Mary Michelle Michlik

Weinfeld Education Group, LLC Presents…

Diamonds in the Rough
Smart Kids Who Learn Differently

March 11- 13, 2010
University of Maryland
Shady Grove
9630 Gudelsky Drive
Rockville, MD 20850

Biography:

Mary Michelle Michlik is the Theatre Teacher for the Lab School of Washington's intermediate program. She joined the Lab School in 1996 after receiving a BA in English and Theatre from Auburn University. She continued her education while working and earned a MA from American University with a focus on Learning Disabilities. She has taught theatre for many summer camps as well, most notably the Smithsonian Associate's summer program.

Due to the adaptability of Theatre, she is able to accommodate the vast differences in the learning styles of intelligent students with specific learning disabilities. The classroom is designed to emulate a working theatre troop or ensemble, with focus on the three tools of the actor- mind, body and voice. Through these tools, she is able to include social pragmatics, language articulation, kinesthetics and spatial awareness, as well as an examination of the human condition. Through the process of rehearsal and performance, students gain confidence that support more academic and social successes.