October 24, 2021
Episode 34

Project Feature: Forest of Fright

Featuring: Leeanne McLim, Teacher, Director, Choreographer

Featured Guests

  • Leeanne McLim

    Teacher, Director, Choreographer

    After performing, directing, and choreographing professionally across Canada and the US, Leeanne answered the call to become a teacher. It is her passion to nurture creative interchange and dynamic discovery. She is currently the K-12 drama teacher at Calgary Academy and the Alberta Chapter Director for the International Association for School Theatre.

In this project feature, we explore how drama teacher Leeanne McLim reimagined the classic “Haunted House” project in response to the pandemic. While students learned a myriad of life skills through planning, pitching, designing, and hosting the event, Leeanne discovered a deeper appreciation for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Show Notes:

  • 2:30Leeanne’s journey as a reluctant teacher who was drawn to the community of theatre.
  • 6:30Describing the "Forest of Fright" project.
  • 10:02How the project fostered deeper learning of a wide variety of outcomes.
  • 13:40Evidence of authentic student engagement.
  • 16:50A renewed passion for interdisciplinary collaboration.
  • 20:00Teaching life skills by integrating the Arts.
  • 23:20Becoming a better teacher through improv.
  • 27:28The purpose of education.

Significant Quotes:

“By integrating the arts into the core classes, it offers an authentic learning experience.”

Leeanne McLim
22:00

“We created that art moment for them to have that authentic learning; to have deeper learning.”

Leeanne McLim
22:35

“What makes a teacher? Being a human, or being a robot?”

Leeanne McLim
24:15
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