The Collectives
The Art of Speech Collective currently offers three unique tracks for students who wish to develop their relationship with speech. Learn more below about the available offerings, and a comparison between the Community Collective and the Educators Collective.
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Transformative Healing for the Indivual -The Community Speech Collective
The Community Speech Collective is for those longing to continue their exploration of Creative Speech for the joy of it and for the self-development that it inspires. In this Collective there is no particular focus on pedagogical or classroom work.
This Collective meets once a month via a live online video platform. All students in the Certificate Program and those in the Educators Program are welcome to join the Community Speech Collective. Private students are all invited as well.
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Healing Tools for the Classroom - The Educators Speech Collective
The Educators Speech Collective is for educators who want to develop their voice for their work in a practical and developmentally appropriate way. We use Creative Speech for the most precious tool we have as a teacher - our voice. This Collective is an ongoing group for teachers to engage in ways to work on themselves through Creative Speech as well to bring to their students.
Participants in the Educator’s Collective also receive access to all of the content in the Community Collective.
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Teacher Certificate Speech Collective
The Certificate Speech Collective is a three year program with a commitment of one year at a time.
The Certificate Speech Collective is focused on Pedagogical Speech. It is intended for teachers who want to strengthen their work with students and for those who wish to work with Creative Speech as a Teaching Specialty to teach Creative Speech to others themselves. This is the most robust program and full participation can lead teachers in their journey to receiving a Pedagogical Speech Certification from TASC. Receiving a certificate requires reaching a certain level of proficiency in their speech work and a working knowledge of pedagogy.
The Certificate Speech Collective is a three year program with a commitment of one year at a time. Each year includes sixteen live, 2-hour classes via video platform. Participants also receive one-on-one mentoring sessions and two four-day residencies. Anyone enrolled in the Certificate Program is welcome at any of the Community Speech Collective offerings.
“Reciting poetry with a class of students is one of the great joys of teaching. Starting the day with the humor, drama, wisdom or lyricism of a poem gave the students and me, their teacher, energy and heart for the day. Recitation should never become mechanical, dull or droning. Having practiced speech formation in trainings was one of the greatest gifts to my teaching for which I was always grateful. Through it I could life to the students.
Watching Debbie work with her students was always an inspiration!”
Which Collective should you join?
Joining the CommunitySpeech Collective is perfect for you if you would welcome:
Having fun with speech, storytelling and poetry
Developing the power of your own voice
Working on your own growth and development
Transforming yourself and your communications with others
Collaborating and sharing with others through poetry and story
For anyone wishing to explore general Creative Speech work. Experience the healing and wonder of speaking and breathing life into stories and poems.
These sessions will feature Creative Speech enhanced with Form Drawing brought by Laura Embrey-Stine, using Seasonal Poems & The Rock Spring Wonder Fairy Tale from The Soul's Probation, Scene 5 by Rudolf Steiner
Nine 90- minute offered live via video platform
Meets the second Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST September through May.
Opening class is Wednesday September 11, 2024
Open to everyone
Optional additions: one-on-one mentoring sessions with Debbie Spitulnik, fall and spring four-day weekend residencies. (See Certificate Speech Collective for further descriptions. Please note that the residencies include a strongly pedagogical focus. Additional fees apply.)
Joining the Educators Speech Collective is perfect for professional development if want to:
Enjoy all of the benefits of the Community Speech Collective, plus,
Enliven the teacher’s most precious tool: your voice
Be an empowered storyteller,
Be an effective orator
Strengthen your memory
Improve your classroom management skills
Bring more poetics and drama in your daily teaching
Awaken the imagination of your students through the magic of your speech. These interactive classes bring Creative Speech alive through speech exercises and poetry, study of Pedagogical Speech, and experiential storytelling.
Live 90 - minute classes via video platform in four blocks over the course of four months - October 2024 - March 2025. 1:30 - 3:00 EST; Saturday and Sundays :
Pedagogical Storytelling & Creative Speech Modules 1 & 2; Healing tools for the Classroom Modules 3 & 4
Module 1: October 19-20, 26 -27
Module 2: December 7 - 8; 14 -15
Module 3: January 4 -5, 11 - 12
Module 4: March 1 -2, 8 - 9
A letter of completion is given to participants for professional development
Optional additions: one-on-one mentoring sessions with Debbie Spitulnik, fall and spring four-day weekend residencies. (See Certificate Speech Collective for further descriptions. Additional fees apply.) The Educator’s Speech Certificate is perfect for those looking to teach this curriculum to others.