About This Program
Story Bridges in the Classroom
Artist
Noa Baum
Program Type
Professional Development
Description
Create community, promote a positive learning environment, and build bridges of understanding the classroom, with Noa’s interactive storytelling model. Discover how listening to, and telling the story of the “other”, can breakthrough stereotypes and labels to the possibility of change. You will learn an interactive model demonstrating that storytelling can be an effective tool to open dialogue and foster compassion and tolerance in the classroom.
Teachers will gain a model with structured activities that help students to:
- Explore diversity and appreciate differences.
- Learn techniques to deepen listening past opinions and labels.
- Build community and make connections with others.
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Testimonials
"Thank you so much for a wonderful and powerful workshop. I so appreciated your own story, your affirming presence, the variety of exercises to connect with others, and opportunities to deepen and reframe our own stories. All that and theoretical frameworks for storytelling. What a great day!!"
From anonymous evaluation, teacher training, MD
“Thank you so much for such a wonderful workshop. My teachers are still talking about it…”
Dina Burt, Principal, Temple Rodef Shalom, Falls Church, VA
"The teachers told me they felt the session was the best training session they had, and that they thoroughly enjoyed themselves as well…I highly recommend Ms. Baum as a leader of in-service workshops for educators."
Dottie Dressler, Director of Education. Beth Shalom, Carmichael, CA