From the roots of concepts and implementations of storytelling in education will come the seeds of knowledge, networking opportunities, and ideas for anyone who teaches, tells, or wants to grow the gifts of storytelling for young people.  YES! Alliance is an organization of educators from home-school to high school, professors and college students, parents and people who work with young people, storytellers and teaching artists, librarians and lovers of storytelling in and for education. 

The day's schedule

8:00 – registration

9:00 – Announcements and Introduction to Keynote

9:10 – Keynote: Susan O'Halloran

Pot of Gold: How Stories Create Globally-Relevant, Compassionate Classrooms

Whether you work in a classroom that represents fourteen languages or one, with kindergarten or college students, storytelling is one of the best tools educators have to create connection in the global classroom and prepare students for a more effective and compassionate role in the global community. This lively, interactive session - complete with video clips of classrooms and storytellers' work - will look at ways stories can support students to create positive personal and cultural identities, build empathy and appreciation for other’s challenges and manage the complexity of history and the world’s many cultures.

!0:40 – BREAK

10:55 – Activities with Susan O'Halloran including videos

11:55-1:30: LUNCH and YES! Business/Social Meeting -  Meetings at approx 1:00 

1:30 – 2:00 A Gift from our Common Core Standards Committee  for all participants

2:00 – 3:30:  Workshops. Participants choose between

Teacher Kathleen McKay McKenna on CC Application:

            Geography Through Storytelling

Participants will shape and tell their own geographical stories to learn the five themes of geography and discuss/brainstorm applications for use in other content classrooms.

Kathleen is a veteran classroom teacher and professor (30 years). And she is F*U*N!

 Or

Storyteller Karen Chace on

Story by Story - Building a School Storytelling Troupe

 Inspire and mentor the next generation of storytellers. Karen will share how she organized a successful Storytelling Troupe from their first steps to festival performance.

Karen Chace is an award-winning storyteller, writer and teaching artist.

3:30 – 4:30 Wrap up and Conclusions  OR SHE Business meeting

DINNER on your own

7:30 – 8:15 Filament Theatre production of  From the Circle: Remembering the Earth through Folktales

As we plan another great event, we are grateful to our executive committee for all its efforts toward bringing you connections to story and such important topics. We are also hopeful for more opportunities to collaborate with the Storytelling in Higher Education SIG in the future.
REGISTRATION:
Go to NSN Registration

To register, this is an explanation specifically for the Pre-conference:

• Registration for YES! & SHE  SIG members - $75  

includes the conference day, lunch, and Filament Theatre production

• For non-members - $105 
• YES! membership - $ 25 
• SHE membership - $35 (includes “Storytelling, Self, and Society” journal)
• Filament Theatre production  From the Circle: Remembering the Earth through Folktales - $10  7:30PM

Four storytellers traverse a path of creation, destruction, and re-creation. Through story and ritual they examine the eternal complex relationship between humanity and the Earth. Including stories from a vast array of cultures, From the Circle celebrates a global unity inspired by the natural world.