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3 people are interested
Workshop Wizards - Winter 2019
ORGANIZATION: Uptown Stories
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3 people are interested
Workshop wizards provide extra support to instructors in our creative writing workshops. Duties can include setting up workshop space and supplies, taking attendance, assisting students one-on-one or in small groups with their writing. Our Wizards also offer encouragement, actively engage with students, assist with activities, and under the instructor's supervision assist with behavior management and supervision. They also distribute handouts and snacks, take photos and videos during workshop, and assist with the collection and organization of student writing in preparation for the reading and anthology produced at the end of the semester. You may also help by putting away supplies and ensuring the space is ready for the next workshop or group to use.
Volunteer as a Workshop Wizard in one of the five workshops that need one for the duration of our Winter 2019 Semester:
1) The Elements of Fiction, Tuesdays 3:00pm - 5:30pm, Jan 22 - Mar 26
2) The Art of Poetry, Wednesdays 2:15pm - 4:45pm Jan 23 - Mar 27
3) Girls Rising, Fridays 3:45pm - 6:15pm, Jan 25 - Mar 29
4) POW! Writing and Drawing Comics, Saturdays 2:15pm - 4:45pm
5) Monsters Are Us Minicamp, Mon - Fri for ONE WEEK ONLY, 9:45am - 2:15pm, Feb 18 - 22
If you would enjoy helping middle-school aged kids, and possess empathy, great communication skills and a sense of humor, come help kids fall in love with writing. A passion for reading, writing, education, and the arts are especially welcome.
More opportunities with Uptown Stories
No additional volunteer opportunities at this time.
About Uptown Stories
Location:
116 Pinehurst Avenue D44, New York, NY 10033, US
Mission Statement
Uptown Stories inspires kids to discover and develop their inner voices in a diverse community of writers. Based in upper Manhattan, we offer small-group writing workshops for children ages eight to fifteen, led by master teachers and professional authors. To ensure our workshops are accessible to all children, tuition is pay-what-you-can. Uptown Stories creates an exciting, challenging, and supportive community in which young authors thrive.
Description
Executive Director Kate Reuther founded Uptown Stories as a 501(c)(3), after more than 15 years of teaching English in New York City public and private schools. Our workshops vary in age range and genre, but all of them focus on "real world" writing, rather than school-oriented genres or test prep. In our 2017-18 fiscal year, we offered 32 after-school, weekend, and summer workshops including The Elements of Fiction, The Game of Poetry, POW! Writing and Drawing Comics, Girls Rising, Creating Otherworlds: Fantasy and Science Fiction, What Do You Have to Say for Yourself?, The Power of Words: Political Writing, and Jump Up and Write, a workshop for "active learners" who have trouble sitting still for long stretches of time. At the end of each 10-week semester, we hold a weekend of celebratory readings at the Word Up Community Bookstore in Washington Heights. We invite every student to read a selection of his or her work for family and friends. In addition, each student receives a paperback anthology that includes all of writing and art from that semester. For many of our students, this is their first experience reading their own work in public, particularly in a community setting with their peers. Since 2014, we’ve printed eight paperback anthologies, totaling over 3,000 pages of short stories, poems, essays, screenplays, and comics.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
178 Bennett AvenueNew YorkNew York, NY 10040
DATE POSTED
December 31, 2018
SKILLS
- People Skills
- Storytelling
- English
- Verbal / Written Communication
- Reading / Writing
- Youth Services
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
REQUIREMENTS
- Must be at least 16
- 2.5 hrs per week for 9 weeks