Charles Waters
$2,000 for three programs; $500 for a 4th session, plus expenses. Additional cost if Irene Latham is included.
Virtual visits are $300 for 30-minutes, or $450 for a 45-minute presentation. 
Poet and educator, Charles' workshops help students build confidence. Core Class 1 – Writing Exercises (Scribble Away!) using metaphors and similes, plus haikus and senryus. Students create poems learning about structure, point of view and tone analysis. Core Class 3 – Performance Points (From the Page to the Stage!) identifies traits of an effective performance, voice projection and connecting to your audience, using the poem "When I See Your Face."
Written works include poetry anthology The Mistakes That Made Us (Gr. 2-5) coming in the fall of 2024. His new middle-grade novel in verse (with Traci Sorrell), Mascot, looks at different views of a mascot some see as racist. He has co-written with Irene Latham, new release African Town (Gr 7+), historical fiction-in-verse of the last ship of enslaved Africans; Dictionary for a Better World: Poems, Quotes, and Anecdotes from A to Z for middle grade readers; Can I Touch Your Hair: Poems of Race, Mistakes and Friendship (Gr. 3-7); and Be a Bridge (PreK-3).
Elementary through High School
