Director: Dr. Crawford-Willis
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Course Description
The fine arts have always been an intrinsic part of a quality, well-rounded education— the kind of education Tennessee educators strive every day to offer our students. The incorporation of dance into public school education offers many of the necessary life skills that will help students to be productive and successful citizens in society, in addition to preparing students for paths of dance at the collegiate or possible career level. The skills offered through the arts, and in dance specifically, are exactly those Tennesseans strive to teach our students in all disciplines: positive self-expression and self-confidence, productive communication, teamwork and collaboration, critical analysis and evaluation, self-discipline, a strong work ethic, and the motivation to continuously strive towards excellence in any given task. To that end, these new teaching standards for dance serve to give all stakeholders in our students’ education—teachers, parents, administrators, students, and community members—a rigorous and effective tool to facilitate dance education in our schools.
About Dr. Crawford-WillisDr. Antoinette J. Crawford-Willis recently returned to Memphis from a 20 year residency in Louisville, Kentucky where she served as Chair of the Kentucky Alliance for Arts Education. Dr. Crawford-Willis was a Master Teaching Artist at the Kentucky Center and also served as an Artist Educator and Consultant for
the Kentucky Arts Council an d The Kentucky Department of Education. Dr. Crawford-Willis holds a doctoral degree in Education with a focus on Adult Learning Theory and Pedagogy. She has served as a faculty member where she lectured on the integration of dance and theatre content for grades K-12 at the University of Memphis and the University of Louisville. |
Important Dates
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