Alice's Story: an interactive, anti-bullying performance and workshop
This entry has been selected as a finalist in the
Activating Empathy: Transforming Schools To Teach What Matters competition.
Alice’s Story is an interactive anti-bullying workshop and performance designed to help kids put a stop to bullying.
A propos de vous
A propos de vous
Prénom
Julie
Nom
Griffith
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A propos de votre organisation
Nom
Making Books Sing, Inc.
Site Web
Pays
États Unis, NY, New York, New York County
Pays dans lesquels ce projet crée un impact social
États Unis, NY, New York, New York County
Votre organisation est-elle une
a. organisation à but non lucratif
Votre rôle dans l’éducation : [case à cocher]
Prestataire intervenant après l’école, Autre.
Le type d’école(s) à laquelle votre solution est destinée :
Publique (pas de frais de scolarité)
Depuis combien de temps votre organisation opère-t-elle ?
Plus 5 années
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Innovation
Sélectionnez la phase qui s'applique le mieux à votre solution
Stabilité (le projet a dépassé les premières étapes et obtient de bons résultats)
Depuis combien de temps votre solution est-elle en vigueur?
En place depuis 1 à 5 ans
Le besoin : quel problème tentez-vous de résoudre ?
When empathy is absent, bullying persists. One in every 4 kids is bullied. 8 percent of students miss one day of class a month for fear of bullies. One out of 5 kids admits to being a bully, or doing some bullying. Two-thirds of students who are targets become bullies.
In schools where there are bullying programs, bullying is reduced by 50 percent. By working with over 7,000 K-8th grade students in over 300 classrooms annually, MBS provides students with practical solutions to bullying through theater and kinesthetic learning.
La solution: quelle solution proposez-vous ? Soyez précis !
Alice’s Story, Making Books Sing’s interactive anti-bullying performance and workshop, is designed to appeal to students’ empathy and creativity in solving real-life bullying problems. Two actor-educators visit a classroom and facilitate a 45-minute interactive theatre workshop. The workshop includes moments of scripted performance, guided discussion and improvisation. The program seeks to create a safe learning environment for all students, to create communities of respect and inclusion, and to empower students to be agents of positive change.
Le système : décrivez un exemple spécifique montrant de quelle façon votre initiative fonctionne ; indiquez vos principales activités.
Our program works as follows: Two teaching artists visit a classroom and facilitate a 45-minute interactive theater workshop. During the workshops the students fulfill three roles – audience members, critical thinkers and actors. The students begin by viewing short scenes performed by the teaching artists that illustrate different forms of bullying. This story explores how bullying can range from subtle taunting to outright aggression, and it also looks at the important role bystanders play in these situations. The students are then engaged in a conversation, brainstorming effective ways to counter bullying and what to do when it happens. Finally, the students have the opportunity to become the actors in the skits, implementing the countering strategies they developed as a class.
Le marché : qui sont vos collègues et vos concurrents ? Identifiez les autres personnes qui travaillent à répondre au même besoin et indiquez ce qui vous différencie d'elles. Comment ces concurrents pourraient-ils influencer votre réussite ou votre croissance ?
Several organizations in NYC, including PFLAG, FIERCE and City Kids, are working to put a stop to bullying. Most anti-bullying programs in NYC are lecture based and engage students as passive audience members. Alice’s Story uses strategic theatre techniques to actively engage students in the learning process. Students become stakeholders in the outcome of the program—this empowers them with a sense of ownership while also validating their own experiences, insights, emotions and solutions. The workshop does not provide students with a script of what to say in a bullying situation. Instead, students integrate words, empathy and actions into their bodies through guided discussion and improvisation. Our peers make for great partners, allowing us to reach more children in the community.
Maintenant que vous avez bien réfléchi à votre participation, aidez-nous à la présenter.
décrivez votre organisation, votre programme ainsi que les services ou les produits proposés (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
Alice’s Story is an interactive anti-bullying workshop and performance designed to help kids put a stop to bullying.
expliquez le caractère innovant de votre initiative (1 ou 2 phrases brèves). [136 caractères/25 mots]
Students function as audience members, critical thinkers and actors as they brainstorm effective strategies to counteract bullying.
