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Editor’s
Letter
Contents
On the Cover
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Network Spotlight
TIOS in the Springtime
by Paul Brewster
High School: From the
Conference to the Classroom
byJustin F. Charles
With Your Consent: Safety and
Empowerment in the Arts
by Carolyn Marie Wright
Pre-K-8: Student-Driven
Productions Are Their Own
Circle of Life
by Maren Oom Galarpe
Lesson Plan Exploration
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I
am so excited to
introduce you all to the
new Incite/Insight. As
the Board of Directors
discussed the best way to revive
this popular publication for the
17
American Alliance for Theater &
Education (AATE) community,
it dawned on us that a digital
magazine would be a great way
to reach our membership and
beyond.
Board Perspective
Kindness in the Cure
by Margaret Boersma
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Representation and Advocacy
through EDI (Equity, Diversity and
Inclusion) - Forward Momentum
by Elena Velasco and J
oel Jason Rodriguez
Member’s Corner
23 Giving Back and Paying
It Forward
by Joan Lazarus
25 Differentiated Instruction in
Theatre Education
by Ruth Taylor
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Events and Happenings
Erika Atkins
Header Editor/Board of Directors,
Communications Director
In this issue we are looking at the
growth of AATE over the years.
Longtime member and former
Board President Joan Lazarus
gives us insight into the history
of the organization and how it
has influenced her own career
in “Giving Back and Paying It
Forward”. In “Representation and
Advocacy through EDI (Equity,
Diversity and Inclusion) - Forward
Momentum” current Board
Members and Multiculturalism
and Diversity Directors Elena
Velasco and Joel Rodriguez
reflect on the importance of
equity and diversity in our own
organization and share our new
diversity statement. Paul Brewster
writes about the importance and
changing dynamics of one of our
most popular programs, Theater
in Our Schools, in New York City in
“TIOS in the Springtime.”
We get into some lesson
plan explorations with Incite/
Insight’s very own Carolyn Marie
Wright, who explores a lesson
plan surrounding consent in
the arts that was conducted
in Conway, Arkansas with
students and community artists
in “With Your Consent: Safety
and Empowerment in the Arts”
and Margaret Boserma, who
looks at activities that can be
integrated into teaching to help
support empathy and kindness in
“Kindness is the Cure.” Ruth Taylor
dives into the studies that looks
at the ability of theater education
to reach students with disabilities
in “Differentiated Instruction in
Theater Education.”
And last, but certainly not least,
each of our quarterly issues
will spotlight one or two AATE
Networks and the great work it’s
members are doing. In this issue
we feature our Pre-K - 8 and High
School networks. We will look at
how the experience of creating a
stage production can develop
transferable skills in young
students in “Student-Driven
Productions Are Their Own Circle
of Life” by Maren Oom Galarpe.
Justin F. Charles will share key
takeaways from the 2017 AATE
conference for working with high
school students in “From the
Conference to the Classroom.”
This is a publication for theater
and education professionals, by
theater and education
professionals. We are letting the
members dictate the topics of
each issues through feedback
and contributions, and then
sharing it out with the rest of you.
I can’t wait to see what you think
of it.