They also offer students practical advice on career options and expectations. We are really given a cache of credibility that we may or may not deserve. Students are always looking for ways to see how theory intersects with practice. They offer students practical advice on career options. Greg Denman has taught as an adjunct in Lesley's Creative Arts in Learning program for 12 years, traveling to sites across the country from his home in Colorado Springs.
Adjuncts appreciate the opportunity to contribute to students and often get just as much in return.
Denman values the dedication of an entire course to integrating poetry across the curriculum. The Lesley Creative Arts program is the only one I know where the poetry course is an integral part of the program. Students' eyes are opened during the course. Along with the joy of discovery among the students is a growing sense of confidence in their own abilities to teach through the arts. Denman's travels as a Lesley adjunct have taken him to cities, towns and rural places.