1. Instruction

Instructors will teach storytelling to children. For help, consult our manual Once Upon a Story, which has been placed in all public and private school media centers in the county, visit the online manual or download a printable version of the manual.

2. Evaluation

Evaluation should be completed by March 6th, 2010.

Storytellers will be evaluated at schools or recreation centers. After the children have learned their stories, arrange for a storytelling event at which they will be evaluated. You can plan to make this a small mini- festival within your own school or facility.

Storytellers will be evaluated at schools or recreation centers. After the children have learned their stories, arrange for a storytelling event at which they will be evaluated. You can plan to make this a small mini- festival within your own school or facility.

EVALUATORS:

Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System will provide children's librarians to help with the evaluating. Contact your closest library for this service. Other evaluators might be your schools media specialist, teachers or PTA Members.

EVALUATORS WILL NEED:

• EVALUATION FORM for each storyteller.
• CRITERIA FOR STORYTELLING
• REGISTRATION CARD for each storyteller. Mark the corner box on the registration card to indicate those children who have met the storytelling criteria and have been judged to be a Festival Quality Storyteller.
• CERTIFICATES should be awarded to all participants.
• STOP WATCH OR WATCH WITH SECOND HAND - All stories must be timed accurately and the time entered on registration card (example: 4 min. 32 sec.). Accuracy is critical for scheduling purposes at the culminating event.
• SUGGESTIONS FOR A EVALUATORS PANEL

3. Registration

Each storyteller will need a registration card. The registration cards should be filled out by their instructors so that spelling and information is accurate, legible and complete. Please print all information.

Registration cards must be sent to the storytelling committee on or before March 12th, 2010.

For statistical purposes, please send in registration cards for ALL participating storytellers. Those marked Festival Quality will receive invitations to be featured storytellers at the culminating festival on Saturday, April 24, 2010. All children and their family and friends are invited to attend this free festival.

SEND TO:

Lori Tonti
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
900 North Ashley Drive
Tampa, Florida 33602
Phone: (813) 273-3764

4. Notification

Parents will receive a letter notifying them of their child's selection as a Festival Quality Storyteller.

Parents will return to the participating school or recreation center a confirmation slip inclusion which will confirm or decline their child's invitation to be a featured storyteller at the culminating festival. (Instructors should check to make sure that all Festival Quality Storytellers have received and returned their confirmation slips.)

ALL confirmation slips must be returned to Lorie Tonti on or before April 9th, 2010. You will not receive additional confirmation; the time slot you requested to tell at the Festival (morning or afternoon session) is when you will be scheduled. See the Festival schedule at this site to find out what other events are taking place during the day, and plan to spend some time enjoying storytellers of all ages!

For further information:

Contact: Lorie Tonti
Coordinator of Youth Services
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library
Phone number: (813) 273-3764
TontiL@hillsboroughcounty.org

Jody Wren
Creative Arts Supervisor
Tampa Parks and Recreation
Phone number: (813) 931-2106
joann.wren@tampagov.net

or send us an e-mail: info@tampastory.org

WE HOPE YOU AND YOUR CLASS WILL BECOME PART OF THIS YEAR'S EXCITING FESTIVAL!

If you are planning to participate and do not have a manual, you can download a manual here.

Do you have a question? Need more information? Contact us at: info@tampastory.org