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A LIFETIME EDUCATOR: COLLINS


Lowery Christopher Collins has over 30 years teaching experience, has taught in kindergarten, elementary, middle school, high school, college, and university classrooms, has served as an curriculum consultant, a Gifted Education consultant, a writing consultant, a theatre director, a UIL director, a choir director, an English and history teacher, an administrator, and much more.  Recently, he officially retired as a PROFESSOR of ENGLISH at PANOLA COLLEGE.

(Please see the About/VITA page for more details.) 

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He has accumulated many years of experience and knowledge and is eager to share what he has learned about CONTENT, INSTRUCTION, and ASSESSMENT with teachers, students, and/or home-school parents and specialists. 

Teaching/Consulting: Books

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A FEW EDUCATION "WORKSHOPS"
& PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
PREVIOUSLY DEVELOPED AND/OR PRESENTED BY L. CHRISTOPHER COLLINS

  • From Rigor to Vigor: Developing a Powerful Academic Program Based on Vitality

  • CODE 7 Model United Nations Student Seminar at Region 7 ESC (co-coordinator and facilitator for many years)

  • Model United Nations' Active Security Council Sessions/Meetings (development, scenario/curriculum writing, facilitation) 

  • Curriculum Development for Gifted Learners

  • Effective Questioning

  • Teaching the Skill of Making Logical Inferences

  • Affective Effects: A General Exploration of the Affective Domain Gifted Learners

  • Instructional Leadership Development for Teachers

  • Home on the Range: Creating an Environment Conducive to Effective Learning

  • The Nature and Needs of Gifted Learners

  • Genius Thinking: What We Can Learn from the Masters

  • Building a Strong Theatre Program in a Small School

  • Focusing on Deliberate Excellence by Using Design

  • "Scope and Sequence" for Instructional Planning

  • The Crossroads Writing Project

  • Powerful Instructional Strategies for Innovative Teachers

  • How to Write a (Good) Play

  • Crushing Debilitation: The Ugly Side of Giftedness

  • A Practical Approach to Teaching Secondary Social Studies Students (Without Thinking about State Tests)

  • Creative Writing: A Project for Personal Growth

  • Identifying the Needs of Gifted Learners

  • Differentiation 101

  • Depth and Complexity: An Introduction

  • The Depths of Depth and Complexity

  • Creativity and Critical Thinking in the Classroom

  •  The 12 Guideposts: the Deep End of Acting

  • Modern Acting Techniques: From Delsarte to Chubbuck 

  • Face, Voice, and Body: The Trifecta of Believability

  • Using Reading as the Key to Powerful Writing

  • Teaching Analysis: Using Conceptual Lens

  • Theatre Games: Thought and Movement (TETA, etc.)

  • The "Playwriting Session" for LeTourneau University

  • Playwriting with a Purpose (for ETBU Writing Conference)

  • Breaking Down the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)

  • "Reading" Film as Literature

  • Cinematography: Analysis and Creation

  • The Basics of Calligraphy

  • Blocking for the Stage

  • Set Design: Units Sets and More

  • Various Customized Workshops

  • many, many more

HELP & HINTS FOR FELLOW EDUCATORS
(PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, & HOME SCHOOL) 

Information and potential help for my friends in education: coming soon!

TEACHING THEATRE: 
ACTING, COMMUNICATING, DIRECTING, PRODUCING A PLAY AND/OR A MUSICAL, DESIGNING SETS, LIGHTING, MUSIC, SOUND, AND MORE 

More information coming soon

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