August 18
By Gretchen Nordleaf-Nelson Photo by Headway on Unsplash After one week in my virtual classroom in March of 2020, I was floundering. I was faced with students not having reliable internet connections, their books were in their lockers at...
July 7
We all know that theatre and the arts have wide reaching benefits for young people, but how can we implement theatre and drama in a more academic setting? For a while now we’ve wanted to involve non-theatre teachers more and based on feedback over...
July 7
Originally published in Behind the Scenes June 2020. Celebrating ISTA members' school performances 2019-2020 This was the year when education around the globe was abruptly halted and rerouted to an online environment leaving many school...
June 29
by Ellis Van Maarseveen Watch as ISTA artist Ellis van Maarseveen takes us on a journey of traditional Japanese theatre including Noh, Kyogen and Kabuki. Ellis holds a Masters of Applied Theatre Studies and lived in Japan for many years...
June 22
We are delighted to announce that an article written by Sally has been recently published in the global education publication The International Educator (TIE) on 8th June 2021. View the TIE article here When the pandemic began in...
June 18
1. Introduction This is our first dose of wellbeing vibes to help disconnect you from your working week and reconnect you with what gives you joy, meaning and purpose. We hope you find this session - and the next 6 sessions run by...
June 18
Originally published in ISTA's Scene Provocative Theatre issue in January 2016. Free from theatrical cliché, sentimentality and tired convention. Bringing Brecht to the stage should be an act of sabotage and as such it should improvise...
June 14
Here's a quick look at all the Professional development and learning experiences we have on this July for teachers of the IB DP Theatre programme. Watch as each workshop leader explains their workshop, learning outcomes and how the workshop...
May 28
By Allyn Rathus Originally published in Scene January 2016. Why would I want students to practice safe theatre when the very act of making theatre is provocative? Ms. Rathus, why not just do a crowd-pleaser? Why are we doing a...
May 26
HELP! It's a zombie apocalypse! Well, not a real one obviously. But the students and teachers at St John's School in Vancouver, Canada sure made us believe that one was happening through their very unique school show format of a live...
May 25
This summer we hope that you take the time to relax and unwind (much needed after a huge year in teaching). We want to be sure you do things just for you – and what better way to feel good than through exploring new learning...
May 20
As we come to the end of our 2019-2020 year I realise it’s timely to spell out our plans for 2021-2022 and beyond. We now have a much clearer picture of what next year will look like and I wanted to share those ideas with you so that we can begin...
May 3
In 2001, at a local toddler group in Trannack, Sally met Jo, and both an amazing friendship and tremendous working relationship was formed. Twenty years later, they are still going strong, and in celebration of this (and how they transformed ISTA)...
April 28
Dulwich College, Singapore became an ISTA Global Partner school in 2019. The major focus of our partnership was the creation of a cross-arts festival. ISTA has worked with Kat Hegarty and Corin James for many years, across a number of schools and...
April 20
ISTA member school Canadian Academy, Kobe, Japan wanted to change up student learning. With the pandemic continuing on Head of Arts and middle school teacher Kristyn Art had a vision on how she could add a little creative disruption to her...
April 13
In response to COVID-19 ISTA has had to adapt and innovate our previous ways of working to a more online environment. While these online experiences will not replace our face to face events in the future, it's going to be an important part of our...
April 6
As we start to see the world opening up again after a challenging year, ISTA is keen to restart cultivating togetherness and collaboration with face to face events. We're delighted to start this off with the launch of our TaPS...
April 2
By Elaine Nielsen This article was originally published in the ‘Storytelling’ issue of Scene in May 2016. Some ideas towards an idea of progression in working with stories and storytelling in drama with pre-Kindergarten and...
March 26
After the past year of watching theatre performances come to stand still, drama classrooms get flipped on their heads and amazing innovative theatre be born, it is definitely time to celebrate! Here's our list of things to celebrate - from arts...
March 24
Originally published in Düsseldorf Bild Zeitung newspaper in Düsseldorf, Germany. Photo credits: International School of Düsseldorf Special thanks to Frank Tschan, School Director and Theatre Department Head Kate Olson of the...