Impact social
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Jusqu'à ce jour, quels résultats a obtenu votre projet ?
Since the program was created in November 2010, Alice’s Story has presented over 200 times, in over 25 schools and community centers, to over 6,000 students in all five NYC boroughs. A Teacher at VOICE Charter School in Queens says, “Through role playing, the actors appealed to the students’ empathy and creativity in solving real-life bullying problems. The experience has definitely added to our effort to create a caring community where bullying doesn’t happen.”
Quelles sont vos prévisions en termes d'impact au cours des trois prochaines années?
Alice’s Story will reach 6,000-8,000 students annually. We will partner with more community organizations whose mission involves creating communities of respect and inclusion in order to give young people the best, most effective ways to deal with bullying.
We will also expand our anti-bullying efforts to include bias-based bullying, in which individuals are targeted and harassed specifically because of an identifiable trait, choice or physical characteristic—this could include someone’s sexual orientation, religion, gender identity, race or physical appearance. The expanded program, targeted primarily toward 6-8th graders, will include examining social justice, cyberbullying and civic responsibility.
Les meilleures propositions possèdent un programme solide détaillant leurs prévisions pour atteindre et suivre leurs objectifs de croissance. Identifiez vos objectifs à 6 mois pour accroître vos résultats
Alice’s Story will serve all 3rd grade students in one of the five boroughs.
Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre ces objectifs à six mois
Tâche 1
Receive partial funding from a borough president/and or city council.
Tâche 2
Receive partial funding from a matching donor.
Tâche 3
Partner with schools to plan workshops.
Et maintenant, voyez les choses en plus grand ! Identifiez vos objectifs à 12 mois
Making Books Sing will partner with a cultural organization with a similar mission to expand the number of children we serve.
Définissez les trois tâches principales à accomplir pour atteindre vos objectifs à 12 mois
Tâche 1
Create a partnership with a cultural organization.
Tâche 2
Combine our marketing/publicity efforts.
Tâche 3
Strategically plan workshops in neighborhoods across the five boroughs.
Founding Story: We want to hear about your "Aha!" moment. Share the story of where and when the founder(s) saw this solution's potential to change the world [125 words]
In 1996, Making Books Sing began as the family theatre and education program of the Tony Award-winning Vineyard Theatre. Today, Making Books Sing is in its eleventh year as an independent nonprofit that produces professional theatre and related arts-in-education programs, inspiring children to grow as literate, creative and socially aware individuals.
Artistic Director and Founder Barbara Zinn Krieger says, “I felt there was a need for the kind of good and professional work that I was used to for adults at The Vineyard for children, and from what I could see, there wasn’t much of it around. I started Making Books Sing as the educational arm of The Vineyard and discovered that my passion shifted to that.”
Viabilité
Quels sont vos différents partenariats ?
Making Books Sing maintains partnerships with over 35 public schools in all five boroughs of NYC, New Jersey and Long Island. Half of the schools are long-term partners of five years or more.
MBS also partners with community and cultural organizations, offering free programs in diverse performance spaces to the general public. Our most recent community partners include Brooklyn Children's Museum, Staten Island Zoo, Central Park Zoo, New York Hall of Science, Bronx Zoo, and American Museum of Natural History.
Avec quelle équipe (employés, bénévoles, etc.) pensez-vous atteindre vos objectifs de croissance définis dans la section sur l'impact social? [75 mots]
Alice's Story is overseen by Executive Director Andrew Frank and Artistic Director Barbara Zinn Krieger, led and administered by Education Director Brooke Boertzel, and implemented by our 25 highly-trained teaching artists. Teaching Artists work in conjunction with classroom teachers to plan and evaluate the program.
Expliquez plus en détails les besoins et les offres indiqués ci-dessus ou proposez un type d'aide non mentionné dans la liste
Making Books Sing's primary need combines two resources: collaboration and marketing. We are able to reach more children when we work with our community and cultural partners, specifically with cross-promotional marketing.
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