Condensed Vita
Melinda Sue
Waegerle, MA Dance Education
January 2008
CURRENT POSITION:
Assistant Professor – UNCG, Dance Department
Fellow – A+ Schools
Office Address: UNC-Greensboro Dance Department
Phone: (336) 334-9853 /work
email mhwaeger@uncg.edu
PRIMARY SPECIALIZATION(S):
Dance Education – K-12 and Pre-Service,
In-Service Educators
Arts Integrated Curriculum – Development /
Implementation
Alternative Assessment Practices through the Arts
– Creative Movement Emphasis
A+
Summer Institutes (in and out of state)
EDUCATION:
1981 - BS Dance Education, UNC-Greensboro
1998 - MA Dance Education, UNC-Greensboro
LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION:
A and G certificates / Dance Education
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
University
2007-present Assistant Professor; UNCG
1991-2007 part time lecturer; UNCG
Site-Based (schools, community agencies, etc.)
1999 – Present Weekly
Demonstration Creative Movement Classes – Curriculum Integrated, Jesse
Wharton Elementary,
Guilford County Schools
1997 – Present
university supervisor for field experience / dance majors /elementary, middle
and high school
1994 – 99 Teacher;
dance K-5, Parkview A+ Cultural Arts Magnet School, Guilford County Schools
(NC)
1981 – 89 Teacher,
dance K-12, Durham City Schools (NC)
Other Related Experience
1994-present Fellow for the A+ Schools,
professional development for educators, workshop presenter, helping to edit a
field book currently in production focused on enriched assessment practice in
NC A+ schools, and professional development for faculty, staff and
administrators in Oklahoma, Arkansas, North Dakota and South Dakota for the
evolving A+ program.
Summary Statement of
Professional Experience prior to 1996:
2 years teaching elementary dance; 6 years
university lecturer; 6 years fellow with an Arts Institute
Dance 345- Dance in Elementary Education, DCE 458
– Field Experience in Dance Education, DCE 461-462 Student Teaching Dance
Education, A+ Schools Fellow
Publications and/or
Performances:
Thesis 1998
Presentations:
2008
In service workshops for Douglas Elementary / Wake County Schools
2007 Guest Lecturer North
Carolina State University / Education Department /single class
2007 A+ Summer Institute (Parkview
Elementary/ Guilford County & Central Elementary/Haywood County NC)
2007
Pre -institute Development for the A+ Schools Program / Battlecreek Michigan
GreART Conference 2006-
UNCG ÒThe Arts as Whole School ReformÓ
A+ Schools National
Conference 2005 ÒDance and Mathematics:
A Choreographed Relationship.Ó
Summer Institutes 1995 –1998, 2000-present in North Carolina for the Kenan Institute for the Arts (curriculum planning/development, Arts integrated workshops, thematic unit development, whole school planning, and assessment planning and development). The schools involved include the network of 40 plus A+ schools in NC.
Professional Development for Oklahoma – Spring
2002 and Summer 2002.
Professional Development for Appalachian Arts
Education Alliance 2003-present
Professional Development for Arkansas A+ Schools
Professional Development for North and South Dakota
A+ schools
Statewide Conferences in NC
Wilkes County Schools
SERVICE:
1999-2007
assist with Girl Scout Troop 679
1999-present Extensive volunteer teaching and tutoring at Jesse Wharton
Elementary using creative movement and dance.
2002 developing a creative movement and drama class
for kindergartners at a local church
2004- 2006 developing partner in arts based
instruction for Christ Community Church
2007
volunteer at Freedom House
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT (1996-Present):
1996 New Bern Kenan Institute for the Arts Summer
Institute, Faculty Retreat and Development Fall and Spring
1995-present, Computer Technology (CEU) 3 sessions
with the Guilford County Schools Spring 1999, NC Learn certified (published
lessons on site)
Ongoing work with A+ Schools (including frameworks
and workshops used nationally)
SELECTED HONORS & AWARDS:
Teacher of the Year, Parkview A+ Cultural Arts
Elementary School, Guilford County NC, 1996-97 and 1998-1999.
Ethel Martus Lawther Alumni Award 2002