TWO YEAR

COLLEGE PROGRAM

The Association for Theatre in Higher Education Two Year College Program Focus Group

The ATHE Focus groups offer members a direct way of getting involved in ATHE around issues of
common concern. The Two Year College Program facilitates communication and interaction between faculty members in two year colleges throughout the country.

The principal purposes of the TYCP Focus Group are:

To facilitate communication and interaction between departmental theatre personnel in two-year college Theatre programs and to provide means for collecting, interpreting, and disseminating information of particular importance to them.
To serve as a forum for the discussion of basic issues, specific problems, and unique challenges relating to Theatre programs in two-year institutions.
To promote standards and goal-achievement in curricula, degree programs, and productions with students at the beginning level of training.
To encourage members to improve academic and artistic quality in all of their efforts.

Officers of TYCP Focus Group:
Sherry Engle, (CUNY-Borough of Manhattan Community College), TYCP Group Representative/Chair
TYCP Group Representative/Chair-Elect to be voted on at the Business Meeting in August 2006
Zoie Eva Lutz, (University of Wisconsin-Richland), Website Coordinator, TYCP Conference Planner
Barbara Marder (Anne Arundel Community College), TYCP Conference Planner-Elect (Duties begin August 2006)

Two Year College Program List Serv:
Located at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ATHE-TYCP
Members of the listserv address mail to: ATHE-TYCP@yahoogroups.com

2006 Business Meeting and Dinner:
Meeting -- Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 12:30 pm - 2 pm, ATHE Conference, Palmer Hilton, Chicago
Dinner -- Friday, August 4th, 2006 at 5:45 pm - 7:15 pm, meet at the ATHE registration desk

2006 ATHE panel presentations sponsored by TYCP:
"Addressing More Learning Styles: Lessons From Teaching the Arts"--Thursday, Aug. 3rd at 1:30 pm
"Part Time Instructors in Theatre: Best Practices for the Instructor and the School"--Thursday, Aug. 3rd at 3:15 pm
"Bridging the Distance in Web Based Instruction"-- Saturday, August 5th at 5:45 pm

Link to ATHE webpage
Questions for the webmaster? Items to add to this page? Contact Zoie Eva Lutz at zlutz@uwc.edu