Courtney Luk, TAP 2018-19Mar 7, 20192 minPromoting Artistry in the ClassroomThe Teaching Artist Project is a prime example of practicing what you preach. In participating in their workshops, I have learned...
Jasmeene Francois, TAP 2018-19Feb 28, 20192 minCreating My Teaching Artist PhilosophyIn the fall of 2018, the TAP trainees began writing our Teaching Artist philosophies. Writing my teaching philosophy was perhaps one of...
Benji Hom, TAP 2018-19Feb 5, 20193 minGreat ExpectationsReacclimating to a classroom setting can be challenging, especially if you haven’t been in a classroom in a while. As a new Teaching...
Avi Glickstein, TAP 2017-18Mar 26, 20183 minClassroom 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...
Meher Manda, TAP 2017-18Mar 13, 20183 minCapturing New York City in an Astoria ClassroomWhen you think of New York City, what visual comes to mind? Towering buildings lined along a coast flanked by long, winding bridges,...
Jean-Luc Fontaine, TAP 2017-18Mar 5, 20183 minWhat 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...
AnJu Hyppolite, TAP 2017-18Feb 15, 20182 minLessons in Equitable Pedagogy: The InvitationOn October 28th, the first day of the 2017-18 Teaching Artist Project (TAP) training, the Community-Word Project facilitators asked my...
Seánan Forbes, TAP 2017-18Jan 22, 20182 minPoe-etry, Goosebumps & Silence as Thick as a HeartbeatIt 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,...
Cayenne Douglass, TAP 2017-18Dec 20, 20174 minInternships, Secret Ingredients & Pigs Who Save the CityI recently started the Teaching Artist Project (TAP) at Community-Word Project. In addition to immersive seminars with other...
Katie RaineyNov 10, 20172 minLearning to Teach... TogetherOn November 4th, 2017, the 2017-18 TAP trainees gathered together once again at The Drama League for the second workshop of the year. The...