Grades Prek - 12

For Teaching and Learning in Grades PreK - 12 New York City Department of Education New York City Department of Education © 2005 Carmen Fariña, Chancellor Stephanie Karpell, NYCDOE Advisors SECOND EDITION (2015) CONTRIBUTORS Dorita Gibson, Senior Deputy Chancellor Kati Koerner, Lincoln Center Theater Sue Birkenhead, The Directors’ Guild Theater Curriculum Development Chair Phil Weinberg, Deputy Chancellor of Teaching Tim Lord, Dream Yard Frank Carucci, United Federation of Teachers and Learning Jorge B. Merced, Pregones Theater Carl Clay, Black Spectrum Theatre Peter Avery, Director of Theater, Office of Arts Anna Commitante, Senior Executive Director, James Moody, NYCDOE Lauren Cooper, NYC DOE and Special Projects Curriculum, Instruction & Professional Learning Joseph Pagano, NYCDOE Wendy Dubit, The Producer’s Project Anna Fusco, Project Manager Paul King, Executive Director, Office of Arts Scott C. Parker, Pace University Renee Flemings, Roundabout Theatre and Special Projects Peggy Pettit, Teaching Artist Daniel Gilloon, IATSE/Local 1 Contributing Writers Jessica Rothman, NYCDOE Eileen Goldblatt, Arts Supervisor, Region 9 Dr. Heidi Andrade, University of Albany FIRST EDITION (2005) CONTRIBUTORS Floyd Rumohr, Stages of Learning Russell Granet, Center for Arts Education Tessa Derfner, NYCDOE Theater Curriculum Development Ron Russell, Epic Theater Center Leslie Hunt, Center for Arts Education Jason Diminich, NYCDOE Planning Co-Chairs Jennifer Strycharz, NYCDOE David Kener, Literature to Life Kalitchi Figueroa, NYCDOE Paul L. King, Director of Theater Programs, Gregory Schneider, NYCDOE William Kasuli, Arts Supervisor, Region 4 Anna Fusco, NYCDOE Office of Arts and Special Projects, NYC Juan Carlos Salinas, City Lights Youth Theatre Manfred Korman, Council of School Supervisors Kate Fenton, NYCDOE Department of Education Joseph Salvatore, New York University and Administrators Noelle Gentile, Teaching Artist Marianna Houston, Director of Education, Sue Lawless, Society of Stage Directors and Jennifer Katona, The City College of New York Theatre Development Fund David Shookhoff, Manhattan Theatre Club Jean Taylor, Lincoln Center Institute Choreographers Amos Margulies, NYCDOE Peter Trump, Town Hall Sean McGlynn, The New York City Department Brendan McMahon, NYCDOE Associate Chair: of Cultural Affairs Michael Wiggins, Mud/Bone Theater Helen Wheelock, Creative Arts Team Stephen Di Menna, Ira Mont, Actors’ Equity Association Diane Zerega, NYCDOE MCC Theater/Theatre Development Fund Maria Palma, Arts Supervisor, Region 7 Robert Zukerman, NYSCA Michael Racanelli, Arts Supervisor, Region 6 Contributing Writers Vicki Reiss, The Shubert Foundation Reviewers Illese Alexander, NYCDOE Jane Remer, Consultant Contributing writers, plus: Peter Avery, TADA! Youth Theatre Jerrold Ross, St. John’s University Eric Booth, Consultant Elizabeth Bender, NYCDOE Jennifer Seaquist, IDEAS Dale Byam, Brooklyn College Dale Byam, Brooklyn College Madelyn Cohen, Symphony Space Elizabeth Swados, Writer, Director, Composer Edie Demas, New Victory Theater Carol Fineberg, Consultant Phil Taylor, New York University Lisa Dennett, IDEAS Joan Firestone, Producer T. J. Witham, A.R.T New York Debra Evans, Metropolitan Opera Guild Barbara Gurr, Director of Visual Arts, NYCDOE Christopher Wilson, The Dramatists Guild of Joan Finkelstein, Director of Dance Programs America Greer Hansen, NYCDOE Michael Finkelstein, NYCDOE Marvin Leffler, Town Hall Adrienne Gelfand, NYCDOE Eileen Newman, IFP New York Joseph Giardina, Theatre for a New Audience Joseph Piro, Long Island University–C. W. Post Terry Greiss, Irondale Ensemble Campus Joanna Hefferen, ArtsConnection Paul Rajeckas, Theater Moves Frank Hentschker, CUNY Graduate Center– Peter Royston, Writer Martin E. Segal Theatre Center Mala Tsantilas, NYCDOE Marcia Kaplan, NYCDOE Paul Kaplan, NYCDOE ii n Blueprint for the Arts n Theater Letter From the Chancellor BenchmarkCarmen Fariña, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education he 2015 revised editions of the Blueprints for Teaching and students with disabilities, and for our English language learners. TLearning in the Arts continue to define a pathway for excellence The Blueprints also provide guidance for aligning the arts and the and engagement in the arts for all students beginning in early Common Core as well as the “Specific Considerations in the Arts” childhood and continuing to a commencement level of achievement for arts studio practice and observations. With revised bibliographies, in dance, music, theater and visual arts. The Blueprints provide assessment guidance and other additional resources, we are confident a standards-based rigorous approach for teaching the arts while that the Blueprints will remain an essential tool for New York City assuring that