STAGE IT: Teaching Students How Math and Business Principles Connect to Producing Broadway Shows
led by: David Atwood
STAGE IT!: Come see how using math and business principles, any teacher can use this original board game to introduce and teach students what it takes to produce a show either in their local communities or on the Great White Way! This board game will be connected to state standards, have formative and summative assessment follow-up questions, and a teacher’s guide and instructions. All teachers in attendance will have access to these files electronically so that they can play the game in their classroom, but one lucky teacher will win a physical board game set. Do you have what it takes to produce a Broadway show? Come find out at STAGE IT!
PRESENTER BIO:
David Atwood, Director of Education and Operations, Florida Theatrical Association
David Atwood's background is in education, where he taught middle school math for 10 years in which he had various roles of teaching, heading up curriculum departments, working on State committed for the Education Department, and creating new programs to monitor and analyze student growth. He transitioned from Education to Leadership in 2019 and sarted working for the Walt Disney World company in various management roles. In 2021, he started working at Florida Theatrical Association where he is the Director of Education and Operations and oversees an education department that invests in over multiple grants, scholarships, and awards that supports Floridan students and teacher in their theatrical education programs and development. He has an Undergraduate and Masters degree in Middle School Education and is currently a Ph.D. student in Leadership at the University of the Cumberlands. He resides in Orlando with his husband and has an amazing 11-year-old son and two very sassy cats.