My Ideal Classroom

My ideal classroom would have a small proscenium stage. Since I will be teaching drama the stage would be a must so the kids would have a place to perform. I would want desks too for them to do their work on. I would put up on the walls Playbills (programs from Broadway shows), posters from shows I have directed/been in, and drama masks. I would want a piano because music and theatre go hand in hand.

My students would have a love for the theatre. They would be excited to be there and want to learn and explore human emotion and will express it through writing scripts, performing different characters and reading theatre. Their parents will be supportive of the arts and see the importance of it in their children’s lives as they see them grow and develop through the theatre. I will be friends with the home economics teacher who will want to help with costumes for the shows and the shop teacher will help build the sets because he sees the importance of the theatre. The music teachers and dance teacher will be good friends since we will be working on the musicals together.

The teaching techniques I would use would vary greatly. The students would all learn differently and therefore I would use different ways of teaching. Some days I would lecture, some days I would have them teach, and some days they play games to learn the subject. For technology I would have them watch movies of theatre performances in class. I would have them learn about sound and lighting for the stage. They may also use video to record themselves to watch and see how their performances are.

I hope to have the students by the end of the year to have learned more about themselves through theatre. I hope to teach them about how to present themselves and become better people. Theatre helps in all aspects of life and so my goal is for the students to develop a love for theatre and retain the important lessons they have leaned about themselves through theatre.