EDUCATION IN MOTION: A Professional Development Seminar for pK-12 Teachers

Movement and Education

Join leading Dance/Movement Educators and Education Specialists to explore strategies and tools for integrating movement at all levels of learning in pK-12 classrooms.

Colorado State University invites Colorado pK-12 teachers and administrators to join us in-person for presentations, exploration, sharing resources, and expanding our awareness and knowledge of the benefits of movement in the classroom. Guest speakers, university faculty, and education specialists will present the latest research and tools to help you to reach more students, offer innovative ways to teach core curriculum, and learn about how our state is supporting our efforts.

Topics

Movement fundamentals with integrated lesson plan ideas
Social and emotional learning for teachers and students
Mindfulness practices for students and teachers
Inclusive and equitable learning environments supported with movement in mind
Culturally relevant pedagogy and teaching
Restorative practices and building authentic relationships
Time for planning, networking and collaborating across disciplines
And more...

Presenters/Guests:

Ann Biddle, Education in Motion guest artist

CSU Dance faculty will be joined by noted regional educators and our visiting guest presenter Ann Biddle to explore strategies and tools for integrating movement at all levels of learning.

Ann Biddle is the director of Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) Institute – Teacher Certificate Program, curriculum consultant, and professional developer and writer.

More About Ann Biddle

Director, DEL Institute, Director, DEL at Jacob’s Pillow

ANN BIDDLE, M.A., has been a dancer, choreographer, dance educator, professional developer, curriculum consultant, and writer for the past 35 years. She is currently the Director of the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) Institute – Teacher Certificate Program, and Director of DEL at Jacob’s Pillow. As the Founding Faculty of the Dance Education Laboratory (DEL) at the 92NY with Jody Arnhold (1995 to present) Ms. Biddle designed and taught multiple courses for DEL including Foundations in Dance Education, DEL Essentials, Planet Dance, Dancing in Early Childhood, Dance and Nature, Teaching from Transformation to Inspiration (Tina Curran), Dance and Literacy (Barbara Bashaw), Teaching Dance Technique, DEL: The Next Generation, the DEL Facilitators Training Program, Dance for Social Change, Tracing Footsteps, DELving into Dance History, Inspiration to Design: Lesson and Curriculum Planning series at Jacob’s Pillow and the DEL Essentials OPDI course for NDEO. Ms. Biddle has been a Dance Lecturer at UMASS/Amherst, Mount Holyoke College, Ball State University, Kenyon College, and Skidmore College.

As a professional developer and curriculum consultant, Ms. Biddle has partnered with numerous cultural organizations, including Urban Bush Women, Doug Varone, Flamenco Vivo, Jose Limon Dance Company, Ballet Hispanico, New York City Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Movement Research, Jonah Bokaer, HT Chen Dance Center, Dorrance Dance, and Robin Becker Dance Company. Ms. Biddle has taught overseas at the National University in Costa Rica as a Fulbright scholar and at the School of Performing Arts at the University of Ghana in Legon. Additionally, she worked closely with the late Alan Lomax as a Choreometrics analyst and is currently an advisor to the Global Jukebox initiative.

Biddle was an advisor and contributor to the NYC Department of Education’s Blueprint for Teaching and Learning in Dance, PreK-12, and has been an NYC DOE Blueprint professional development facilitator since 2005. She is also a scorer for the Massachusetts Dance MTEL exam. Ms. Biddle was the Director of Arts Programs at the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts Charter School (PVPA) in South Hadley, MA, and Director of the Dance Department from 2011-2018. She is the director of the DEL PVPA dance mentorship program featured in the documentary film PS Dance! The Next Generation, Executive Producer Jody Arnhold, and Filmmaker Nel Shelby.

As a writer, Ms. Biddle’s dance teachers’ curricula and training manuals include The Essence of Cool: West Side Story, New York Export: Opus Jazz the Film (NYC Ballet), Dance Motion USA Doug Varone and Argentinian Brenda Angiel’s aerial collaboration, Richard Daniel’s Dances for iPhone film series, Wonderdance early childhood curriculum, Dance Making Inspired by Langston Hughes Poetry, Re-imagining D-Man in the Waters, the DEL Facilitators Training Manual, Robin Becker’s Into Sunlight Dance Curriculum. She was a curriculum consultant on Perspectives on the Green Table curriculum (PTDC/DEL). She is a frequent presenter at NDEO conferences and was selected to pilot the Model Cornerstone Assessments as part of NCCA. In addition, Ms. Biddle has published integrated curricular units through the NYC DOE, including Dance Units Inspired by Literary Works (2016), and The Essence of Pearl Primus through Photography and Poetry: The Negro Speaks of Rivers (2018). Ms. Biddle has been the Project Director of the DEL Tracing Footsteps: Honoring Diverse Voices in NYC Dance History curriculum project since 2020.

She earned a B.A. in English Literature from Kenyon College (Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa) and an M.A. in Dance Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Ms. Biddle is currently a doctoral student in the Dance Education EdD program at Teachers College and is a recipient of the Susan Furhman and Arnhold Foundation scholarships. Her research interests include teacher education and preparation in K-12, transformative adult learning and leadership, educational mentoring and coaching, and dance and social justice.

Ann Biddle

abiddledance@gmail.com
www.abiddledance.com
Abiddle@92ny.org