One Man Many Voices<br />

Teaching and Curriculum Development


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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
    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.


Events

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.