“This Training reminded me that teaching is an art itself: always changing, improving, and inventing. It reminded me why I decided to become a teacher in the first place.”
How can educators and teaching artists use elements of theatre to ignite active learning?
Roundabout’s Theatrical Teaching Institute (TTI) is a six-day course exploring how educators and teaching artists can center learners as artists, leverage their skills as theatre makers and celebrate the process of collaborative creation.
Rooted in Roundabout’s Theatrical Teaching Framework, TTI posits that the elements of a great play can be used to craft engaging and effective lessons and classrooms. Participate in interactive sessions exploring how to use theatre to create active, inquiry-based classroom experiences for students. Over the course of six days, participants engage in workshops and activities to apply theatrical elements—theme, plot, spectacle, character, and more—to academic content, lesson structure, classroom setting, and teaching presence.
The pedagogical strategies explored in the institute encourage educators to:
- Use theatre to activate student learning
- Use theatre to activate student learning
- Apply new teaching strategies to connect to classroom curricula
- Explore personal creativity
- Promote culturally responsive teaching through theatre
- Connect with fellow educators and Roundabout teaching artists
A typical day runs for 9:30 am–5:00 pm and includes workshops focused on Roundabout’s Theatrical Teaching Framework, creative exploration and theatre making (lunch is not included). NYC Teachers can earn CTLE hours.
Registration for the 2024 Theatrical Teaching Institute is now closed. Interested in receiving updates on the 2025 Institute?
“Roundabout’s TTI provides a fresh approach to teaching—regardless of subject area—that can elevate not just content delivery, but long-lasting experiences for students.”
— Jim Brannigan, Smithtown High School English Teacher
“This institute has elevated my perception of theatre in the classroom. I've been given practical, rich, tangible ways to enhance and deepen student understanding of concepts and content. The application of Common Core Standards…was extremely evident in every piece of this week. Thank you.”
— Erica Corlito, PS214 Theatre Arts Teacher
“By the end of the week, I felt challenged and proud of all I (and my group) had accomplished. I can’t recall the last time I had worked this hard toward a specific end goal, and I am grateful to the Roundabout facilitators for believing in me. I truly felt like a student again, and I am proud of my accomplishments!”
— Paige Fischer, Westminster Middle School, Theatre Arts Teacher