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Feb 1, 20172 min read

My First Experience in the Classroom

In my first few experiences in the classroom as an intern, I was struck by the students’ enthusiasm. They seemed eager to participate in...

Jan 26, 20172 min read

Engaging the Classroom

The classroom experience is unique each and every day, for each and every student. Every student has multiple perspectives and...

Jan 9, 20174 min read

Metaphor To Go: Two Teachers' Love on a Paper Plate

PS 84 is a special place. On a winter day, the walk towards it, from the Bedford Avenue station in Brooklyn, feels energizing. Upon...

Jan 2, 20174 min read

Where Dreaming Stops & Dreams Begin

Kym Boyce and Martha O’Connell share a conversation about their experience collaborating as practicing teaching artists with...

Jan 1, 20172 min read

Coming Out of My Shell

Community-Word Project's Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program (TATIP) provides exactly the type of training that I was looking...

Dec 22, 20163 min read

Why Teach?

For this CWP Staff Spotlight, we sat down with Program Director for Teaching Artist Training & Internships Patti Chilsen and asked her to...

Dec 19, 20163 min read

What I've Witnessed

My experience with Community-Word Project's Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program (TATIP), thus far, has been invigorating and...

Dec 19, 20163 min read

Transformative Mistakes and Vulnerable Bodies

First day in class. I feel excited and a bit anxious – as always when I am starting a new experience. The teachers welcome us and, as a...

Dec 16, 20162 min read

Reflecting on Our Final Workshop

Wrapping up several weeks of our Teaching Artist Training & Internship Program (TATIP) workshop training has shown how rich and dense the...

Dec 10, 20162 min read

Endings & Beginnings

On December 10th, TATIP reconvened at The Drama League for the last Saturday training day of 2016, a day focused on reflection and...