2012 Winter Storytelling Workshops
Please join us for these intensive, in-depth professional development programs that will impart storytelling techniques as a means to advance literacy, communications and social skills in children and youth. Workshops meet state professional development and core curriculum standards and professional development credit hours will be offered. For more information, be sure to download our 2012 Winter Workshops Flyer or email us at info@storytellingarts.net

• Sunday, January 8, 2012: Bear Country
      Using Familiar Stories to Deliver Curriculum by Ellen Musikant
  
  
• Saturday, February 4, 2012: Writing in the White Spaces
      Finding Stories in Traditional Story Texts by Paula Davidoff
  
  
• Saturday, March 17, 2012: Speak UP Speak OUT
      Teaching Children and Youth to Tell Stories by Luray Gross

All workshops are run by Professional Storytellers / Teaching Artists and will be held at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University.

SAFE SCHOOLS ANTI-BULLYING INITIATIVE
Changing School Culture Through Character Education & Diversity Appreciation
A Multi-Sensory, Interactive Learning Experience for Students and Educators

Recognizing that the most effective anti-bullying programs are those that change school culture through whole-school multidisciplinary interventions, The Kidsbridge Tolerance Museum at TCNJ and Storytelling Arts, Inc., are partnering to offer a unique program that helps schools to meet requirements of the new anti-bullying law and creates meaningful, sustainable change in attitudes and culture.

SAFE SCHOOLS ANTI-BULLYING INITIATIVE is designed to enable districts to meet the latest requirements of New Jersey’s anti-bullying laws in a unique and meaningful way.

• N.J.S.A 18A:37-17 encourages schools and school districts to establish bullying, harassment prevention programs N.J.S.A 18A:40A-17(c) and State Board of Education Administration Code
• N.J.A.C 6A:16-7.9(d)1i require information about the bullying policies to be incorporated into school employee training programs N.J.S.A 18A:37-17(b) and State Board of Education Administrative Code
• N.J.A.C 6A:16-7.9(d)2 require districts to develop procedures for discussing bullying and harassment policies with students

Together, we are offering a multi-sensory, interactive learning experience for both students and staff.

SAFE SCHOOLS is a K-12 character education program that will:

• Increase awareness of the nature, causes, and effects of bullying
• Create empathy -- the springboard to positive action
• Empower students to successfully interact with peers § Increase self esteem
• Encourage students and teachers to take active leadership roles
• Enable action that will stop bullying
• Foster a caring community that engenders “Respect for all"

For more information, please download SAFE SCHOOLS ANTI-BULLYING INITIATIVE MENU OF PROGRAMS.