You are invited to support EVC's students by attending one of this semester's culminating Youth Documentary Workshop Portfolio Roundtables. Each student is assigned a Portfolio timeslot during which they are asked to highlight their contributions to this semester's documentary project. They present this to a group of faculty, friends, and community members - ideally to you!

2011 Summer Video in the Classroom Teachers' Institute

During our 5-day professional development intensive, you will learn to use digital video cameras and editing software to produce a short documentary from concept to final screening.

Experiential Professional Development for Teachers

Based on 25 years of Educational Video Center's award-winning youth media programs, the Youth-Powered Video Institute provides teachers with a repertoire of proven teaching techniques and basic production skills to engage students in learning and increase their literacy and academic skills.

Tyona Washington is Principal of the newly established High School for Excellence and Innovation in Washington Heights. This fall, EVC is pleased to be working closely with teachers at the High School for Excellence and Innovation to integrate documentary video projects into their curriculum.

We are thrilled to welcome Natalie Cosby as EVC's new Youth Documentary Workshop Program Manager. With a B.S. in Chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana, graduate studies in Education at Lehman College, and Media Studies at the New York Film Academy, Natalie brings a rich background in media and education to EVC.

We are pleased to announce that EVC's Youth Documentary Workshop is partnering again this semester with award-winning documentary filmmaker Eugene Jarecki and his team at Charlotte Street Films.

With generous support from the Ford Foundation's Good Neighbor Committee, EVC provided professional development and in-class coaching for teachers from the ACCESS GED program in Manhattan to suppor