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Mar 7, 20192 min read

Promoting Artistry in the Classroom

The Teaching Artist Project is a prime example of practicing what you preach. In participating in their workshops, I have learned...

Feb 28, 20192 min read

Creating My Teaching Artist Philosophy

In the fall of 2018, the TAP trainees began writing our Teaching Artist philosophies. Writing my teaching philosophy was perhaps one of...

Feb 5, 20193 min read

Great Expectations

Reacclimating to a classroom setting can be challenging, especially if you haven’t been in a classroom in a while. As a new Teaching...

Mar 26, 20183 min read

Classroom Curve Balls (Or the Proper Care and Feeding of Lesson Plans)

Adapt or perish. H.G. Wells was talking about evolution when he coined that, but it can as easily be applied to teaching artistry. It’s...

Mar 13, 20183 min read

Capturing New York City in an Astoria Classroom

When you think of New York City, what visual comes to mind? Towering buildings lined along a coast flanked by long, winding bridges,...

Mar 5, 20183 min read

What is Third Grade?

When I first signed up for the residency in Ms. Ferandino’s third grade class, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. I’d had some limited...

Feb 15, 20182 min read

Lessons in Equitable Pedagogy: The Invitation

On October 28th, the first day of the 2017-18 Teaching Artist Project (TAP) training, the Community-Word Project facilitators asked my...

Jan 22, 20182 min read

Poe-etry, Goosebumps & Silence as Thick as a Heartbeat

It may take a village to raise a child. To get a classroom into poetry, it takes artists. P.S 279 is named for Captain Manuel Rivera,...

Dec 20, 20174 min read

Internships, Secret Ingredients & Pigs Who Save the City

I recently started the Teaching Artist Project (TAP) at Community-Word Project. In addition to immersive seminars with other...

Nov 10, 20172 min read

Learning to Teach... Together

On November 4th, 2017, the 2017-18 TAP trainees gathered together once again at The Drama League for the second workshop of the year. The...