1. Teresa Britton
!PROFILE: Experienced Dance Educator and Dance Director seeking to fulfill desire to extend her reach to students
throughout the Atlanta area.
!EDUCATION: MASON GROSS SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, New Brunswick, N.J.
· BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN DANCE with emphasis on dance for children and modern dance.
· DEAN’S LIST 2004-2006
· GPA: 3.2
! SKILLS & EXPERIENCES
!ARTS ADMINISTRATION:
· Director of Dance program for ages 2 - adult offering ballet, modern, jazz, tap, hip-hop, musical theater, acting and company
program.
· Manager of 6 dance instructors.
· Business Management: registration, marketing, class scheduling, budgeting, parent/teacher liason.
· Artistic Direction and Development for the entire program: choreography, classroom instruction, performances and annual
school-wide spring recitals.
!INSTRUCTIONAL:
· Successfully met the challenges of my students daily with a strong committment to excellence.
· Created age-appropriate lesson plans in modern, creative movement, ballet, tap and jazz dance for children 2-18 years of age.
· Experience teaching dance in private studios, camps, public schools and gyms in both urban and suburban areas throughout the tri-state
area.
· Experience working with the students with low state wide test scores and students with disabilities as a part of enrichment programs for
the youth to help promote higher achievement.
· Created a safe environment for students to explore and enhance their physical awareness, fine and gross motor skills, spatial awareness,
coordination, confidence, balance, grace and center.
· Created engaging activities through improvisation and choreography to help develop problem solving, decision-making, and critical
thinking skills in students.
· Encouraged and promoted self-confidence, accomplishment, discipline, following direction, and accepting criticism as a continuum of
the infinite learning process.
· Supervised and created group activities and choreography for students in order to develop social skills and appropriate relationships with
peers and teacher. These activities helped define and expand their inner voice and individual creativity.
!ORGANIZATIONAL/COMMUNICATION:
· Excellent organizational and classroom management skills. Created appropriate flow of activities that gradually build and are
conducive to learning.
· Ability to modify and adapt lesson plans in order to better suit the current atmosphere and mood of the class, while maintaining goals
within the syllabus.
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Dance Teacher Dance Arts Education, Atlanta, Ga August 2014 - 2015
Dance Director The Gym at Peachtree, Atlanta, Ga August 2013 - August 2014
Dance Teacher Becky Jones School of Dance, Smryna, Ga August 2012 - 2015
Salesperson Dancewear Galore and More, Acworth, Ga August 2013 - July 2014
Dance Teacher Downtown Dance, Hiram, Ga August 2012 - August 2013
Dance Teacher Hudson Dance and Movement, Hoboken, N.J November 2011- June 2012
Dance Teacher Dance Designs, Fairlawn, N.J. September 2010- June 2011
Dance Teacher Dance Education Unlimited, Tenafly, N.J. September 2008- June 2011
Dance Teacher Dancewave, Brooklyn, N.Y. April 2010- August 2010
Teaching Artist Project Poetry Live, Litchfield Arts, various, Ct March 2010- September 2010
Teaching Artist Bronx Arts Ensemble, Bronx, N.Y. October 2009- May 2010
Dance Teacher Deerkill Daycamp, Suffern, N.Y. July 2009-August 2009
Choreographer J.P. Stevens Theatre Company September 2008- July 2009
Dance Teacher J.W. Tumbles, Plainsboro, N.J. January 2008 - July 2008
Dance Teacher The Dance Factory, Skillman, N.J. September, 2007 - June 2008
Dance Instructor Onlocation Dance Academy, various, N.J. September, 2007 - January 2008
Dance Teacher New Jersey Dance, Highland Park, N.J. September 2004 - June 2006
!ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCES:
Personal: Dance Teacher Summer Conferences 2008 & 2011 (NYC): Inspiring Creativity through Dance National Dance Institute, Studio Owners'
Forum Controlling Classroom Chaos, Mignon Furman Ballet for Children. Professional Dance: Full Radius Dance ( 2013 ) , Macarthur Dance
Project ( 2008 - 2009 ) , Randy James DanceWorks (2002-2008), Julia Ritter Performance Group (2002-2008) Christian von Howard (2006) , John
Evans (2004) Computer: MS Office (Word, Excel)