24TH STREET THEATRE is proud to offer one of the BEST professional development workshops for educators in all of Southern California. "Teaching As A Performing Art" is available for booking anytime! Only this program allows K-12 teachers to learn about the California Visual and Performing Art Standards in the creative environment of a professional theatre using props, lighting, costumes and more. This is a wonderfully creative and renewing Professional Development workshop for K-12 teachers!

TAPA is available in 2-hour, 4-hour or 6-hour sessions for K-12 teachers. For more info and to book this program, call (213) 745-6516 or e-mail theatre@24thStreet.org.

24TH STREET THEATRE’s PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS FOR TEACHERS

24th Street Theatre’s TEACHING AS A PERFORMING ARTS Professional Development workshops are like no other, allowing educators to train on the stage of a professional theatre where the power of live music, lighting, and sound is used to help Teachers experience themselves as artists!  

24th Street Theatre customizes content for all TAPA workshops. Of the hundreds of TAPA workshops we have created for thousands of teachers nationwide, no two TAPA workshops have ever been exactly the same.  We also customize content for grade level.   Principals and coordinators can request a 3-hr workshop or a full-day 6-hr session, or even a 2-Day session.  

TAPA teaches educators how to integrate basic performance techniques in the everyday classroom to make their job more rewarding and creative and to make their students better and more enthusiastic learners.   Below are some other variations on our TAPA PD workshops.

APOLLO THIRTEEN; TECHNICAL THEATRE FOR DUMMIES

Recommended for all elementary teachers.    This workshop uses everyday items to turn your classroom into a performance space.  How can duct tape, plastic sheeting, poster board, clamp lights and boom boxes be used to create theatricality in your classroom?  We’ll show you!  Making simple yet theatrical production values in your everyday classroom is easier than you might think.

BANNED ART IN THE CLASSROOM

Recommended for all middle and high school teachers.  This workshop explores how to push the envelope with appropriate yet daring and interesting approaches to subjects, classic stories, and basic curriculum.  Participants use theatrical techniques to engage teens with sophisticated concepts that they’ll find interesting and challenging.

STANDARDS  SCHMANDARDS!
Recommended for all teachers.   This workshop teaches educators about implementing the California State Visual and Performing Art Standards (VAPA Standards).  Participants use theatre techniques to learn specific standards on the stage of 24th Street Theatre.

GETTING A LIFE…AND USING IT IN THE CLASSROOM

Recommended for all teachers.   This workshop focuses on using your own life stories and experiences as a tool for building personal rapport with your students.  Teachers use theatrical storytelling techniques to personalize classes by integrating their own experiences into lesson plans.   

OTHER THAN THAT MRS. LINCOLN…HOW TO MAKE HISTORY COOL

Recommended for all history teachers.  Participants practice using historical events as grist for interesting performance opportunities.  Storytelling is used as are props, and simple theatrical techniques to make old terrain seem modern and cool.  Real historical events are used to inspire introductions to historic lesson plans.

HOW TO GRAB EM AND KEEP ‘EM; THE FIRST TWO MINUTES OF A LESSON PLAN
Recommended for all teachers.  This workshop emphasizes making the beginning of any lesson plan interesting enough to grab your students attention.  Teachers use props, music, and theatrical techniques to unlock creative and interesting ways to perform the introductions to your lesson plans.

DESPERATE TEACHERS! ; THE-SELF-HELP-WORKSHOP-FOR-TEACHERS-WHO-ARE-READY-TO-QUIT-TOMORROW!
Recommended for all teachers.  Teaching is hard!  We know how hard it is.  This workshop focuses on simple ways to get your arms around your class and get back in control.  A combination of practical theatrical tools and personal and professional introspection, this workshop will make you remember why you became a teacher. 

TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL!

Recommended for all middle and high school teachers.   This workshop emphasizes tools and techniques to get those too cool teens interested in what you’re talking about.    Teachers work on their delivery and use tools for getting control of a classroom that is too cool to listen.  

TEACHING AS A PERFORMING ART (TAPA) PHOTOS (Click an image below to see the larger version).