Teacher Education
Storytelling by Sara Slayton
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The art and craft of storytelling can improve your communication, teaching and team-building skills.
Storytelling is the oldest, and one of the most effective communication skills used in any profession; from business, to education, to medicine, law, and social services. Learn the ways in which stories reach your audience at a deeper level and in a more meaningful way than lecture or standard presentation methods, and how storytelling is being applied in varied settings. Course content is driven by the interests of the enrolled students. Whether you wish to improve your teaching, speaking, counseling, preaching, therapy, client representation skills, or if you wish to share your history with family members in an interesting way, this class is for you.
This course is designed to assist students in the development of storytelling skills for application in a variety of settings. Master storyteller, Sara Slayton, will lead participants through an analysis of effective oral presentation skills and supervised practice of varied storytelling techniques. A wide variety of story types and telling practices will be demonstrated for and used by students.
Who should attend?
- Educators
- Clergy and Lay leaders
- Librarians
- Therapists and Counselors
- Prevention and Health Educators
- Attorneys
- Speakers from any field
- Parents and Grandparents
- Anyone interested in the art and application of storytelling
Sara Slayton is a master storyteller and a retired educator.
She performs in a variety of venues to audiences of all ages and
interests. Sara has been teaching the Storytelling course for 20
years. She is the co-founder of the Bluff Country Tale Spinners
storytelling guild, the chair of the La Crosse Storytelling
Festival, and the Wisconsin State Liaison to the National
Storytelling Network. She is well known for her warm and
knowledgeable approach.
www.slaytline.com
www.lacrossestoryfest.com
Wis. Teacher's Standards: 2, 3, 4 and 6
Feb. 23-May 3, 2012 (No Class March 15)
5-8 p.m.
175 Morris Hall, UW-La Crosse
For CREDIT* OPTION
Karen Hansen: call 608.785.6513 (toll-free 866.895.9233, Ext 3) or khansen@uwlax.edu
For NON-CREDIT OPTION
Karen DeSchepper: 608.785.6508, toll-free 866.895.9233 or kdeschepper@uwlax.edu
*A $15 Registration Fee/semester and a $2/credit D2L (Desire2Learn) Fee is assessed to all undergraduate and graduate students each semester.