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The Woodruff Arts Center Educator Conference (2018)

The Fifth Annual Woodruff Arts Center Educator Conference: Igniting Imagination

8:00am EDT

Check In Galleria (Memorial Arts Building)

8:30am EDT

Welcome Hill Auditorium (High Museum of Art)

8:45am EDT

Transition/Break Transition (Locations Vary)

9:00am EDT

Leading STEAM through Authentic Cross-Curricular ConnectionsFULL Beauchamp C. Carr RoomMeaghan Curry • Mitchell Green • Kristyn Lopez • Celithia Tahtinen Triple Tales in Action: Storytelling with Fables, Folk Tales, and Fairy TalesFILLING Event RoomBarry Stewart Mann Pure Imagination: Choral Workshop with Brianne Turgeon Conference Room A/BBrianne Turgeon WANTED: Puzzle Solvers with MOVES!FILLING Rehearsal Hall ALaurin Dunleavy Finding Home Black Box TheatreRosemary Newcott Poetry Slam: My Voice as an Agent of Change Professional Learning Center (PLC)Daryl Funn Scientific Scene Work: Animals, Molecules, Matter… Theater! Center SpaceMegan Cramer Fantastic Tales of the Imagination, Part 1: Story Basket Storytelling Circle RoomJaehn Clare • Kim Bowers Rheay-Baran

11:00am EDT

Lunch & Learn: State of Arts EducationFULL Black Box TheatreJessica Booth Lunch provided by Sterling Spoon, Woodruff Arts Center South Alcove (Memorial Arts Building) JumpStart Theatre: Building a Sustainable Musical Theater ProgramFULL Center SpaceJill Franxman

12:00pm EDT

Puppetry 101FILLING Professional Learning Center (PLC)Aretta Baumgartner Risk and Resilience: Investigating Resilience as a Youth Development Pillar and a Dance Weight Quality Rehearsal Hall AAmanda Byars • Dr. Charne Furcron Musical Theatre Instructional "Boot Camp": Building Essential Skills in Teachers and Students New To Musicals Center SpaceDee Anne Bryll Dramatizing the Big Idea Event RoomBarry Stewart Mann Fantastic Tales of the Imagination, Part 2: Make and Take Circle RoomJaehn Clare • Kim Bowers Rheay-Baran Move and Play: Listening Lessons That Excite and ActivateFILLING Conference Room A/BDr. Michele Sampson Arts Integration vs. Arts Enhancement: Students Benefit from BothFULL Beauchamp C. Carr RoomBianca Hamilton • Dr. Carolyn King-Stephens

2:00pm EDT

Transition/Break Transition (Locations Vary)

2:15pm EDT

Keynote Speaker: Natasha Trethewey, United States Poet Laureate (2012, 2014) Hill Auditorium (High Museum of Art)

8:00am EDT

Check In Galleria (Memorial Arts Building)

8:30am EDT

Keynote Speaker: Antoine Hunter, Choreographer, Poet, and Deaf Advocate Hill Auditorium (High Museum of Art)Antoine Hunter

9:30am EDT

Transition/Break Transition (Locations Vary)

9:45am EDT

Math Through StorytellingFILLING Conference Room A/BBarry Stewart Mann Pushing Everyone with Disabilities Towards Artistic Excellence Rehearsal Hall AAntoine Hunter Devising Sustainably: How Recycled Materials Inspire CreativityFULL Black Box TheatreMegan Cramer Film, Television, and Video Game Music Professional Learning Center (PLC)Scott Stewart Let Them Sing! Let Them Move! Music Throughout the Day Circle RoomJulie Austin Lights, History, and Action! Event RoomLaurin Dunleavy • Jessica Espinoza Wonder: Imagining Diversity in the Classroom Using Drama Beauchamp C. Carr RoomJoshua Rashon Streeter Digital Storytelling, Part 1FILLING Center SpaceDaryl Funn • Dr. Thomas Lewis

11:45am EDT

Lunch & Learn: Arts and Special Education through a Civil Rights LensFILLING Professional Learning Center (PLC)Jenna Gabriel Lunch & Learn: Exhibitor Tables Galleria (Memorial Arts Building) Lunch & Learn: The Kennedy Center's Partners in Education ProgramFILLING Center SpaceLiz Davis • Betsy Eppes • Jena Sibille • Dr. Sara Womack Lunch provided by Arby's South Alcove (Memorial Arts Building)

12:45pm EDT

Arts Integration in School Counseling and K-5 Content Areas Professional Learning Center (PLC)Sheila Garth STEAM in the Literacy ClassroomFULL Event RoomJessica Espinoza Alliance Theatre Costume Shop Tour Galleria (Memorial Arts Building)Spencer Henderson Strategies for Expanding Access to Arts EducationFULL Beauchamp C. Carr RoomAllen Bell Music Technology in the Inclusive Classroom Blue StudioMatt Miller Allegro/Andante: Talking in Tempo in the Early Childhood Classroom Rehearsal Hall AShana Tucker Stories on TrialFILLING Conference Room A/BBarry Stewart Mann Digital Storytelling, Part 2 Center SpaceDaryl Funn • Dr. Thomas Lewis

1:45pm EDT

Transition/Break Transition (Locations Vary)

2:00pm EDT

Keynote Speaker: Eric Booth, Author, Actor, and Arts Educator Hill Auditorium (High Museum of Art)Eric Booth

3:00pm EDT

Happy Hour Twelve Eighty

8:00am EDT

Check In Galleria (Memorial Arts Building)

8:30am EDT

Keynote Speaker: Angelica Hairston, Founder & Executive Director of Challenge the Stats Hill Auditorium (High Museum of Art)Angelica Hairston

9:30am EDT

Transition/Break Transition (Locations Vary)

9:45am EDT

Imaginary Journeys through the Curriculum Beauchamp C. Carr RoomKim Bowers Rheay-Baran • Martha Spring Science and Drama, Really? Conference Room A/BBarry Stewart Mann Arts Integration: Three Keys to Success at This Largest Experiment in U.S. Arts EducationFILLING Center SpaceEric Booth Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Rehearsal Observation South Alcove (Memorial Arts Building) Re-Imagining History: Hamilton as a Tool for Engagement in the Classroom Black Box TheatreJoshua Rashon Streeter Sparking Interest: Stirring Up the Student's Inquisitive Spirit through Applied Research Professional Learning Center (PLC)Rachel Jones Pond Life: Exploring Underwater Habitats Through the Arts Circle RoomErin Badger Re-MOVE-ing Barriers: Strategies for Sparking Confidence through Creative Movement Rehearsal Hall AAmanda Byars • Crystal Faison-Mitchell

11:45am EDT

Lunch & Learn: The Alliance Theatre's Winnie-the-Pooh Preview PerformanceFILLING Rich Theatre Lunch provided by Chick-fil-A South Alcove (Memorial Arts Building)

12:45pm EDT

Transition/Break Transition (Locations Vary)

1:00pm EDT

Tour of the Alliance Theatre Scene Shop OffsiteKyle Longwell Breathing Life into Informational Text: Students as Playwrights and ActorsFULL Beauchamp C. Carr RoomKim Bowers Rheay-Baran Inclusive Classroom PracticesFULL Conference Room A/BJaehn Clare Winnie-the-Pooh Debrief Black Box Theatre Shakespearean Soundtrack: Colliding with A Midsummer Night’s Dream Event RoomEbony Tucker Artist in Residence: Inviting a Teaching Artist Into Your Practice Professional Learning Center (PLC)Marielle Martinez • Anessa Owens How to Build and Maintain a Successful Orchestra Program Circle RoomCatherine Hudnall