Dance Educator of the Year
Eligibility
For the purpose of this award, a dance educator is defined as an individual who has major responsibility for teaching all dance forms, except aerobic dance, within grades K-12 in a school system.
The candidate must be a pre-primary, elementary, middle school, junior high or senior high school teacher with a minimum of three years teaching experience and a member of OAHPERD/NDA/AAHPERD.
- Teaches creatively and produces creative work by utilizing various teaching methodologies.
- Promotes an understanding of dance as a creative and performing art form within the cultural context through discussion of the aesthetics of the student's own work and the works of others.
- Presents a balanced and sequential curriculum, based on the developmental, social and psychological needs of the students.
- Serves as a positive role model as a teacher, person, and dancer.
- Stimulates participation in dance forms through viewing quality live and or recorded professional dance.
- Evidences professional commitment through membership and active participation in local, state and/or national dance education organizations.
- Dignifies the creative work of students by sharing with appropriate audiences.
Directions
The online application and all supporting materials must be submitted to Stacey Slackford-Barnes via email in PDF or Microsoft Word format only. Only send fully completed applications in one email to Stacey at [email protected] by the respective due date. Incomplete packets will not be considered.
- Download Dance Education TOY Application
- Download Dance Education TOY Criteria Form
- Download the Dance Education TOY Essay Form
- Download the Dance Education TOY Biography Form
- Download the Dance Education TOY Agreement Form
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