Eliana in Atlanta!
I had an utterly fantastic (fan-stab-stic?) time as an Associate Instructor at the A-Town Throwdown over this past Memorial Day weekend! Teaching falls through a gendered lens (very liberal artsy, I know) This was my third year on staff at this workshop, but my first time as an AI at any SAFD workshop. As an AI, I assisted a variety of classes over the long weekend and taught a class of my own under the supervision of a Certified Teacher, who also gave me detailed feedback. I was incredibly nervous about teaching in this capacity, but my class couldn't have gone any better, especially for a first attempt at teaching that material, and at a regional workshop no less. I received wonderful and encouraging feedback from students and my advisor which left me feeling incredibly encouraged considering how insecure I was going into the weekend. I love when lunch with friends turns into a modern Renaissance painting My love and gratitude go out to everyone who listened to my anxieties and...