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A few of Carolyn's Quotes on Education
“I really like watching
people grow. There’s nothing more satisfying than being with the
students. They’re so into life and into living.”
“I think that students are excited by the fact that their
impressions and opinions are as valid as mine are. I give my
observations last after everyone else has spoken—therefore students
can become independent, free thinkers.”
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Carolyn
at PSV regional meeting, photo credit, Phyllis Haislip |
Carolyn
teaching Poetry Seminar, ECPI Technology College, Virginia Beach |
Carolyn with
students, ECPI Technology College, Virginia Beach |
Carolyn with
Nancy Powell and Ann Shalaski after a poetry reading at Barnes &
Noble, William & Mary Bookstore |
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For 37 years
Carolyn has conducted custom-designed writing workshops and poetry
readings in many different settings. Her audiences have included
teachers and students, kindergarten through graduate school. Below
are comments from participants in her workshop sessions, from former
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"The presentation was
wonderful (I’ve got students who are still raving about it). They
mentioned specifically the research you do, and the way you prepare
yourself to write. They were impressed that you allow different
interpretations in your classes, and, as one student wrote, ‘she made
you feel like poetry can be done by everyone."
-- Mark Farrington, graduate
writing course for teachers, George Mason University |
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"The excitement and
understanding Carolyn brings to her teaching is that rare thing in arts
education, the enthusiasm and knowledge of an active participant in the
making of art. I want to stress that she is not only a superlative
classroom teacher, she is a precious resource for other teachers. Her
successes with both students and fellow teachers are exactly the kinds
of successes that the nationally funded Artists-in-Education programs
aim at."
-- Peter Klappert, Professor of Creative Writing, George Mason
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“She has a very ethereal attitude
and kind approach. She loves to teach and cares about her students, and
her range of talent is absolutely amazing.”
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Ashley Maynard, former student, West Springfield High School - Quoted
from The Oracle, March 30, 1990.
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“That marvelous woman introduced
me to free verse poetry and encouraged me to write, although I am
profoundly deaf and have had difficulty expressing myself on paper.
Under her tutelage and endless patience, I learned to express myself
through free verse poetry. After that, I was hooked and have had a deep
love for poetry ever since.”
--
Mindy Hayden, Letters to the Editor, The Washington Post, August 14,
1981.
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"I have never known a
teacher as adored as Dr. Carolyn Foronda. To step inside her classroom
is to immerse yourself in love and creative energy. She promotes
individual expression, and her lessons are often extensive one-on-ones
where the students design their own projects and then, with her
guidance, work toward their personal goal. She not only develops
talented writers, but helps each to be his/her own distinct and special
person."
-- Jennifer LeRoy, Graduate, West Springfield High
School, Fairfax County, VA |
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"March 31st was a red
letter day not only for me, but for the 125 people who attended the
conference. I knew when I saw you in Smithfield that you would do a
magnificent job at the conference. I only wish you could hear all the
splendid comments your people made about you."
-- Doris Gwaltney, Writers’ Conference, Christopher Newport
University |
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"Your poetry seminar
with our students was highly successful and most rewarding for them. You
are certainly an inspiration for our youth!"
-- William F. Hanlon, Smithfield High School, VA |
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Each workshop is targeted to an
audience of writers, teachers, students, artists, or the general public.
Previous presentations have included “Poetry & Politics”; “The Nobel
Laureates in Poetry: What Makes Them Unique?”; “Testing the Limits of
Structure and the Power of Words: Line Breaks and Diction”; “How I
Write”; “Art-Inspired Poetry”; “The Writer’s Art: Writing in the
Galleries”; “Why Read Poetry?”; “Georgia O’Keeffe: The Poetry of
Things”; “Dramatic Monologue: Art-Inspired Poetry”; “Ekphrastic Poetry”;
“Poems Inspired by the Visionary Paintings of Marsden Hartley”; and
others. |
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FEES
Please
contact Carolyn about poetry reading, seminar and/or writing workshop
fees. Non-profit organizations can seek grant funding for
50% of the speaking fee through the
Writers-in-Virginia program, sponsored by the Virginia Commission of
the Arts. Fees for public and private schools are negotiable.
For information about
Carolyn's 2006-2007 Education Outreach workshop for middle school
audiences and older,
click here. The program, organized by the VMFA Office of Statewide
Partnerships, is funded, in part, by the Jean Stafford Camp fund. She
also works with the Poetry in the Schools Program. For more information,
click here.
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Carolyn:
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Carolyn
Kreiter-Foronda