By Lori Nelson | Project Leader
We have finished selecting our student-actors and it is our largest class to date! We also have a waiting list. We are excited to report that we have a new teaching assistant, a member of our original cast who just graduated from college and is back in town!
We always begin the year by getting to know each other and by building safety in our own class. Before we begin training teachers, we spend time learning about stereotypes, prejudice and bullying in schools. We talk about our own experience in different schools...experiences of being bullied, harassed or excluded as well as experiences of being a bystander or of being someone who tried to help.
We explore the concept of a safe and inclusive classroom and discuss the roles teachers and students play in maintaining safety. We also work on communication skills -especailly listening skills and we teach improvisational acting tecniques and character development.
We will start training educators in October. Until then we are building the foundation for another year of working to stop homophobic bullying in schools. Thanks for sticking with us.
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