Markham Isler

• Deliver personalized educational, behavioral and emotional support to individual students to enable positive learning outcomes
• Document student behaviors, interventions and outcomes
• Create, collect and record data on student progress to determine next steps for student success.
• Support interaction between students during group work activities using guided conversation.

Part-Time Lecturer

Eastern Michigan University

CTAR 222 - Drama and Play in the Human Experience 2015 - 2019

• Planned and facilitated a variety of games, readings, and discussions that broadened the students' minds on the importance of having Play in their lives

CTAR 300 - Integrated Arts 2017 - 2019

• Worked with future teachers in the education department on how to incorporate things like music, theatre, creative writing, visual art, etc., into their lesson plans in order to bring a multi-disciplinary approach to their lessons future classrooms

CTAR 322 - Theatre for Children - 2017 - 2019

• Through lecture and discussion we researched theatre for children in the United States, why it is important, what is happening to it, and what can be done to maintain it.

CTAR 327 - Plays for the Young 2017 - 2019

• By reading through a number or youth theatre scripts, the class compares and contrasts American youth theatre to global youth theatre, and any and all differences/similarities

CTAR 329 - Performing Theatre for the Young 2015 - 2019

• Combined with CTAR 529 this is undergraduate course credit for being cast and taking part in the Youth Theatre Tour

CTAR 498 - Independent Study - Theatre for Young Script Reading - Winter 2018

• A student could not make their schedule work to take CTAR 327 so I arranged an Independent Study for them

CTAR 529 - Performing Theatre for the Young (Graduate Level) 2018 - 2019

• The same as CTAR 329 but for graduate level students

Guest Lecturer

Eastern Michigan University

CTAR 150 - Introduction to Theatre 2014

• Through lectures, readings, and discussions, the class investigated the necessity for a thing such as theatre not just in the past, but in the present and future as well

CTAR 158 - Fundamentals of Acting 2014 - 2015

• Scene study, analyzation, critical thinking, scrutiny, research, investigation, etc., are all part of the instruction of this class

CTAR 323 - Improvising and Role Play 2016

• Taught lessons on how to listen, stand still, and say "yes, and"

Director

Eastern Michigan University

The Boy at the Edge of Everything 2018 - 2019

Tomato Plant Girl 2017 - 2018

Androcles and the Lion 2015

Stone Girl Bone Girl 2015

Afternoon of the Elves - 2014

Drama Day Instructor

Eastern Michigan University

Annual High School Theatre Workshops with classes up to 35 students ages 14-18

Audition Techniques 2014 - 2019

• Instruction on "slating," cold readings, vocal warmups making strong choices, working with others, and above all, on having fun!

Introduction to Acting 2013 - 2019

• Instruction on scene study, objective identification, vocal warmup, memorization, and how to work with others

Scene Shop Supervisor

Eastern Michigan University

Assist in the construction and striking of sets

Supervise students while maintaining a safe, efficient, and fun work environment

Coordinate student work schedules

Assistant Director / Stage Manager

Eastern Michigan University

Velveteen Rabbit 2014

The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe 2013 - 2014

Organize student schedules to coordinate rehearsals

Run rehearsals in an AEA environment

Run Physical / Vocal Warm Ups

Assist / Collaborate with director on blocking, story, and character for the show

Travel with cast to all schools to act as liaison for the university and run all shows

Improvisation Instructor, 2016

Pointless Brewery and Improv, Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, MI

Introduction to Improvisation

Improvisation 2: Intro to Long Form

Teaching Artist, 2012-2015

CrossTown Theatre Troupe - Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, MI

Work with high school students after school to enhance life skills

Supervise 5-15 students for three hours a day after school

Instruct different Theatre games and exercises all with a different theme each week

Facilitate and guide students to create and cultivate their own creative ideas

Work towards an original piece all conceived, written, staged, and performed by students at the end of the year

Summer Intern July, 2014

Hudson Warehouse Theatre Company, NY,NY

Assistant Stage Manager for A Winter's Tale

Worked with Education Director for lesson plans for Elementary Schools

Began educational program to teach Elizabethan to K-12 students in order to preserve "The Language of Shakespeare"

Summer Intern June, 2014

Geauga Lyric Theatre Guild, Chardon, OH

Instructed 35 children ages 5-12 for three hours a day in rehearsal for performances

Assisted director in blocking scenes, Choreography, Music Direction, and Theatre Games

Organized Warm Up games that correlated with the day's activities and were also fun for the children

Taught and instilled Theatre rules and etiquette to a new generation of Theatre artists

Introduced scene study and character development to challenge to ask questions and think critically