NDEO's Online Professional Development Institute (OPDI)
for Dance Education
OPDI Spring 2022 Courses - REGISTRATION NOW OPEN
**15% Discount Available on All Courses**
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15% DISCOUNT ON ALL COURSES THROUGH 12/9
Discount Code: OPDI-Course-15
Must register and pay by the deadline. Discount not available if payment is received after deadline. We accept checks, credit card or PayPal as valid payment for this discounted offer.
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OPDI-110: Dance Kinesiology and Applied Teaching Practice
OPDI-113: Foundations of Dance Pedagogy for All Dance Environments
OPDI-117: Developing Strategic Leadership in Dance and Life
OPDI-123: The Dancing Brain
OPDI-M6: Introduction to Creative Dance for Early Childhood
OPDI-M18 Intro to Choreography in Dance Education: A Process to Teach Students How to Create Dances
OPDI-M2: Elements of Dance
OPDI-M3: Rubrics and Portfolio Assessments in Dance
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OPDI-110: Dance Kinesiology and Applied Teaching Practice
(February 14 – May 8, 2022)
Professor: Robin Kish; Tuition $520; 3 NDEO Endorsed-CEUs; 12 weeks
This course provides an introduction to the field of dance kinesiology with an emphasis on applied teaching practices. The course will provide participants with a strong foundation in anatomy and kinesiology to help maximize performance and minimize potential injuries in their students. Participants will learn how to create environments to promote healthy approaches in the training of dancers, including injury basics, developmentally safe practices, nutrition, and creation of a medical support network. The information provided in the course is based upon proven principles and methodologies gathered from current research. **Save 15% when you register and pay with code OPDI-Course-15 by 12/9/21**
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OPDI-123: The Dancing Brain
(February 14 – May 8, 2022)
Professor: Dr. Rima Faber; Tuition $520; 3 NDEO-Endorsed CEUs; 12 weeks
This course examines the mind in action as it orchestrates skilled movement and how it understands the kinesthetic, symbolic language of dance. Brain function is approached from inside the body as embodiment of thought as experienced in the 12 modes neuro-cognition: observation, engagement, high-level thinking, emotions, memory, imagination and imagery, learning, problem-solving, communication, and creativity. Research about thought processes in learning and performing dance encompasses a vision of dance as creative art, communication, education, and life. Theoretical knowledge is experienced in movement throughout the course. Kinesthetic understanding about how the brain functions while dancers create, perform, or teach dance helps to provides broader comprehension about how audiences perceive movement, how choreographers development ideas, and how students learn dance. EVERYONE who wants to know why we love dance should take the course. Book Required: Thinking with the Dancing Brain, co-authored by Rima Faber and Sandra Cerny Minton. Book Required: Thinking with the Dancing Brain, co-authored by Rima Faber and Sandra Cerny Minton. **Save 15% when you register and pay with code OPDI-Course-15 by 12/9/21**
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OPDI-113: Foundations of Dance Pedagogy for All Dance Environments
(February 14 – May 8, 2022)
Professor: Dr. Doug Risner; Tuition $520; 3 NDEO-Endorsed CEUs; 12 weeks
This course provides a survey of educational foundations in dance pedagogy with particular emphasis on social and cultural aspects of pedagogical theory in multiple settings (P-12, private studio, postsecondary education, and dance in community). Study includes the historical context of education and dance education, education theory, the art and science of teaching, the sociology of school organization and culture, and the ethical dimensions of teaching. Applied learning experiences include social immersion projects and reflexive commentaries. Consider taking this course if you are interested in 1) expanding the development of a personal pedagogy and philosophy of teaching appropriate for your dance education setting, and 2) developing theoretical and applied understandings of critical pedagogical concerns in dance education including teaching and learning theory, social and cultural issues in education, diversity, inclusion, and equity, and reflective practice. This course is appropriate for any dance educator, whether new to the field or a seasoned veteran, who is interested in answering the question: “What does it mean to be responsible for someone else’s learning?” **Save 15% when you register and pay with code OPDI-Course-15 by 12/9/21**
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OPDI-117: Developing Strategic Leadership in Dance and Life
(February 14 – May 8, 2022)
Professor: Jane Bonbright: Tuition $520; 3 NDEO-Endorsed CEUs; 12 weeks
This course looks at leadership as a complex process that has multiple dimensions. We begin with questioning: What is the role of ethics, integrity, and character in the leadership process? Is leadership more dependent on innate traits, skills and characteristics, or is it more learned behavior and strategy? This course focuses on the latter – learned behavior that requires one formulate and execute strategy. In narrowing our focus to lead with strategic thinking, we examine four ways effective leaders gain insight, drive change, and get results. In this journey, we draw on aspects of cognitive psychology, systems thinking, and game theory to inform strategy – a truly fascinating concept. When we integrate formulating strategy with executing strategy and apply intent to those functions, leadership types emerge – visionary, directive, incubating, and collaborate. We examine these in detail looking at core and applied competencies associated with strategic leadership. Case studies allow us to deconstruct and reconstruct concepts learned; ultimately understanding how formulating and implementing strategic thinking is critical to effective and successful leadership. In each module, students apply course content to personal and professional situations through doing many self-reflective inventories to provide base-line information about their own innate or acquired abilities; and building a Learning Opportunity case study applying lesson learned. Indeed the course provides the dance educator and administrator with important and practical ways to develop critical skills sets, develop actionable approaches to solving problems, and capitalize on innate strengths. Book required: Leading with Strategic Thinking: For Ways Effective Leaders Gain Insight, Drive Change, and Get Results by Aaron K. Olson & B. Keith Simerson (2015) Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. **Save 15% when you register and pay with code OPDI-Course-15 by 12/9/21**
