BTSALP Session for BTS Drama Teachers in the Canyons School District
- (February 2022) “Student Centered learning in the Drama Classroom”; 2022
Salt Lake City School District
- (August 2020) “Flipgrid and Canvas Technology Training Online”; 2020
- (August 2019) “Making the Connection between Drama and Literacy”; Presented at annual training for the entire district.
- (in partnership with UtahPresents) (2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017) “Penny’s Bootcamp – Simple Ways to use Drama to Enliven your Curriculum”; Presented at various schools within the district.
ArtsLINK: College of Fine Arts and the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts Learning Program – ArtsLINK is the only arts teaching workshop in the state for undergraduate students/pre-service teachers. 2016 – 2022; Sample sessions include:
- “The Sun Mother – Using creation stories from Australia to inspire new stories and how to dramatize them
- “If – Approaching essential questions in mathematics with image work in drama”
- “Here We Are – Maps, spatial thinking, and drama”
- “What If – Using Poetry and Drama as an approach to Social Emotional Learning Competencies”
- “Shadow Play with the book FLASHLIGHT”
Tanner Dance – This is a series of six year-long workshops that integrate the arts into academic curriculum. Each workshop focuses on an art form or integrated arts as they relate to other areas of the curriculum: math, language arts, science, social studies and life skills.
Integrating Fine Arts into the Curriculum Workshop Series 2014 – 2022; Sample sessions include:
- “The Dark Emperor – The science of the night and shadow puppetry”
- “She Persisted – Turning biographies into monologues”
- “Nobody Hugs a Cactus – Social-emotional learning through drama”
BYU Arts Express – This two-day event provides arts integration instruction in all five art forms—dance, drama, media arts, music, and visual arts—with special insights on ways to integrate the arts with core curricula.
Integrated Arts Workshop, Summer 2015 – 2020; Sample sessions include:
- “Iggy Peck Architect – Comparing the design principles of engineering and drama”
- “Do unto Otters – Looking at the golden rule and writing modern fables for performance”
- “Sir Cumference- Getting excited about math with reader’s theatre”
- “Stepping Stones – Comparing modern-day refugees with the pioneers of the 1800’s and physicalizing their stories”