Teaching Practicum in Atlanta
Sheila K Collins,PhD and
Jennifer Denning, MSW
Atlanta, GA
Thursday, June 22nd • 7-10 pm, Friday, June 23rd • 9 am-9:00 pm with lunch and dinner breaks, Saturday, June 24th • 9 am-3 pm with lunch break
The InterPlay Teaching Practicum is a core component of the Interplay Leader Training Program. It is for InterPlay leaders-in-training who have enrolled in the Leader Training Program and attended a Secrets of Leading InterPlay. Previously certified InterPlay leaders may also attend. The Practicum is a multi-day workshop that includes practice teaching by participants with self-evaluation and feedback from leaders and other participants, information on best practices in designing and leading InterPlay events, and teaching resources such as sample class outlines. Before attending the Practicum, participants must complete 8 of the Self Study Core Elements and record their completion on the InterPlay website Leaders Circle form. For questions about this requirement, contact the InterPlay office, info@interplay.org or 510-465-2797.
Local homestays available! Contact Jennifer at atlantainterplay@gmail.com
Note:
A $350 Leader Training Program tuition payment is due at the time you register for this Teaching Practicum. This amount is credited to your Leader Training Program tuition. Also a payment plan for the balance of the Leader Training Program tuition must be in place by the time you attend the Practicum. Automatic monthly payments can be set up by credit card through the Body Wisdom office or you can arrange that automatic checks be sent by your bank. The Practicum is also open to previously certified leaders who pay a reduced amount of $300.
Cost: $350 plus shared cost of space rental. Previously certified InterPlay leaders, $300 plus shared cost of space rental.
Registration/Information: 510/465-2797 or info@interplay.org
Venue
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
435 Peachtree St Ne
Atlanta, GA 30308
Free Parking
Leaders
Sheila K Collins,PhD
Sheila K. Collins is the director of InterPlay Pittsburgh and the Wing & A Prayer Pittsburgh Players, an InterPlay-based performance troupe she founded in 2006 to assist human service agencies and art organizations in accomplishing their noble purposes. A former professional dancer, Sheila has described herself as a “dancing social worker” for over 40 years, throughout her careers as a therapist, social work professor, and writer.
She is the author of Stillpoint: A Playbook for Caregivers to Find Ease, Time to Breathe, and Reclaim Joy, which since its second edition, co-authored by Christine Gautreaux, has become a popular weekly online class, and Warrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss and the Rituals That Heal.
She’s been known to travel the country enlisting InterPlayers to help her Perform her Books, demonstrating how InterPlay tools help us get through life’s ordinary and extraordinary, “tough challenges”
Her latest book, The Art of Grieving: How Art and Artmaking Help Us Grieve, and Live Our Best Lives explores how the arts of storytelling, dance, music, and visual arts help mourners navigate episodes of grief, process loss, and extract meaning and wisdom for their future lives.
sheilakcollins@gmail.com 817 706-4967 120 Chapel Harbor Dr Pittsburgh Pa 15238
Jennifer Denning, MSW
Jennifer is keenly interested in using the InterPlay forms to promote racial justice and healing and has collaborated in developing and leading the workshops “Sankofa Communities” and “Using Body Wisdom to Build Just Communities.” She directs InterPlay Atlanta's performance group, Soulprint Players. She launched InterPlay Atlanta’s programming with women in prison and has taught regularly at Trinity House and The Friendship Center. Jennifer has also worked as a professional actor and taught and directed with Synchronicity Theatre’s “Playmaking For Girls” program for over fifteen years. Her work has long centered on the intersection of creativity, spirituality and social justice.
Jennifer currently works as a financial social worker, using financial education as one tool to advance economic equity. She delights in weaving deep breaths, InterPlay storytelling forms, and body awareness into her workshops.
Jennifer is a former co-president of the Body Wisdom Board of Directors and a founding member of InterPlay's Racial Equity and Transformation committee.