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SCEA CALENDAR 2013

Kim Wheetley – SCEA executive director
Susanne Burgess – director of music education
Joel Baxley – director of visual art education
Laurie Melnik – director of theatre education
Mary LaBianca – director of dance education



JANUARY 2013

January: Dance Classes
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance and Introduction to Modern Dance for the UTC Theatre Department.

January: Professor in Residence
Laurie Melnik serves as Professor in Residence for a theatre education student teacher at East Hamilton Middle School.

January: Volunteer Docent
Joel Baxley serves as a docent for students visiting the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

January 7: Consultation
Laurie Melnik meets with with faculty members at Barger Academy of Fine Arts and Debbie Thompson from WTCI/PBS to
continue planning for a school documentary.

January 9: Crestcom Training
Laurie Melnik attends Crestcom training.

January 11: Consultation
Kim Wheetley meets with Mac Smotherman and Dean Elwell to discuss
teaching opportunities in the UTC Department of Theatre and Speech.

January 14: Consultation
Laurie Melnik
meets with Adera Causey at the Hunter Museum of America to discuss a potential partnership for a program with Skiskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation.

January 16: Promotion and Tenure Committee
Kim Wheetley meets with the Promotion and Tenure Committee for the UTC Department of Theatre and Speech.

January 16: Consultation
Joel Baxley and Kim Wheetley meet with Ron Buffinton to discuss partnership opportunities with the UTC Art Department.

January 17: Consultation
Laurie Melnik
co-facilitates a pilot program for community re-entry clients at Skiskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation.

January 17: Consultation
Susanne Burgess and Kim Wheetley meet with Lee Harris to discuss partnership opportunities with the UTC Department of Music.

January 16, 18, 23, 25, 30: Dance Residency
Mary LaBianca conducts a Dance Residency with clients and paraprofessionals at Orange Grove Center in Chattanooga.

January 22, 24, 29, 31: Dance Residency
Mary LaBianca
conducts an integrated dance residency with first grade students at Battle Academy in Chattanooga.

January 22: Consultation
Laurie Melnik meets with with faculty members at Barger Academy of Fine Arts to
continue planning for a school documentary and celebration of Arts in Our Schools Month.

January 23: Consultation
Mary
LaBianca, Laurie Melnik, and Kim Wheetley meet with Mac Smotherman to discuss partnership oportunities with the UTC Department of Theatre and Speech.

January 24: Consultation
Joel Baxley and Laurie Melnik meet with directors of the UTC School of Continuing Education to discussa potential partnership with the Youth University program.

January 28: Consultation
Joe
l Baxley, Susanne Burgess, Mary LaBianca, Laurie Melnik, and Kim Wheetley meet with Valerie Rutledge, director of the UTC School of Education to discuss SCEA's possible role in education courses.

January 28: Workshop
Laurie Melnik facilitates a workshop on LiveText e-portfolios for student teachers in the UTC School of Education.

January 29: Consultation
Laurie Melnik
meets with with faculty members from Barger Academy of Fine Arts to plan for CommuniCREATE panel presentation about the school at Camp House.

January 30: Docent Training
Joel Baxley participates in docent training at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

January 31: Consultation
Kim Wheetley writes letter nominating Scott Rosenow for the Tennessee Arts Commission's 2013 Arts Leadership Award.

 


FEBRUARY 2013

February: Dance Classes
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance and Introduction to Modern Dance for the UTC Theatre Department.

February: Professor in Residence
Laurie Melnik serves as Professor in Residence for a theatre education student teacher at East Hamilton Middle School.

February: Volunteer Docent
Joel Baxley serves as a docent for students visiting the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

February: Docent Visual Art Residency
Joel Baxley
conducts a Book-Making/Illustration residency with third grade students at Battle Academy in Chattanooga.

February 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27: Dance Residency
Mary LaBianca conducts a Dance Residency with clients and paraprofessionals at Orange Grove Center in Chattanooga.

February 5, 7, 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, 28: Dance Residency
Mary LaBianca
conducts an integrated dance residency with first grade students at Battle Academy in Chattanooga.

February 1-13: Consultation
Susanne Burgess serves as a reviewer to vet proposals for the Educating the Creative Mind II Conference at Kean University.

February 5: Consultation
Laurie Melnik
meets with with faculty members at Barger Academy of Fine Arts to plan for CommuniCREATE panel presentation on March 19 at Camp House.

February 7: Workshop
Laurie Melnik meets with April Eppinger, Student Teaching Field Placement Coordinator for the UTC School of Education, to discuss the online portfolio process for student teachers.

