5-Hour Professional Development
Earn a CUNY Certificate of Completion

CAT facilitators will model three forms of oral storytelling for teachers to demonstrate the progression from written word to active engagement – reading a storybook, telling a story based on a book and storytelling that engages an audience both physically and verbally.

CAT will then mentor the teachers as they develop, practice and refine an interactive storytelling of their own based one of two picture books.

Particular attention will be paid to to strengthening each teacher’s storytelling skills and identifying how specific techniques of audience participation support early childhood literacy and English acquisition.

Thoughout the process, teachers will be asked to reflect on what they have led, give and receive constructive criticism, and discuss future applications. The overarching goals throughout are to help the teachers work in a student-centered manner, use effective questioning, explore how to encourage and incorporate student’s responses, and tap into their own creativity.

Led by Helen Wheelock, Director of Early Learning Through the Arts

 CAT (CUNY - Creative Arts Team) uses the power of drama to inspire lives. 
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