Students will participate in activities to help them become better storytellers, performers and general communicators. Students will be exposed to stories from many cultures and to a variety of styles of storytelling. The coach works closely with one to three teachers. Teachers help with the story search and rehearsals.
All students participate in storytelling workshops and choose a story to learn.
This type of residency can take place with one professional storytelling coach or with one anchor storyteller and several visiting tellers. By being exposed to a variety of tellers, students become aware of different narrative styles. Each teller demonstrates his or her personal techniques in developing a story. The coach works with ten to fifteen students as a special assignment outside of class. At the start of the residency, a participatory workshop is held with one to three classes.