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A strong, Statewide Organization to advocate for Drama/Theatre Education in New York State, NYSTEA promotes and supports theatre education in grades K-12 for the betterment of youth and theatre itself.

NYSTEA believes theatre: Is an essential part of a K-12 education for all students, developing abilities needed for the 21st century such as:

• Creativity & innovation
• Critical thinking & problem solving
• Communication & collaboration
• Flexibility & adaptability
• Initiative & self-direction
• Productivity & responsibility
• Cross-cultural skills
• Social responsibility

TOOLKIT FOR KEEPING ARTS IN THE SCHOOLS
It’s budget building (and cutting) season — prime time for arts education advocates to team up and implement a winning strategy that will influence school boards to include arts learning as one of the priorities for delivering a high quality education. Below is a link to a “Toolkit” aimed at encouraging school boards to maintain arts programming in our schools.

http://keepartsinschools.org/School_board/schoolboard.html

View Our Student Conference Video!

http://nystea.org/wp-content/video/conference_2010.mp4

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NYSTEA Membership Registration Form (PDF format)

Colleges that offer Teaching Certification in Theatre:

Bard College

CUNY (City University of New York)

Dowling College

LeMoyne College

Manhattenville College

NYU (New York University)

SUNY Postdam

Wagner College

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