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New York 2010 EXPO. Mercy College Counseling Department Drs. Esther E. Mulnix, Carolyn Cullen, Fernando Cabrera and graduate students Juliann Snyder, Kelly Nilsson and Santos Cancel. Interactive Theater. Needs assessment Team members’ roles Skit presentation Engaging the community
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New York 2010 EXPO Mercy College Counseling Department Drs. Esther E. Mulnix, Carolyn Cullen, Fernando Cabrera and graduate students Juliann Snyder, Kelly Nilsson and Santos Cancel
Interactive Theater • Needs assessment • Team members’ roles • Skit presentation • Engaging the community • Director’s debriefing with the community • Data collection • Debriefing with team members
Needs assessment • Assess the community’s needs • Talk to school personnel • Talk to students • Decide and define the problem to be addressed • Bullying: cyber-bullying • Discrimination • Exclusion
Counseling Team • Write 5’ skit • Make sure to depict only the problem • Perform the skit • Remain in role through out the experience • Do not lecture, speak within your role • Do not explain the behavior away, explain the reasons behind it
Community participation • Director asks the community to participate • Ask questions of the cast members • Actors remain in character • Actors voice the rationale of the character they are playing • Director thanks the community and actors for participating • Director requests the community answers survey
Survey • Demographic characteristics • Age • Gender • Education • Ethnic or racial group • School group of reference • Staff • Graduate student • Survey • Content • Format • Overall assessment
References • López-Mulnix, E. E., & Mulnix, M. W. (2006). Models of excellence in multicultural colleges and universities. Journal of Hispanic Higher Education.Vol. 5, #1. Sage Publications. • López, E. E., and Mulnix, M. (2004). Educating the next generation: Culture centered education for school-aged children. In Saracho, O., and Spodek, B. (Ed.) Contemporary Perspectives on Language Policy and Literacy Instruction in Early Childhood Education. Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing Inc.