Mimi Herman

Mimi Herman

Mimi Herman transforms lives.

As a Kennedy Center teaching artist, director of the United Arts Council Arts Integration Institute and an A+ Fellow, she has taught over 25,000 students and teachers to fall in love with writing and gain confidence in their ability to write across the curriculum.

Mimi also offers hands-on workshops for teachers, administrators and teaching artists on integrating the arts.  With her partner John Yewell, she leads Writeaways writing workshops in France, Italy and New Mexico.

Her new novel, The Kudzu Queen, will be available in January 2023. Find out more about Mimi at www.mimiherman.com.

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EDUCATOR CONTACT INFO

mimiherman@gmail.com

http://www.mimiherman.com

  810 Lancaster Street, Durham, NC 27701

Durham

919-606-7686

Writing Across the Curriculum-Workshops & Residencies

Program description

Workshops and residencies are available for students and teachers, and can range from 1 hour to 5 days, depending on the needs of the school.

STEAM Writing: From atoms to galaxies, scientists use metaphors to explain things that can’t be seen. Discover how writing poetry can deepen scientific understanding.

Coming to America: Arrive in America in 1901 with only your dreams and a steamer trunk, and learn how how to live in a new country without losing your own culture. As we immigrate, we’ll integrate, bringing history to life through poetry and drama.

Reading & Writing Art: Visual Literacy & Poetry: Can you read a painting? Your students will become detectives when they explore art—reading, analyzing and creating it—to discover its secrets, and translate those secrets into poetry.

The Poetry of Ecosystems: Create poetry and visual art to understand ecosystems from the inside out and the outside in, discovering how animal, plants and climates work together.

The Geography of Your Life: Your students will fall in love with social studies by designing three-dimensional maps of their own lives, the lives of historical figures, or characters from literature.

Condensing the Water Cycle: If you were a body of water, what would you notice? How does the water cycle really work? Explore the mysteries of water through poetry, dance, science, social studies and visual art.

…or work with Mimi to custom-design a residency for your curriculum.

All workshops and residencies are available as professional development workshops. Additional workshops for teachers include:

  • Adventures in Arts Integration
  • Hands-on Multiple Intelligences
  • Writing Across the Curriculum

Find more workshops and residencies at www.mimiherman.com

Booking / scheduling contact

Mimi Herman

   919-606-7686

 mimiherman@gmail.com

Program detail
Artistic discipline: Dance, Literary Arts, Multi-discipline, Theater, Visual Arts
Cultural Origin: European
Program type: Out-of-School-Time, Professional Development, Residency, Virtual/Online Program, Workshop
Population served: Grade 10, Grade 11, Grade 12, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Grade 9, Teachers
Subject: Dance, Engineering, English, History, Language Arts, Literacy, Science, Social Studies / History, Technology, Theatre Arts, Visual Arts
Bilingual: No
Available dates:

Year-round

Available times:

Flexible

Length of program: 45-60 minutes per class for residencies, 90 minutes to all-day for workshops
Space / technical requirements:

Mimi Herman’s workshops and residencies can be adapted to any setting and are available online or in person.

Location(s):

All.

Fees / Ticketing:

Student Workshops, Daily Rate:
$475 for up to 2 classes
$125 for each additional class
(4 classes per day maximum)

Student Residencies:
$3500 for 5 days, 4 classes per day
Discount available for Title I schools

Professional Development Workshops:
$750 for 2-hour workshop
$250 for each additional hour

Fees include all teaching materials and travel.
Ask about block booking rates if you would like to partner with another school.

EDUCATION STANDARDS

NC Standard Course of Study:

CCR Anchor Standard W.2 – Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.

CCR Anchor Standard W.3 – Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.

CCR Anchor Standard SL.1 – Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.

CCR Anchor Standard SL.4 – Present information, findings, and supporting evidence such that listeners can follow the line of reasoning and the organization, development, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.

Because the residences are integrated across the curriculum, additional standards depend on the grade level and subject area of integration.

NC Essential Standards:

See above.

Qualifications

Conducts educational programming for 2 or more years: Yes
Performs criminal background checks on staff with youth contact: Yes
Three letters of recommendation / references available: Yes
Provides study guides for teachers and or students: Yes
Connects to State and or Common Core Curriculum Standards: Yes
Provides tools to assess student learning (workshops and residencies): Yes
Conducts ongoing assessments of program quality: Yes
Cancellation Policy

If a program cannot be rescheduled, a 50% cancellation fee is required.