A Video of the Rwanda Workshop Experience
- Director of Expressive Arts: The Episcopal School of NYC
- Bill has been at the Episcopal School for over 20 years. He has developed a storytelling curriculum for 2 –5 year olds and also directs the Chapel program.
- Director: Summer Arts Institute, Manhattanville College
- Summer 2009 welcomed the 7th week long arts intensive at Manhattanville College School of Education Graduate Program. A 3 credit course, Bill invites artists/educators tocome and lead workshops for the students. Bill also teaches a fall course in “Aesthetic Literacy”.
- Summer Arts Institute
- Adjunct Professor of Pastoral Theology: General Theological Seminary
- Bill teaches a course to support Seminarians who may have the opportunity to work with children, offering programmatic approaches and storytelling guidance.
- gts.edu
- Adjunct: Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
- A semester length course on storytelling and literacy for children’s librarians. Folktales are shared, storytelling techniques explored and follow-up activities are developed.
- Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
- Creative Consultant/ Teaching Artist: Early Stages
- Bill was the co-creator of the first storytelling residency program in 1998 and continues his work developing curriculum. He contributes to the Early Stages program as a teaching artist, consultant and workshop leader.
- earlystages.org
- Faculty and Curriculum Designer: Jacob Burns Film Center. Media Arts Lab.
- Bill is designing 4 distinct programs building storytelling/media skills for 4, 5, 6 and 7-year olds. He is leading the pilot programs at the brand new media center in Pleasantville, NY and will lead the first in-classroom programs in the 2009-2010 school year.
- burnsfilmcenter.org
- Workshop leader: Rwanda Film Center:
- Bill led workshops with animator Joe Summerhays for Rwandan children. We created stories and animated them in support of the mountain gorilla.
- A Tribeca Film Inst./Scholastic/Clinton Global Initiative/Rwanda Film Center/Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation project.
- to see animations and gorilla trek: www.miza.com
- Storytelling Residencies
- Bill has had numerous multi-session storytelling residencies designing thematic and literacy-based programs for students from Pre-K – 4th grade
- More than 10 years at PS 150 Tribeca, NYC
- Other Schools include Collegiate, Resurrection Episcopal Pre-School, Trinity Wall Street Pre-School…
- Special 2 day modeling/workshop sessions – One day working with children in the classroom demonstrating storytelling and activities. Day 2 is an intensive workshop with teachers. St Chrysostom’s Day School, Chicago.
Back at Jacob Burns Film Lab August 9 - 12. 9:00 - 11:30 AM. Leading "Seeing Stories" workshops at Jacob Burns Film Center for 6 and 7 year olds. Storytelling, stories, film watching and making.
