How to Educate Others During Theatre In Our Schools Month
By: STO Folarin Oyeleye, Foster High School, Troupe 7961 Hello my fellow thespians! This has been quite the Theatre In Our Schools Month hasn’t it? This has been a great learning opportunity for others and I’m sure you want to share your knowledge with others. So today, I’m gonna teach you about the last letter of our S.A.U.C.E acronym: educate. So, education can mean a multitude of things. For some, it means to expand upon their own knowledge , and for others it means to act as a facilitator for learning of a particular subject. First, I’m going to tell you how to educate yourself, so that way you have the necessary tools to educate others. Step 1- One of the best ways to start educating yourself is by asking questions. When you formulate questions you filter between what you want to know vs what you already know, so this grants a good idea of where to steer future endeavors. You can ask questions to your directors or you could do some research on your own. But remember to cross reference your info to make sure you’re not getting incorrect facts. Step 2- Now that we know how to educate ourselves, let’s take a look at how to educate others. The most important part of teaching others is to be able to adapt to how other people learn. This way it doesn’t feel like you’re bombarding them with information. Next, you need to be constantly engaging with your cohort to make sure they’re keeping up with you. This is because sometimes the people you educate aren’t necessarily willing to learn, so you’ll need to put extra effort into working with them. The abilities and resilience gained through each step will soon help you learn to educate others about anything you’re passionate about. It’s important to keep educating others about theatre so that way they continue to understand our purpose, and how that purpose makes us essential to the community. It is now with great pleasure that I can say you have now completed the last lesson in your S.A.U.C.E acronyms. I hope you’ve enjoyed all we’ve taught, and can find the proper scenarios to apply these tactics. Happy Theatre In Our Schools Month, Your 2021 Texas State Thespian Officers
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By: STO Gentry Phillips, Springtown High School, Troupe 1494
Hope you all have been having a fun, safe, and productive Theatre In Our Schools Month! This week on the blog we are going to go over the next two letters of S.A.U.C.E: U standing for Understand and C standing for connect! Let's dive into how these topics are important and why they are vital not only in this month, but in general life as well. Let's start with Understand! When you’re cast in a show, what is the first job you try to accomplish? You focus on understanding your script, whether that be in an acting or technical sense. You want to get a good grasp on what your show is about so you know how to execute it well. The same type of analysis comes into play during TIOSM! You need to understand why you are advocating for theatre and why it is important to you personally and how it affects your community. When you have a good understanding of the facts, statistics, and your own personal opinions, you are better prepared to talk to others about it. When you understand what you’re talking about it is easier to teach others! Understanding could also help with the next letter of S.A.U.C.E., which is C for connect. Connecting and networking with others is so vital to advocacy. Big change comes from large groups of people, and while you are more than capable of making those changes happen it’s nice to have some helping hands. By connecting with others and understanding where they are coming from, no goal is too large for you to achieve. Working together makes the job easier, quicker, and a lot more fun! But, who should I reach out to and connect with? How do we all come to a similar understanding of each other and what we are trying to accomplish? Both of those are great questions. You should connect to people who have similar goals and interests. For example, say you’re trying to have your principal declare March as Theate In Our Schools Month for your high school. To achieve this, it would be beneficial to you to get together members of your theatre troupe or company to work together to get this done. By communicating and listening, we understand each other very well. Coming up with a common goal and working as a team makes sure that what you set out to do will indeed happen! You’ve got this! Your 2021 Texas State Thespian Officers By: STO Marisa Berrones, Troupe 3376, Midland High School
Let's start off Theatre In Our Schools Month by going through the first two letters of S.A.U.C.E.: Social Media and Advocacy! We use social media for many hours each day, so it’s only fitting that we use it to our advantage. Let us explain why and how Advocacy and Social Media are so important to our cause. WHY DO WE ADVOCATE FOR THEATRE IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH? As a Texas Thespian it is our job to teach people about theatre and how it benefits our communities. Teaching about theatre can create better opportunities for students who may not have as many chances to do fine arts in middle school and high school. Having Theatre In Our Schools Month declared in cities across Texas allows for a better spread of that information, because we know not every school has a TIOSM. Advocating for March to be declared TIOSM may seem like a job for an STO, but everyone can do it! HOW CAN WE ADVOCATE FOR THEATRE IN OUR SCHOOLS MONTH? There are many ways to advocate for your city to declare Theatre In Our Schools Month such as, emailing your superintendent or mayor or meeting with your principal. One of the easiest ways to advocate, and get others to advocate with you, is by using social media! In this day and age most teens use some form of social media, which makes advocacy posts much more likely to be liked, commented on, or reposted. With that, elected officials and people of importance are also more likely to stumble across your online advocating. If you are new to advocacy and uncertain about making your own posts, the Texas Thespians Instagram page is always a great place to start! You can repost and share the many Theatre In Our Schools Month posts, while also learning about how to be a better advocate! Anything can be accomplished using apps like Instagram, Twitter, or Facebook. These are all great resources to spread the word about TIOSM and many other interesting things about your department or fine arts program! While this all might seem a little daunting or scary, the STO’s have full faith that you can help us in our cause of getting Theatre In Our Schools Month declared state wide! After all, this important art should be shared with everyone across all four corners of Texas. In fact, it should be shared across all four corners of the world! Keep busy advocating, Your 2021 Texas State Thespian Officers By: STO Gentry Phillips, Springtown High School, Troupe 1494
It’s the time of year every thespian looks forward to … it’s Theatre In Our Schools Month! Theatre In Our Schools Month is a time to celebrate, and most importantly advocate, for the arts all around our state. It is a time to reach out and spread the word on why theatre is so important! We can each do that by using S.A.U.C.E., which is an acronym used to describe just what TIOSM is all about. We will be going further into what each letter stands for, but for now I’ll give you the preview. S stands for Social Media! Social media is a great way to connect with those around you. You can connect to people in your troupes or the troupes around you in order to celebrate and maybe even collectively get TIOSM declared for your city! A stands for Advocacy! Advocacy is a major part of Theatre In Our Schools Month. By advocating for theatre we can spread the word about how theatre has changed our lives and bettered our communities! U stands for Understand! In order to advocate we must understand why we are advocating in the first place. Understanding our cause better sets up the understanding for the people we are trying to reach. C stands for Connect! We need to connect with our peers and representatives in order to get the job done. By connecting and creating relationships we are able to make changes not only in March, but for months and years to come. E stands for Educate! To make a good chase to our representatives as to why theatre is important we need to know the facts. Educating ourselves and those around us is incredibly vital to advocating. This month is incredibly important and incredibly influential to theatre everywhere. Now go out there and advocate, collaborate, and educate! Happy TIOSM Texas Thespians, Your 2021 Texas State Thespian Officers |
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