The InterPlay Teaching Practicum is a core component of the
InterPlay Leader Training Program. It is open to those who have enrolled in the Leader Training Program and attended a Secrets of Leading InterPlay event. 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.
Note: After attending a Secrets of Leading and before attending a Teaching Practicum, participants complete 12 of the Self Study Core Elements and record their completion on the InterPlay website Leaders Circle form. Access to the Leaders Circle is provided after the Secrets of Leading InterPlay. For questions about this requirement, contact Ginny Going, Leader Training Program coordinator, at ginny.going@gmail.com.
Schedule (all times are Eastern Daylight Time Zone):
Friday 9:30 am – noon & 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Saturday 9:30 am – noon & 3:00 - 5:00 pm
Sunday 9:30 am - Noon & 1:30 -3:30 pm
Continuing Education Credit
13 CE credits for various healthcare and allied healthcare professions are available for those practicing throughout the U.S. and for educators only practicing in Illinois. CE pre-registration is required at least 2 weeks before the start of your event. Notify the Body Wisdom office (510) 465-2797 at the time of registration that you are requesting CEUs. A fee of $25 per program will be due at the time you register. CEUs are offered through Continuing Education Institute of Illinois.
The Teaching Practicum is included in the tuition for the Leader Training Program. A payment of $300 toward the total tuition is due before the Practicum and a payment plan for the balance of the program needs to be in place. (The tuition for repeating the Practicum or for previously certified leaders is $300.)
Leaders
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.
Carolyn Renée
Carolyn Renée Morris, also known as “Carolyn Renée,” is a Naturopathic Wellness Practitioner and former faculty member at A Life Of Peace Wellness Education Institute, an accredited school by the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. As a Certified InterPlay Leader, Yoga Instructor, and Teaching Artist, she part-time teaches yoga at the YMCA and co-directs an InterPlay performance group. Through her work, she aims to unite communities at the intersection of the healing and creative arts, finding fulfillment in collaborating globally on art-infused projects that incorporate healing modalities.
