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Game On Nation's improv-driven "Level Up" program to expand to seven Manatee middle schools after pilot data
Summary
The Manatee County School Board heard a presentation May 5 on Game On Nation's Level Up improv-based social-skills curriculum, which staff said reduced D's and F's in pilot classrooms and will scale from three to seven middle schools next year (about 22 sections, 440 students).
Erin Watson, director of programs for Game On Nation, described the nonprofit's Level Up curriculum on Tuesday during a Manatee County School Board workshop and urged the district to expand the improv-based classes that staff say helped participating middle school students.
"If I'm gonna teach you to be a good communicator, we're going to have to communicate in class," Watson said, describing an experiential approach that pairs teacher training with student games and a workbook for reflection. She said Game On has used improv-based exercises with sports teams, corporations and military units and adapted the same activities for middle-school classrooms.
Deputy Superintendent Derek Jensen told the…
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