ASK NOT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR THEATRE DEPARTMENT... BUT WHAT YOUR THEATRE DEPARTMENT CAN DO FOR YOU
In this collaborative workshop targeted towards teachers and school administrators, Mrs. Joy Ferrara and Dr. Laura Landor will lead conversations on how to grow a theatre program to affect change with staff and students in their school district.
Presented by Dr. Laura Landor & Mrs. Joy Ferrara
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Dr. Laura Landor is the Director of Fine and Performing Arts for the Hauppauge Public School District. She has a Bachelors degree in music education from the Crane School of Music, a Masters in Ethnomusicology from Hunter College, and a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from St. John’s University where she did extensive research on the marginalization of minority students in the music classroom. She has previously taught band, music theory, and music for special learners at Ward Melville High School.
Joy Ferrara has been an educator for more than 23 years. She taught in the Commack School District for 10 years and became an Assistant Principal at Hauppauge Middle School in 2003. Since 2010, Joy has been the Hauppauge High School Assistant Principal and has been an advocate for the Hauppauge Theatre program. Working directly with Ruthie Pincus, Hauppauge’s Theatre Director, Joy has brought real-time school issues to the theatre students and charged them with creating relevant monologues and short vignettes to inform and engage the faculty and student body.
Joy Ferrara has been an educator for more than 23 years. She taught in the Commack School District for 10 years and became an Assistant Principal at Hauppauge Middle School in 2003. Since 2010, Joy has been the Hauppauge High School Assistant Principal and has been an advocate for the Hauppauge Theatre program. Working directly with Ruthie Pincus, Hauppauge’s Theatre Director, Joy has brought real-time school issues to the theatre students and charged them with creating relevant monologues and short vignettes to inform and engage the faculty and student body.