Laura Schapiro
Laura has worked in the field of education for over 35 years. She is a School Designer for NYC Outward Bound Schools/ Expeditionary Learning. She serves as a leadership and teacher coach, helping schools to design and implement rigorous and engaging curricula, instruction and assessments. Previously she was a leadership coach at the NYC Leadership Academy, a principal in the Marlboro Central School District, and a Coordinator of Instructional Services and Arts-in- Education Ulster Co. BOCES. She was the director of the NYS Design for Differentiation Goals 2000 project. Laura has taught at the K- 12 level and at Lesley University and Goddard College. Laura earned her Ph.D. from the Union Institute. Her publications include several a chapter, “Releasing Emotion: Artmaking and Leadership for Social Justice”, Leadership for Social Justice: Making Revolutions in Education edited by Catherine Marshall and Maricela Oliva.
Laura consults with schools and non-profit organizations throughout New York City. Her primary area of focus is facilitating digital storytelling workshops for teachers and school counselors. Digital storytellers write and produce short, emotionally powerful films told in the first person. Students, grades 4-12, create digital stories to express their thinking and feelings about what they have learned and experienced. Digital stories are created in the context of the academic classroom, advisory classes, electives, clubs, counseling and support groups, weeklong intensives and as part of passage and graduation projects.
Laura consults with schools and non-profit organizations throughout New York City. Her primary area of focus is facilitating digital storytelling workshops for teachers and school counselors. Digital storytellers write and produce short, emotionally powerful films told in the first person. Students, grades 4-12, create digital stories to express their thinking and feelings about what they have learned and experienced. Digital stories are created in the context of the academic classroom, advisory classes, electives, clubs, counseling and support groups, weeklong intensives and as part of passage and graduation projects.