CDA Dance Educators' Network presents

Standards and Assessments:
A Fresh New Look for National Dance Standards
 

Presenter: Susan McGreevy-Nichols, Executive Director
National Dance Education Organization (NDEO)

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

4:00pm - 6:00pm

at
RJ Kinsella Magnet School of the Performing Arts
65 Van Block Ave., Hartford, CT 06106
Directions: www.kmspa.org

Cost: CDA members/No charge; CDA non-members/$10
Tickets can be purchased at the door.

 

This presentation will focus on the re-envisioning of the National Dance Standards (1994, 2005) being developed by the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS), a coalition of nine leading, national arts education organizations. This session will examine the implications the project has on the revision of state and local standards and it's direct application to the classroom.

Don't miss this unique opportunity to discuss these new developments with a national leader in the field of dance in education. If you have an interest in the development of dance in K-12 education - whether as a teacher, administrator or arts supervisor - this will be an important meeting. If you plan to attend, please email info@ctdanceall.com.

Susan McGreevy-Nichols is the Executive Director of the National Dance Education Organization, a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement and promotion of high quality education in the art of dance. NDEO provides the dance artist, educator and administrator a network of resources and support, a base for advocacy, and access to programs that focus on the importance of dance in the human experience. A national Arts Education Consultant, Susan has coached districts in Los Angeles County as part of the Arts for All initiative and in Northern California in Alameda County as a part of that county's initiative Revitalizing Classrooms Through Arts Learning: Strategic Plan. As a teacher at Roger Williams Middle School in Providence, Rhode Island from 1974-2002, Susan founded and developed that institution's nationally renowned middle school dance program. She is the developer of a cutting edge reading comprehension strategy that uses text as inspiration for original choreography created by children. This literacy-based methodology combines the creative process with reading instruction.

Co-author of five books: Building Dances (1995), Building More Dances (2001), Experiencing Dance (2004), Dance about Anything (2006) and Dance Forms and Styles (2010).