Educational Programs & Services

InCollaboration, Inc. / a/k/a the Readers Theatre Workshop

"New York's Authority and Your Number One Source for Arts and Technology in the Classroom"™

RTW presents Oriki Omi Oddara
Award Winning & Exciting
Afro-Cuban Dance Company
at Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Theatre w 46th St New York City
March, 2007

Senator Hillary Clinton
greets RTW Artistic Associates
Rick Montalvo, left, and
Hank Wagner, right, at reception
in New York City

Students at PS752Q
Join in an Indian Pow Wow
and Dance to the Beat
of Native American
Drums & Chants

Educational Services from InCollaboration, Incorporated

InCollaboration, Inc., doing business as the Readers Theatre Workshop, and working in partnerships with schools, community school districts, government agencies and other arts organizations, offers programs to enhance student performance, engage parental involvement, and provide professional development and teacher training, using the arts and technology as an integral part of classroom instruction.

The General Program Categories Offered by the Company are listed below and include the Theatre Arts, Dance, Music, and the Visual Arts; Multi-Media Programs, Movie-making and Editing; Culturally Specific Arts and Crafts; the Performing Arts such as mimic, mime, puppeteer, poet, magician, illusionist, acrobat, gymnast, wrangler, wrestler, etc.; many of the programs include, in some way, a literacy component to improve the reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills of students. All of the programs incorporate the applicable State's Learning Standards and, in New York City, conform to New York City's Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts.

Categories include:

	Acquiring Literacy Through the Arts
	Literacy Skills Classes and the English Language Arts
	Thematic Arts Programs (Science; History, Civics, Social Studies; Earth, Life Sciences; more)
	Cultural Awareness Programs:

(Native-American Arts; Latin Music & Jazz; African Percussion; International Dance; World Music)

	Art Appreciation (Art for Art's Sake) and Student Art Skills Development (Project-based Learning)
	Family Literacy Programs and Family Arts Day Programs At Risk, Special Needs, ESL, After School, Anti-Violence and Summer Programs:
	(Arts & Crafts, the Performing Arts, Career Skills and Creative Hobbies, such as Photography)
	Professional Development Workshops and Programs for Teachers (Art in the Schools - Covers all of the above and more, for teachers) and "Technology in the Classroom" ( "Who's on First?")

Programs number in the dozens for a specific workshop series or an arts partnership residency. The Company continues to promote literacy among the young in this digital age, and has taken major steps to incorporate the digital camera, scanner, digital video, recordable and writable CDs and DVDs, digital editing, digital music composition and scoring, and computer productivity technology into its school programs, using technology as a further means to improve student reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, right along with pens, pencils, paper, paint, crayons and books.

InCollaboration Inc. programs are supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State agency.
We also acknowledge the continuing and invaluable support provided by
The New York City Council, Council Members Eric Gioia and Peter Vallone, Speaker Christine Quinn, the entire Queens Delegation and Queens Borough President Helen Marshall; The Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, the New York State Music Fund, Con Edison, JPMorganChase, the Carnegie Corporation and the Morgan Stanley Group of Companies.

Educational Services from InCollaboration, Incorporated

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