parent and communities are engaged and that all arts teachers. students have access to the rich and essential learning that The original Blueprints from a decade ago were the result of an happens with our arts and cultural organizations. exceptional collaboration between educators from the DOE and BenchmarkOur Blueprints give New York City’s students the opportunity to delve our diverse partners from the arts and cultural community of deeply into these subjects, while providing our arts teachers with the New York City. We remain grateful to our partners and for the flexibility to create an instructional plan that builds on students’ prior opportunities that they provide for students and teachers to go knowledge, honors their cultural traditions and, most importantly, beyond the classroom for arts learning. We share their commitment demonstrates growth in student arts learning over time. This scheme as demonstrated in the Blueprints to encourage students, teachers, for arts learning encourages diverse instruction through various school leaders and parents to take advantage of the rich arts and media, repertoire, genres and styles providing our students with a cultural experiences available in museums, concert halls, galleries, wide range of learning experiences in and out of school. performance spaces, and theaters all over our city. We know that the sequential study of dance, music, theater and We are pleased to provide New York City schools with this essential visual arts will help students attain vocations in the arts and will tool for teaching and learning in the arts which has become a nurture an interest in the arts. Students’ sequential and ongoing national model for quality arts education. And we look forward to arts learning makes them college and career ready enabling them to continued and expanded success in providing equity and access in apply for advanced study or for jobs in the arts-related industries that the arts for all New York City students. are essential to the economy of New York City. More importantly, this learning offers students a source of lifelong enjoyment as they become the future audience and patrons of the arts. With this revised edition of the Blueprints, we are seeking to keep this Carmen Fariña, resource relevant and useful. With that mandate in mind, this version Chancellor includes documents to address arts instruction in PreK settings, for Blueprint for the Arts n Theater n iii Acknowledgments We are pleased to present this second edition of the Blueprint for Teaching and We wish to express our gratitude to Chancellor Carmen Fariña for her Learning in the Arts: Theater Grades PreK-12. The original groundbreaking recognition and advocacy that arts education is most effective when teachers framework was published in 2005 and continues to be the foundation for and students are provided with coherent strategies for achieving it. We offer theater education in our NYC public schools. This revised edition is enhanced our appreciation to Paul King who, now as the Executive Director for the Office by the addition of several supplemental appendices that provide a variety of rich of Arts and Special Projects, extends his deft leadership in support of all the arts and current instructional resources. The newly added appendices are: Specific for the NYC Department of Education. We are grateful to Anna Fusco, Project Considerations for Teachers of Theater, Theater and Students with Disabilities, Manager for this second edition, who deftly helped coordinate and edit the new Theater and English Language Learners, Theater and the Common Core and revised appendices. We must also thank Pam Pollack whose creativity is Learning Standards, Theater and Curriculum Planning, and Theater and Family evident in this document’s design and Ken Priester for his exceptional editorial Engagement. Additionally, the Glossary, Bibliography, and Assessment in Theater skills. sections have been updated to reflect current trends and information. Most The successful completion of the second edition of the Blueprint for Theater important, this second edition is a renewal of the continuing commitment of was made possible because of our colleagues in the Office of Arts and Special the New York City Department of Education to provide an excellent education Projects. We also thank the other OASP Arts Directors Ana Nery Fragoso, for all public school students. Barbara Murray, and Karen Rosner for their vital support and encouragement. The first publication, produced under Paul King’s leadership, was truly a We are most grateful to Callie McGlone, Arts Program Manager Office of Arts milestone for high-quality theater education. We are grateful to Paul for his vision and Special Projects, for her valuable assistance

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