Verandah offers unique poetry workshops and residencies, by the day, week, or month, for students of all ages—elementary to Elderhostel.

Each workshop and residency is planned with each host. Verandah understands the challenges schools face, from 30 years of working closely with students and teachers.

Residencies open with a lively interactive performance featuring Verandah's work, poetic forms she's invented or adapted, wordplay and whimsy. Residencies close with a culminating event or exhibition.

RESIDENCIES

In residencies, Verandah

• models processes with students
• integrates visual art,song,and movement
• strengthens each voice
• brings out the soul in literacy programs
• warms the school community

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

IN-SERVICE WORKSHOPS

• nurturing teacher-writers
• providing classroom-ready lessons

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT

• creating poems and implementation strategies
• to enhance instruction and document student learning

"Verandah shares her pleasure with classes. She presents complex ideas so that students can grasp them. She honors each individual effort. She bonds with teachers and enhances their skills. I wish every child could work with her."
Claire Oglesby, retired teacher, honored in "The World of Claire's Classroom," a film by Marlboro Productions

POEMS WRITTEN BY STUDENTS