Thursday, September 10, 2009

Movement within the Curriculum

I am currently a fifth grade teacher with an extensive background in dance. Growing up, I had many years of dance training and continued dancing by attending a performing arts college and working as a ballet, tap and jazz instructor at local dance studios. As my own children required more demands from "mom" I was unable to continue with my night schedule of teaching dance to children of all ages. I decided to change my career path and become an elementary teacher. I greatly enjoy teaching in the classroom, but feel that so many students could benefit from a more active and movement oriented curriculum. I tend to incorporate large amounts of movement within my lessons, because of my background. How do I convince my colleagues that this teaching strategy is beneficial, in order to reach students with various learning styles?

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