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Behind the Curtain: Strategies for First-Year Theatre Teachers

Recorded On: 04/02/2024

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This webinar is designed for new theater teachers navigating their first year in the field. Gain essential insights on managing classroom dynamics, fostering student engagement, and learning how to prevent burnout while maintaining a fulfilling career in theater education. Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your journey as a confident and effective theater teacher!

Participants will:

  1. Develop strategies for surviving the emotional toll of first year teaching.
  2. Learn how to combat self-doubt.
  3. Develop methods for planning and strategies for how to stick to the plan.
  4. Be introduced to some common issues and setbacks in first year teaching.

Lisanne Shaffer-Dickerson

Assistant Professor of Theater Education/Theater for Young Audiences

Lisanne Shaffer-Dickerson is an Assistant Professor of Theater Education/Theater for Young Audiences.  Prior to her appointment at ECU, she served for nine years as a Theater Teacher and Director of Musical Theater at Brooklyn High School of the Arts, an esteemed public performing arts school in New York City.  Alongside her work as a high school theater teacher, she served as an adjunct professor at The City College of New York in the graduate program in Educational Theater. In her role at CCNY, she mentored prospective theater teachers in the Internship Seminar classes, as well as taught Curriculum Development and Drama in Education.  Lisanne also served as lead theater teacher at the Summer Arts Institute held every summer in NYC, lead teacher at Lincoln Center’s Middle School Bootcamp, and as Director for Piper Theater Company’s Starlings program. Lisanne has also taught Speech and Communication at City College of New York’s Center for Worker Education, worked at Camp Wicosuta as a drama director, Town Hall as a teaching artist and as a touring children’s theater actress with Virginia Repertory Theater (formerly Theater IV).   In 2020, Lisanne was awarded the Excellence in Arts Education award given by the Arthur Miller Foundation. Lisanne received her MS in Educational Theater in 2014 from The City College of New York and her BFA in Musical Theater from East Carolina University in 2003.

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Behind the Curtain: Strategies for First-Year Theatre Teachers Webinar
Recorded 04/02/2024  |  45 minutes
Recorded 04/02/2024  |  45 minutes This webinar is designed for new theater teachers navigating their first year in the field. Gain essential insights on managing classroom dynamics, fostering student engagement, and learning how to prevent burnout while maintaining a fulfilling career in theater education. Don't miss this opportunity to kickstart your journey as a confident and effective theater teacher!
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