Deborah Heyl
Educational CV
Teaching Philosophy
My overarching teaching goal is to encourage learning inside and outside the classroom. I want students to feel safe in class to explore endless ideas. Students should feel welcome and want to participate. I want to foster a growth mindset in students and help them realize career, personal or educational goals.
I want to inspire collaboration. I want students to be comfortable and accurately share their ideas and perspectives.
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I want to recognize that every student has a background that I do not know. I will try my best every day to remember that students cannot give 100% every day. Each person has things in their life that they don’t owe to anyone to explain. I will assume that each student and myself are doing their best at any given time.
Higher Education Teaching Experience
2023-2024
Appreciation of Theatre Design and Production
Appreciation of TDP is a First year lecture style class created to orient all first year TDP students to the major themes and reasons, ways and means theatre artists use to make effective and engaging live performance.
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Focuses on the interconnectedness and principles, practices, and terminology of stage management, scenic, costume, lighting, media, and sound design, and wig and makeup, scenic art, and stage props crafts as practiced at CCM.​
Fall 2024
Assistant Stage Management
One semester introductory course in stage management for drama, opera, dance, and musical theater. Emphasis on basic assistant stage management skills and professional etiquette. Also includes instruction on assembling a prompt book, costume & prop paperwork, scenic shift plots, and deck crew paperwork.
Spring 2025
Special Topics
A 7-week introductory course to introduce consent culture and intimacy practices in technical theatre. Focuses on history of intimacy practices, stage manager responsibilities surrounding intimacy direction and gathering resources to form a toolkit of personal skills.