Teaching Philosophy
I've had the good fortune to find a career that unites my passions: art, education, theatre, and the joy of play. This career has introduced me to a dizzying assortment of fantastic people, each of whom have a unique perspective on what the world has to offer. Their generosity in sharing that perspective has cemented in me belief that it is the recognition of the essential humanity and multifaceted nature of the people involved in our lives that matters most of all. This is why my work focuses on examining and exploring the relationships between individuals and ideas, and how those interactions are linked to who we are and who we are in the process of becoming.
In essence I conceive of teaching as a collaborative art form that is reliant on the class as a whole, and my role as a teacher is to help facilitate the creation and exploration of that experience. This belief is founded in both my artistic practice and background, puppetry and freeform role-playing being intensely collaborative experiences, and in my encounters as a teacher and student-teacher supervisor, which have introduced me to a diverse range of contexts in which education occurs. The result is an approach that is neither teacher-centered nor student-centered, but instead focuses on understanding and working with the classroom community as a whole.
In essence I conceive of teaching as a collaborative art form that is reliant on the class as a whole, and my role as a teacher is to help facilitate the creation and exploration of that experience. This belief is founded in both my artistic practice and background, puppetry and freeform role-playing being intensely collaborative experiences, and in my encounters as a teacher and student-teacher supervisor, which have introduced me to a diverse range of contexts in which education occurs. The result is an approach that is neither teacher-centered nor student-centered, but instead focuses on understanding and working with the classroom community as a whole.
