For
more than twelve years, Julia Morris has worked as a storyteller and
drama/movement specialist in private and public schools in both New York
City and Washington DC.
In conjunction with her graduate work in early childhood and arts
education at New York University, she has developed a story-based drama
curriculum entitled The Imagination Station.
This unique teaching model has been implemented successfully in
various early childhood settings, including in populations for whom
English is a second language.
Ms.
Morris has worked as a teaching artist for various arts in education
organizations such as TADA!, the Bethesda Academy for Performing
Arts,
Young Audiences, and Early Stages.
When not in the classroom with children, she conducts training
workshops for teachers and parents.
With organizations such as the National Association for the
Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the Jewish Board of Education, her
staff development work has centered on fostering literacy through the
active integration of movement, drama, and storytelling.
Recently, Ms.
Morris has performed as a storyteller in Osaka, Japan and has appeared as
a feature teller at the Tribeca film festival. Her work has been published
in the book, Creative Drama in the Classroom and Beyond (2000) by
Nellie McCaslin and in the American
Alliance for Theatre and Education journal, Youth Theatre (2002).
