Educator Resources

Educator Series

Let the Educator Series inspire and rekindle your love of learning with and through the arts. This year, we are focused on providing high-quality arts education experiences for K-12 audiences at no cost. We add to that quality professional development experiences for educators that will enliven a passion for learning and spark an element of excitement and fun for all educators.

Please be in touch with Christy Chenausky (chenauskyc@appstate.edu) ahead of any educator series event to request a certificate of completion.

Study Guides

Every APPlause! Series event has an accompanying study guide. Program study guides give context, expand a student’s basic background and understanding of the discipline and can connect to the Common Core and North Carolina Essential Standards and serve to broaden and deepen the artistic experience for young audiences. Teachers are encouraged to use study guides to give their students a chance to prepare and connect to or reflect on the performances.

2015-16 Season

• Contra Tiempo Urban Latin Dance Theater
• Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School
• Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School
• The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: Little Cloud
• The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: The Mixed-Up Chameleon
• The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: “The Very Hungry Caterpillar & Other Eric Carle Favourites”
• Banff Mountain Film Festival
• American Shakespeare Center: “Julius Caesar”
• Doktor Kaboom Science Comedy: “Live Wire! The Electricity Tour”
• David Holt: “An Appalachian Musical Journey”
• Appalachian State University’s Marching Mountaineers
• Lakota Sioux Indian Dance Theatre

2014-15 Season

• The Diary of Anne Frank
• Koresh Dance Company: Styles of Dance
• Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour
• And Justice for All: America and the Civil Rights Movement
• Holmes: The Art of Deduction (ONE ACT)
• North Carolina Symphony: “What Makes Music MUSIC?”

2013-14 Season

• Cirque Zuma Zuma
• Appalachian State University’s Steely Pan Steel Band
• “A Christmas Carol” performed by Theatre IV
• River North Dance Chicago
• Billy Jonas Band
• Banff Mountain Film Festival
• “The Miracle Worker” Performed by Montana Rep

Virtual Field Trip: Behind the Scenes at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts

This collection of virtual tours takes you behind the scenes at the Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts. Meet our staff and see parts of our facility that are generally reserved for staff and artists on performance days. From the box office to the spotlight booth – come on in and get to know this state of the art venue, and the people who make everything work smoothly on performance days!

About the Schaefer Center:

The Schaefer Center for the Performing Arts is dedicated to enhancing the artistic and cultural landscape of Appalachian State University and the surrounding region by providing a venue devoted to the year-round presentation of campus and community events that enrich, educate, inspire, and promote quality of life.