Compiled by the Curriculum Committee

Revised 2005

CONTRIBUTORS TO THE TETA NEW TEACHER PACKET

JANINE RAMSEUR

FREDILYN WATSON

JACKIE BALLANTYNE

LAURA BRADSHAW

BETH CROCKER

JACKIE deMONTMOLIN-LAYMAN

LAURA GRAY

JEANETTE FILARDO

FRANCI HAZELTON

KEVIN HURST

LUJEAN KREISNER

KRIN PERRY

AMY ROSS

PAULA SMITH

RON WHITE

DANYAH ARAFAT-JOHNSON

NUMEROUS, WONDERFUL TETA MEMBER WORKSHOP PRESENTERS

PREFACE

Welcome to TETA and to educational theatre. You will find that you have entered a professional organization where many people are eager to assist you. This New Teacher Packet is just one of those efforts to make your classroom experience successful.

We have attempted to gather information, forms and ideas that will provide a starting place for you as you begin teaching theatre. There are several duplications and a few contradictions because the information in this packet came from many different sources. We have found that determining a place to start is the difficult part and hope that we have provided that for you. We assume that you will adapt and adjust activities and procedures to fit your teaching style as well as come up with new and exciting methods and ideas that you can then share with us in a TETA workshop.

This packet has been set up so that you can add to it. We have attempted to be practical and thorough. However this is not "everything you need to know about teaching theatre." The pages have been printed on one side of the paper only so that they are easily copied, if desired.

If any of the contributors or any of the members of the curriculum committee can be of further assistance to you, please let us know. We wish the very best for you and your students.

WE ENVISION STUDENTS . . .

working in small groups on various projects

developing concepts about self, human relationships, and the environment, using elements of drama and conventions of theatre

using the voice and body expressively and creating dramatizations

using pantomime techniques

acting out improvised and planned performances

playing theatre-related games

using correct theatre terminology

applying design, directing, and theatre production concepts and skills

relating theatre to history, society and culture

displaying appropriate audience etiquette

evaluating performances (both professional and amateur) in a group setting

writing and producing theatrical projects

encouraging others to do their best

OUTCOMES FOR THEATRE

AN APPRECIATION FOR THE ART OF THEATRE

A WORKING KNOWLEDGE OF AUDIENCE ETIQUETTE

EXPERIENCE IN VARIED PERFORMANCE TECHNIQUES

A DEVELOPMENT OF HIGHER LEVEL THINKING SKILLS THROUGH EVALUATION OF CHARACTERS AND PERFORMANCES

THE ABILITY TO SUCCESSFULLY MANAGE STAGE FRIGHT

AN AWARENESS OF TECHNICAL THEATRE

A WORKING PECEPTION OF CAREERS RELATING TO THEATRE

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL

AESTHETIC GROWTH