School Program Through a Strong Curricular Program
9. Q & A, Comments
We will be discussing topics as a group, so bring ideas and be ready to share your experiences. We will have lots of procedures and handouts you can take back to your classes and after school programs. Please bring 5 ground plans of your tech space and stage, if you have a scale ground plan. If time allows, we will work as a group to evaluate spaces and team up to find ways to make your spaces more efficient.
Bios
Dana Taylor is a 25 year veteran Vocal Music and Technical Theatre Teacher from Mt Vernon High School (Indiana), and has received numerous awards from Stage Directions magazine, Indiana University, The Educational Theatre Association, and the Arts Council of Southwestern Indiana. He was the 2014 recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award in Education by the United States Institute for Theatre Technology.
Bob Fowler taught theatre 29 years in the St. Louis area, and was MO Thespian Theatre Educator of the Year. Bob and his wife Marti have received awards from FATE, AZ Thespians, the EdTA Standing Ovation Award, MO Thespians, and were the inaugural inductees into the MO Thespian Hall of Fame. They also are the Co-Developers of the 10 program DVD/CD-ROM series "Practical Technical Theatre", currently in use in over 2,000 schools worldwide.
------------------------------
Bob Fowler
Co-Developer
Interactive Educational Video, LLC
Chesterfield MO
------------------------------
------------------------------
Robert Fowler
Co-Developer
Interactive Educational Video, LLC
Chesterfield MO
------------------------------