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Five teachers stand in a circle with arms uplifted.
Members of the Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble often infuse gatherings with techniques to embody text and uplift spirits. 
A classroom full of educators turns to look at a speaker who stands to share.
BLTN fellows meet weekly during the summer to share practice and to design collaborative teaching projects. 
Teachers applaud in a classroom.
You’ll always find a supportive community in BLTN, as a fellow and beyond.
A presenter sitting on a desk smiles and gestures with both hands uplifted.
A moment in a workshop for writing and teaching hip hop. 
An adult actor models a gesture to four students in school uniforms on a stage.
Actors with Middlebury College’s Beyond the Page program support BLTN classrooms, using the tools of theater to transform learning and build community. 
A woman smiles as she speaks in a classroom while another looks on attentively.
BLTN members draw from shared experiences as learners in Bread Loaf classes to plan for teaching across geographic and cultural differences. 
Six teens stand in a circle facing an adult actor.
BLTN youth learn presentation skills during a summer film showcase for What’s the Story: The Young Filmmakers’ Social Action Team. 
A crowd in a darkened room watches a video with an image of four Indigenous people in fur and feather garments.
With the Bread Loaf community as an audience, youth filmmakers showcase a film examining representation of Indigenous peoples.
A young man plays the piano in front of a large open window.
A member of the BLTN NextGeneration Leadership Network, a youth activism collective led by BLTN educators, takes a break and shares his talents during a summer retreat. 
A young woman, standing, reads aloud in front of a stone fireplace.
BLTN activities center youth as resourceful and imaginative participants in shaping their education and literacy journeys. 
A smiling adult looks to a young woman who is speaking on a panel with a microphone.
Bread Loaf faculty members routinely inform BLTN activities, engaging deeply and positively with teachers and their students.