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Reedy, Penny A. – Principal, 2001
At one Wisconsin middle school, a successful student motivator is an improv troupe that develops and performs unscripted, improvisational skits about social issues affecting adolescents. Skits stop at a critical decision-making point or show the devastating effects of a negative choice. Discussion reinforces the message. (MLH)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Community Relations, Improvisation, Middle Schools