HS Teachers’ Professional Development Workshop
May 19 and 20, 2025 In Person. 4:30 P.M. – 7:00 P.M. both days.
This hands-on two-session professional development workshop will give High School Educators a solid foundation to work with the lighting systems in their own schools and provide an introduction to the available careers in lighting today.
Mark Stanley
May 19 and 20, 2025. NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Undergraduate Drama Campus at 721 Broadway.
This two-day workshop will be an introduction to stage lighting for non-technical H.S. faculty. The expected learning outcomes of the workshop: By the conclusion of the workshop, the participating faculty member will be able to:
- Describe basic stage lighting terminology and use those terms to help their students create stage lighting designs for school shows..
- Operate basic functions on a standard lighting console such as:
- turning lights on and off.
- recording ‘cues’’.
- saving a show file.
- playing back cues.
- Lead students in several stage lighting design lessons and exercises designed for classroom use.
- Describe some of the careers in stage lighting that are available to High School graduates and some common pathways into those careers.
- Describe and discuss with their students the Studio School of Design’s free summer program for High School Students and Fall lighting programs in New York City.
PROPOSED SCHEDULE (subject to change):
Day 1: Meet and Greet, Classroom Lessons in Lighting, Reflection
Day 2: Careers in Lighting, Console Training, Classroom Lessons in Lighting, Studio School of Design Summer and Fall Programs for young people, Reflection
Register through DOE Professional Development Portal or, send an email to SSD at information_request@studioschoolofdesign.org to request access if you are interested and outside the New York City Public School System.
This program is made possible by the New York City Department of Education, Theater Program Office and the generous donation of space, logistics, equipment, and personnel at New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Undergraduate Drama. Thank you!
