(Dr. Lori Major Carlin
is the Theatre Arts teacher at Northwood High School. She has been teaching in
Chatham County for 15 years. With the assistance of professional development
grants from the Chatham Education Foundation and the Northwood Arts Education
Foundation, Lori is attending the Broadway Teacher’s Workshop in NYC.)
I arrived in NYC! Drove in, along with an average of 60,000
other cars (thanks for the trivia, Mom), early this afternoon and checked into
my hotel. Today was my “navigation” day. Put me almost anywhere in London and I
can find my way around. New York, well, I think all the crowds interfere with
my sense of direction. Anyway, I was able to make my way to SoHo to my favorite
paper store (you ARE reading a Teacher Blog – school supplies make me happy)
and I had a lovely lunch in Little Italy. Raced back up to Rockefeller Center
to do some shopping & visit St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Then, I found the
location for the Broadway Teacher’s Workshop tomorrow and proceeded back to the
hotel (I have blisters on my blisters, time for flats).
The workshop begins tomorrow morning with a time for getting
to know the other theatre teachers from across the nation who will be coming
together for this amazing experience. Many of the teachers have been to the
workshop before & have tremendously positive things to say about it. I’ve
notice that there will be teachers from San Francisco, New Orleans, and at
least one from out of the country. Once we get to know one another (a prospect
that terrifies me – I am not your normal theatre teacher – I am shy to the
point of hermitage), we will discuss our goals for the workshop and develop
some plans for taking home what we learn. Many of the teachers have already
posted lesson plans & theatre exercises & evaluations to the web site
for the workshop. I am looking forward to adapting those within my own
classroom and making them work with our new Essential Standards. We have
several choices for electives & I will report on those at the end
of each day.
Time to change my shoes & go see about some cheesecake……I
mean dinner. See you tomorrow!
