- 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.
Feb. 9, 2010 NAES Early Childhood Education Leadership Day, Glendale, CA Bill will be leading a morning long workshop on storytelling, music and children's chapels at St. Marks Episcopal Church and Day School in Glendale, Ca. It is part of the National Association of Episcopal School's (NAES) Leadership Day 2010.
