Comments on: Dianne Las Casas - Storytelling: A Safari into Literacy http://www.storytellingwithchildren.com/2008/02/05/dianne-las-casas-storytelling-a-literacy/ An international conversation of storytellers on the Art of Storytelling with Children Mon, 12 May 2008 08:54:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Tim http://www.storytellingwithchildren.com/2008/02/05/dianne-las-casas-storytelling-a-literacy/#comment-23517 Tim Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:53:56 +0000 http://www.storytellingwithchildren.com/2008/02/05/dianne-las-casas-storytelling-a-literacy/#comment-23517 This interview opens the door to more questions, specifically about the creation and development of the storytelling residency. As evidenced by the caller, I think your audience would find it really useful to hear from an experienced artist-in-residence about the nuts and bolts, the nitty gritty of the school residency. (You would know better than I who to talk to about this). Because, while it's clear that a storyteller can generate enthusiasm and excitement about reading (or whatever topic in the curriculum they align with), a one-day visit to a school is not going to improve the test scores of the students. While I don't believe improving test scores should be the end goal of a storyteller, Dianne rightly points out how the current climate in schools is such that there is a manic obsession with academic performance. In such a climate, a residency might be a better pitch than an assembly. This interview opens the door to more questions, specifically about the creation and development of the storytelling residency. As evidenced by the caller, I think your audience would find it really useful to hear from an experienced artist-in-residence about the nuts and bolts, the nitty gritty of the school residency. (You would know better than I who to talk to about this).

Because, while it’s clear that a storyteller can generate enthusiasm and excitement about reading (or whatever topic in the curriculum they align with), a one-day visit to a school is not going to improve the test scores of the students.

While I don’t believe improving test scores should be the end goal of a storyteller, Dianne rightly points out how the current climate in schools is such that there is a manic obsession with academic performance. In such a climate, a residency might be a better pitch than an assembly.

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Great interview. You rock!!

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