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Staff Development
Staff Development is a critical component of our plan to prevent “program fade.” Working with teachers to integrate the tenets of Building Community into the remaining class time of the semester is vital to reinforcing the gains made during the program implementation period. In past projects, we have addressed this need by developing teacher guides and conducting workshops for teachers on using drama-in-education techniques in the classroom.
Our initial implementation of Building Community, during the spring 2019 semester, laid a foundation for staff development as teachers were present for all classroom workshops, and participated in the exercises with their students. Future implementations of Building Community will include a formal staff-development component.