Oxford Elementary, Berkeley Unified School District

The workshop will start with an overview of how theater is being used to support writing at Oxford Elementary in Berkeley. An in-depth look at how one teacher built on and documented the process will follow. Participants will have an opportunity to experience exercises as well. Oxford Elementary’s Arts Anchor focus is on using theater to support writing across grade levels.

Eric Engdahl and Caryn Chan

Eric Engdahl, Ph.D. CSUEB, Dept of Teacher Education (Arts Education) and Director of Art & Public Education, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts, Richmond Caryn Chan, Second Grade Teacher, Oxford Elementary, Berkeley

Caryn Chan is a second grade teacher and the Arts Liaison at Oxford School in Berkeley. She has been focusing on using process documentation and reflection as vehicles to convey, capture the work and thinking, and assess student learning that is developed in the performing arts and writing. She hopes to create equitable classrooms that honor cultural diversity and extend student learning and reflection through the arts.