One of my favorite quotes in the world, widely attributed to Albert Einstein, reads, “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a …
My roommate tells me about her staff meeting. She says there was a lot of gossip and spreadsheet analyzing. She says there was a lot nitpicking and grievance a…
My first day in a Community-Word Project residency was unlike anything I had ever experienced and, by observing the open communication between my mentors and t…
The circle shape, aesthetically, allows for inclusion--everyone’s face is seen. When I first arrived at The Young Women’s Leadership School, I entered a classr…
I began my internship on January 8, 2015. As a multi-disciplinary artist, I felt that my placement in the 2nd grade class at P.S. 676, The Red Hook Neighborhoo…
On the second week of my in-school residency, my Community-Word Project Teaching Artist mentor, Mr. Scott, mentioned the class was a special needs inclusion cl…
Creating lesson plans has to be the most difficult aspect of teaching, and it is especially difficult for Teaching Artists who enter a classroom once a week an…
Standing in front of the brightly bannered doorway, I took a deep breath and prepared to enter the now-familiar classroom in Brooklyn, where my internship take…
As I continue to work with PS 676’s 2nd and 3rd grade classes, I’ve been building relationships with the students in the classroom. The process began by starti…
