The purpose of the Youth, Educators, and
Storytellers (YES!) Special Interest Group is:
To advocate for, and
offer support and resources in storytelling to mentors, educators, and
storytellers who work with, or plan to work with, young voices from early
childhood through adolescence, and to the young storytellers themselves.
Current Projects:
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YES! Alliance has provided Stories@Work
Sessions geared to educators, mentors, and storytellers who work or wish to
work with and for young audiences, at the National Storytelling Festival.
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Many of our YES! Alliance members mentor
Youth Tellabrations as well as other Youth Storytelling Clubs & Troupes.
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YES! Alliance preconference, under the
umbrella of the national Storytelling Network’s Special Interest Groups (SIGs),
offers workshops for those who are interested in storytelling/ story-teaching
with children from birth to young adulthood, and includes information pertinent
to approaching and meeting benchmarks of core academic content standards in
oral communication, pre-writing, and other English Language Arts areas.
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YES! Alliance has established
a nation-wide network of communication, assistance, encouragement, and support
for youth storytelling coaches, teachers of young tellers, educators for grades
PreK-12, librarians and other media specialists, storytellers, parents, and
adults who work with youth in clubs or other organizations. Good
news: We are now in the process of re-creating
our members-only directory!
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YES! Alliance supports research on the
value of storytelling in education.
Continuing Projects as
reported by individual members and their organizations at the city, state, and
regional levels:
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Advocates for storytelling to be
recognized in state learning standards, as well as standards set by national
curricular organizations, for grades PreK – 12, and in the courses of study for
educators and mentors of young voices in grades PreK – 12.
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Advocates for storytelling to be
recognized as a unique art form that is both traditional and contemporary in
its scope and presentation.
- Clearinghouse for Lesson Plans Including Storytelling.
- Nurturing, encouraging, and informing mentors of youth storytelling groups in schools and other venues.
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