7.16 A Conversation with Floyd Rumohr
This week JImmy talks with teaching artist and author Floyd Ruhmor. He talks about using developmentally appropriate pedagogy for students ages 9-12, his work with young people, and his new bookStage It: Making Shakespeare Come Alive in Schools!
Floyd Rumohr
Teaching Artist/Author
Floyd is the founder of Stages of Learning (1994-2010), a nonprofit organization upon which Stage It is based and described by Mayor Michael Bloomberg as “one of New York City’s most effective arts education programs”. He is a former master teaching artist for dozens of schools, has directed several plays off- and off-off-Broadway, was an adjunct professor of education at the Long Island University Graduate School of Education, and consulted on the NYC Department of Education's Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in the Arts Theater Grades PreK-12. As associate education director for Theatre for A New Audience, he focused on bringing world-class Shakespeare programs to urban youth. Floyd was the first among his peers to receive a university merit fellowship in the M.F.A. acting program of Temple University and received a B.F.A. in theatre from Wayne State University with several merit scholarships.