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OPDI-M6: Introduction to Creative Dance for Early Childhood
(February 28 – April 10, 2022)
Professor: Lynn Monson: Tuition $295; 1.5 NDEO-Endorsed CEUs; 6 weeks
This course explores the concepts and content essential for quality teaching and learning for creative dance for early childhood. Cognitive and child development, standards, assessment, pedagogy and the foundations of curriculum development will be investigated through readings, research, observation and interactive projects. The course will explore BrainDance, developed by Anne Green Gilbert, and its 8 patterns of movement (Breath, Tactile, Core-Distal, Head-Tail, Upper-Lower, Body Side, Cross Lateral, and Vestibular) to show how it addresses child development principles and current brain research. Participants will grapple with essential questions, and learn the skills to be able to develop and implement a creative dance curriculum outline for either 3-5 or 6-8 years of age. **Save 15% when you register and pay with code OPDI-Course-15 by 12/9/21**
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OPDI-M18: Intro. to Choreography in Dance Education: A Process to Teach Your Students How to Create Dances
(February 28 – April 10, 2022)
Professor: Marty Sprague; Tuition $295; 1.5 NDEO-Endorsed CEUs; 6 weeks; This course offers participants experience with a system that can be used to teach basic elements and principles of choreography and explores how to encourage self-expression through dance making. Many dancers have not formally studied the art of choreography. Perhaps someone is experienced in making dances but now wants support learning how to teach others. How does the studio teacher, or performing arts center instructor, teach the choreographic process to young performers? How does the education director of a dance company structure dance-making activities within school residencies? How does one teach pre- and in-service teachers, or instructors in community recreational programs, how to teach this process to students with little or no dance experience? In this course, participants will walk through, or model, a process that they can use to teach students how to create their own choreography. The course text is actually a student textbook and so it will be a small “leap” from course participation to application of this methodology in one’s teaching practice. Peer discussions, journal reflections and reflective essays will help in this application. Book Required: Experiencing Dance: from Student to Dance Artist by Helene Scheff, Marty Sprague, and Susan McGreevy-Nichols. (2nd Edition). 1.5 NDEO CEUs. Professor: Marty Sprague. **Save 15% when you register and pay with code OPDI-Course-15 by 12/9/21**
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OPDI-M2: Elements of Dance
(February 28 – March 27, 2022)
Professor: Patricia Cohen; Tuition $200; 1 NDEO-Endorsed CEU; 4 weeks; This mini course explores the language we use to describe movement, and dance in particular. Through movement and discussion we will examine how the body moves in space, in time, and with energy (dynamics). A working knowledge of this material allows us to identify and describe movement with specificity and clarity, which serves both teachers and students. Ultimately, the goal of movement is to communicate meaning. We will explore the tools with which the body communicates. We call these tools the elements of movement. Our bodies are the instruments of communication. We will examine what moves, where, how, and when it moves in space, and with certain qualities that enhance meaning. **Save 15% when you register and pay with code OPDI-Course-15 by 12/9/21**
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OPDI-M3: Rubrics and Portfolio Assessments in Dance
(February 28 – March 27, 2022)
Professor: Sue McGreevy-Nichols; Tuition $200; 1 NDEO-Endorsed CEU; 4 weeks
This mini course is the process of gathering evidence that may be used to effectively measure student learning. Assessments may be used in any dance education environment: private school of dance, conservatory, recreation center, preK-12, or post-secondary education. We can both monitor students’ progress during the learning process (formative assessment) and at the end of a period of time (summative assessment), perhaps a semester, a season, or a year. This 1 unit course will give participants a basic understanding of assessment as it pertains to dance education and understand how to use rubrics and portfolios as tools for assessments. **Save 15% when you register and pay with code OPDI-Course-15 by 12/9/21**
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If you have never taken OPDI courses before, you must be a current member of the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO) and complete the OPDI application before registering and paying for courses.
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If you are a Current OPDI Student and want to Register for a Course:
Log into your NDEO member account at www.ndeo.org and proceed to the drop down menu under your name in the top right corner, then click on the Profile link.
Once in your Member Profile click on the Access OPDI button to find all Spring 2022 courses that are open for enrollment. Click on the Enroll icon and proceed to register and pay for the course with a credit card or Paypal.
Register and pay by 12-9-21 to save 15% on tuition with discount code:
OPDI-Course-15
Discount is only valid if payment by check, credit card, or Paypal is received by 12-9-21.
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