Please join California Poets in the Schools staff and Poet-Teachers for a brief, 75-minute professional development workshop.  Three experienced panelists will offer their ideas and insights on how to encourage impactful recitations among student participants in this nationwide poetry recitation program.  There will be time for a broader sharing of ideas, as well.  This event is organized by California Poets in the Schools and is geared towards classroom teachers and poet coaches who are preparing for this year's Poetry Out Loud season.   Poetry Out Loud is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, administered statewide by the California Arts Council.

Fernando Albert Salinas is the brand new Program Manager at California Poets in the Schools.  He has coached Poetry Out Loud in Ventura County for many years.  Fernando is well-known for his community leadership as an arts activist throughout the state, and in Ventura County particularly. He has…