Rosalind Flynn has been presenting professional development workshops for teachers in collaboration with The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since 1994. Her focus is the educational uses of drama as a learning method.
She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. At The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, Dr. Flynn is the head of the Master of Arts in Theatre Education (MATE) degree program.
She is the author of two books on the educational uses of drama:
Dramatizing the Content With Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre
A Dramatic Approach to Reading Comprehension co-authored with Lenore Blank Kelner
Information about the teacher workshops she presents based on the content of these two books can be found at her web site:
www.rosalindflynn.com
Rosalind also delivers her Curriculum-Based Readers Theatre workshop for teachers online. Using slides and video, Rosalind conducts teacher workshops that feature active participation and opportunities to ask questions and influence the instruction. Visit her website to learn more.
Her 20 articles on educational drama have been published in Dramatics, Youth Theatre Journal, Language Arts, English Journal, Teaching Artist Journal, The Reading Teacher, and Teaching Theatre.
She also has three plays published-"The Odyssey, Oedipus and Others, or Greek Story Theatre" with co-playwright Stacey Coates (Playscripts, Inc.), "The School for Parents" (Boston Public Schools), "Juliets" (Heurer Publishing).
Since 1994, she has conducted workshops for students, teachers, and artists-in person and online-from 43 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Shanghai, China.