Jennifer Little, SAG, AEA, NJEA, NEA, Teachers Without Borders
Jennifer Little spent over fifteen years as a professional actress, performing on Broadway and in film and television. More recently, she turned to working with at-risk students, doing Literacy through the Arts, Guest Artist programs and creating arts programs for inner city schools. In 2005, she began teaching fulltime, working on bringing applied theatre to standard curriculum programs within public schools in the U.S. and integrating Social Studies and English into the Arts. She currently teaches fulltime at Franklin High School in Somerset, New Jersey and has created a critically acclaimed program that focuses on theatre's role in society and actors' responsibility to the world. She has spoken at New York University's conference on Applied Theatre and Citizenship, the 2010 Educational Theatre Association's (EdTA) Conference and the 2011 International Online Conference on Teacher Education: Teacher Education in the Age of Globalization, as well as being an attendee at the 2010 Contact Theatre International Forum. She just published a book about applied theatre as part of public school curriculum that is available at Amazon.com and is available for workshops and presentations.
In “Changing the Way We Think: Using Arts to Inspire, Empower and
Change Your School Community” (ISBN 1461122511), Jennifer Little shows teachers and other school administrators how a theater-based curriculum took on one school’s problem with bullying. This book is a broad tool that will help
students not only to become better scholars but better global citizens as
well.
This guide to applied theater is based on Little’s personal
experience as a high school drama teacher, alongside that of her colleague
Michael Pinnix, a television production teacher. Due to strict laws in New
Jersey and expanding laws nationwide, schools must implement anti-bullying programs. “Changing the Way We Think” details Little and Pinnix' journey to create a multi-disciplinary approach to not only tackling bullying but
school climate change.
This is a hands-on approach that can be utilized by any district, whether big or small, rich or poor. Offering examples and testimonies from students who have gone through the process, “Changing the Way We Think” is a
realistic guide to helping students gain greater empathy and global awareness through the use of interdisciplinary connections of fine arts and academics.
With bullying at an all-time high and affecting individuals of all backgrounds, ages, genders and sexual orientations, Little believes that “Changing the Way We Think” will help other schools integrate new ways to avoid bullying. Based on the Social Action Theory, this work guides teachers and administrators in helping students face conflict and engage in an independent dialogue about the issue before coming to a solution.
“Changing the Way We Think: Using Arts to Inspire, Empower and Change Your School Community,” is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.
Change Your School Community” (ISBN 1461122511), Jennifer Little shows teachers and other school administrators how a theater-based curriculum took on one school’s problem with bullying. This book is a broad tool that will help
students not only to become better scholars but better global citizens as
well.
This guide to applied theater is based on Little’s personal
experience as a high school drama teacher, alongside that of her colleague
Michael Pinnix, a television production teacher. Due to strict laws in New
Jersey and expanding laws nationwide, schools must implement anti-bullying programs. “Changing the Way We Think” details Little and Pinnix' journey to create a multi-disciplinary approach to not only tackling bullying but
school climate change.
This is a hands-on approach that can be utilized by any district, whether big or small, rich or poor. Offering examples and testimonies from students who have gone through the process, “Changing the Way We Think” is a
realistic guide to helping students gain greater empathy and global awareness through the use of interdisciplinary connections of fine arts and academics.
With bullying at an all-time high and affecting individuals of all backgrounds, ages, genders and sexual orientations, Little believes that “Changing the Way We Think” will help other schools integrate new ways to avoid bullying. Based on the Social Action Theory, this work guides teachers and administrators in helping students face conflict and engage in an independent dialogue about the issue before coming to a solution.
“Changing the Way We Think: Using Arts to Inspire, Empower and Change Your School Community,” is available for sale online at Amazon.com and other channels.
