Teach the Teacher
Description: This four-week class is an excellent introduction to discovering tools and strategies for getting your students excited about writing and opening their paths of creativity.
You’ll learn techniques that work well in the classroom and that are easily adapted according to student age and ability.
Enhance your curriculum and learn to teach writing—creative and academic—more effectively. (Plus, you may just find your own creative juices flowing more easily!)
NOTE: StoryStudio Chicago is approved for ISBE continuing education credits. Just let us know and we can prepare the paperwork for you.
Who Should Attend: This class is open to all instructors teaching elementary, middle or high school age students.
About the Instructor: Alyson Paige Warren holds an MFAW from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She adores teaching various forms of writing at StoryStudio Chicago, East West University, Loyola University and St. Augustine College. Each summer she teaches in the “High Jump” program with the Latin School of Chicago and the StoryStudio Chicago Youth Institute for young writers. She has been featured in readings at StoryStudio Chicago (where she emceed the reading series) and at the Uptown Writer’s Space, as well as guest lecturing at Columbia College in Chicago. She has edited a book of poetry (soon to be released) by Jenene Ravesloot. Paige is writing Sex Sells: Confessions of a Victoria’s Secret Salewench, a creative non-fiction long piece about working in retail. She has also recently finished a children’s book (Why Owl Does Not Sleep at Night) which she is in the process of illustrating.