On Saturday, January 30, the K-12 Education Department and TC Tolbert are offering Inviting the Poem into the Room, a professional development session for K-12 classroom teachers and community educators. During the session, participants will experiment with ways to welcome poetry (on and off the page) into the classroom, work with improvisational techniques to expand what is possible, and have a lot of fun. You will leave with at least two adaptable activities to use in your Zoom classrooms. This session is now full.
Tolbert, who is Tucson's Poet Laureate as well as a long-time Poetry Center collaborator, has contributed many gems to our blog. Here are a few of our favorite pieces:
An Open Letter to Poets in Schools about Pronouns
Education Afield: TC Tolbert on Trans/Space: A Trans*, Non-binary, and Queer+ Poetry Project
This, my friends, is a Sharktopus: TC Tolbert on teaching poetry to 4th graders