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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...
Courtney Luk, TAP 2018-19
Mar 7, 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...
Jasmeene Francois, TAP 2018-19
Feb 28, 20192 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...
Benji Hom, TAP 2018-19
Feb 5, 20193 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...
Avi Glickstein, TAP 2017-18
Mar 26, 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,...
Meher Manda, TAP 2017-18
Mar 13, 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...
Jean-Luc Fontaine, TAP 2017-18
Mar 5, 20183 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...
AnJu Hyppolite, TAP 2017-18
Feb 15, 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,...
Seánan Forbes, TAP 2017-18
Jan 22, 20182 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...
Cayenne Douglass, TAP 2017-18
Dec 20, 20174 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...
Katie Rainey
Nov 10, 20172 min read
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