February 8: Consultation
Laurie Melnik
meets with Emerson Burch, from the 35.85 Guild, and Nate Hill, from the Downtown Public Library, to discuss plans for the opening event of SCEA 's Arts& Education Forum in May.

February 12: Consultation
Joel Baxley and Laurie Melnik meet with directors of the UTC School of Continuing Education to begin development of a summer workshop for Youth University
.

February 12: Consultation
Laurie Melnik
meets with with faculty members at Barger Academy of Fine Arts to continue planing for CommuniCREATE.

February 13: Consultation
Kim Wheetley
serves on the Review Panel for concurrent session proposals for the Arts Education Partnership spring Forum in Washington, DC.

February 13: Crestcom Training
Laurie Melnik attends Crestcom training.

February 14: Consultation
Joe Baxley, Susanne Burgess, Mary LaBianca, Laurie Melnik, and Kim Wheetley attend the initial UTC STEM Task Force meeting to learn about partnership ideas with the Southeast Tennessee STEM Innovation Hub.

February 16: Consultation
Susanne Burgess meets with Cara Rogers to plan for a collaborative presentation at the NAfME conference.

February 19: Consultation
Joel Baxley, Susanne Burgess, Laurie Melnik, and Kim Wheetley tour the STEM School in Chattanooga and meet with Keri Randolph to discuss future work with the 2013 STEM Fellows
.

February 19: Consultation
Laurie Melnik
meets with Adera Causey at the Hunter Museum of America to continue discussion of a partnership development with Skiskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation.

February 20: Consultation
Laurie Melnik
meets with with faculty members at Barger Academy of Fine Arts to develop marketing plans for CommuniCREATE events in March.

February 21: Consultation
Susanne Burgess
meets with kindergarten teachers at Battle Academy to plan for a future music residency.

February 25: Consultation
Mary LaBianca and Kim Wheetley meet with Mac Smotherman to discus the development of a dance minor at UTC.

February 27: Docent Training
Joel Baxley participates in docent training at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

 


MARCH 2013

March: Dance Classes
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance and Introduction to Modern Dance for the UTC Theatre Department.

March: Professor in Residence
Laurie Melnik serves as Professor in Residence for a theatre education student teacher at East Hamilton Middle School.

March: Volunteer Docent
Joel Baxley serves as a docent for students visiting the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

March: Visual Art Residency
Joel Baxley
conducts a Book-Making/Illustration residency with third grade students at Battle Academy in Chattanooga.

March 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, 22, 27, 29: Dance Residency
Mary LaBianca conducts a Dance Residency with clients and paraprofessionals at Orange Grove Center in Chattanooga.

March 5, 7: Dance Residency
Mary LaBianca
conducts an integrated dance residency with first grade students at Battle Academy in Chattanooga.

March 7-10: National Art Education Association
Joel Baxley participates in the National Art Education Association conference in Fort Worth, TX.

March: Visual Art Residency
Joel Baxley
conducts a Sandcasting residency with fifth grade students at Battle Academy in Chattanooga.

March 27: Docent Training
Joel Baxley participates in docent training at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.



APRIL 2013

April: Dance Classes
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance and Introduction to Modern Dance for the UTC Theatre Department.

April: Professor in Residence
Laurie Melnik supervises a theatre education student teacher for the UTC Department of Education.

April: Volunteer Docent
Joel Baxley serves as a docent for students visiting the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

April 24: Docent Training
Joel Baxley participates in docent training at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

April 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26: Dance Residency
Mary LaBianca conducts a Dance Residency with clients and paraprofessionals at Orange Grove Center in Chattanooga.

 


MAY 2013

May: Volunteer Docent
Joel Baxley serves as a docent for students visiting the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

May 15-17: SCEA Arts & Education Forum
SCEA conducts its sixth national forum Create, Perform, Log On on the campus of The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

May 29: Docent Training
Joel Baxley participates in docent training at the Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga.

 


JUNE 2013

 


JULY 2013

 


AUGUST 2013

August: Dance Class
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance for UTC Department of Theatre.

August: American Alliance for Theatre and Education
Laurie Melnik and Kim Wheetley attend the American Alliance for Theatre and Education Conference.

 


SEPTEMBER 2013

September: Dance Class
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance for UTC Department of Theatre.



OCTOBER 2013

October: Dance Class
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance for UTC Department of Theatre.

October: National Dance Education Organization
Mary LaBianca attends the National Dance Education Organization conference.



NOVEMBER 2013

November: Dance Class
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance for UTC Department of Theatre.

November: American Orff Schulwerk Association
Susanne Burgess attends the AOSA Conference.



DECEMBER 2013

December: Dance Class
Mary LaBianca teaches Introduction to Dance for UTC Department of Theatre.