Poetry Alive! In-Service Programs for Educators

Use our In-Service to Get Your Program In Motion!

Using the same energy and ingenuity we put into our performances, Poetry Alive!’s In-Service programs for language arts educators are designed to accomplish two main goals.

First of all, we provide hands-on, ready-to-use classroom activities--no special stage, lighting, costumes, or theatrical experience needed.

Secondly, we introduce teachers to a methodology which will energize your school’s entire language arts curriculum.

Poetry Alive! is more than a show or a collection of classroom exercises; Poetry Alive! is a fresh and educationally proven way to think about poetry.

How In-Service Programs Work

Each In-Service day will vary according to grade level and other special needs. As a rule, the in-service will begin with a Poetry Alive! show. (Note: in order to fully understand the Poetry Alive! method teachers must experience a performance themselves.) This is a "hands-on" workshop.  Below is a list of topics covered during a typical In-Service Program.

• Poetry Alive! Presentation
• What is Poem Performance?
• The Four Magical Performance Tips
• Transforming a Poem into a Script
• Staging Your Own Poem Performance Extravaganza
• Memorization
• Using Poetry Performance in the Classroom
• Poetry As a Daily Experience
• Using Poetry Across the Curriculum
• Using Performance to Discover Meaning
• Poetry Performance and Writing
• From the Page to the Stage: Experience vs. Explication
• The Poem Performance Approach: Educational Theory

In-Service Program Fees

• $1,000.00 per day per presenter for full day in-service
     or $800.00 for half-day*
• Travel from Asheville, NC
• Lodging for either one or two nights, depending on schedule
• An additional $300.00 plus travel and lodging may be added if a 2-person model/feature performance is desired. (Workshop portion will be conducted by the senior staff member.)
• All In-Services are conducted by one of Poetry Alive!’s senior staff members.

* - Single workshop presenter situations only. If two senior presenters are desired, full day fee applies for EACH presenter.

 

Give us a call to see how your team can benefit from a Poetry Alive!® In-Service Program.