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Who I Am:

Pat Nease is:

An educator with 35 years experience, both as a classroom teacher and a library-media specialist, working the last five years as a district resource teacher
A writer, a creator, and a teller of tales
Past president of the Florida Storytelling Association
A lover of words
Founder of the Middle School Storytelling Festival in Panama City, Florida
A member of the National Storytelling Network.
A workshop presenter for:
- Take Heed and Read A lively, interactive collection of stories for jump-starting or re-charging reading success programs.
- A Step in the Write Direction Storytelling with an under-current of writing ideas and helpful strategies. Great for second semester grade 3, grade 4, and grade 8, or any group concerned with improving writing skills.
- Oh! I’m Telling. Students as Storytellers A 5-day classroom workshop that builds self-confidence and imparts skills students will use all their lives. (Studies show that student storytellers show measurable growth in reading and writing skills.)
- HUH? How’d They’d Do That? A “figure it out” collection of stories that stretch imagination, sharpen memory and listening skills, and build community as students work together to “figure it out.”
- Storytelling in the Classroom (Teacher Workshop) A participatory, hands-on, standards-based workshop demonstrating ways storytelling can be used to enliven and enrich the curriculum.
- What’s So Funny? A participatory workshop offering ways to add humor to storytelling, stage, and story.
- Creative Soup Strategies and ideas for generating the original tale, either from personal experience, folklore, or out-of-the-blue.