M:BRACE Hugging the Poet Inside of You

 
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Course Description: This empowering session will guide you through Master Poet Gayle Danley's nourishing, fun, and instructive process of writing and sharing your own slam poem.

Facilitator: Gayle Danley

Bio: Gayle Danley is one of the nation’s most sought after inspirational writers and speakers. Her work focuses on slam poetry as a tool of instruction, as a vehicle for expressing life’s joy and anguish, and a life raft to young people regardless of age, gender or level of ability. Gayle uses her national platform to say “let’s stop pretending we aren’t hurting. Let’s truly reach out to one another and walk life’s difficult, wonderful path, step by step, together.” She has been featured on CBS 60 Minutes, in the Washington Post, the New York Times and the Baltimore Sun. Gayle’s Slam Sessions teach the art of slam poetry accessibly and with loads of fun! Gayle is a former Young Audiences of Maryland Artist of the Year and a National Young Audiences Artist of the Year. For over 20 years, teachers throughout the country have shared her with their students to inspire them beyond the English/Language Arts curriculum and to give them a safe place to fully express themselves. This Maryland Library Association Poet of the year loves when, after an assembly, students and teachers flock to her side for comfort, support, and the chance to share their own life stories.

Key Teaching and Learning Strategies explored in this course: 

  • Perception - SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL LEARNING: With intention, model and develop social-emotional learning competencies. (Social Awareness)

  • The Creative Process Map - BIG IDEAS: Guide participants through a creative response to a relevant and exciting concept.

  • Facilitator Role - ARTIST HABITS OF MIND: Model and cultivate the Artist Habits of Mind. (Express)

  • Artist Communities - VOICE & AGENCY: Integrate authentic opportunities for participants to share their perspectives and experiences, make choices, and provide and receive peer feedback.

To download the full MSDE Fine Arts Office Professional Learning Framework, please click here.