Summary

Overview

Work History

Education

Skills

Affiliations

Certification

Languages

Timeline

Jodi Obeid

Philadelphia,PA

Summary

Professional educator with outstanding communication and instruction experience. Adjunct Faculty adapts to different classroom settings and subjects. Masterful at new teaching styles and concepts and can work within constraints of school guidelines and policies. Keen observer equipped to change teaching styles based on student need or subject matter.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certification

Work History

Guest Adjunct Professor

Westchester University

01.2020

Methods of Group Choreography and Dance Making

Guest Instructor

Bryn Mawr

01.2013

Adjunct Faculty

Drexel University

01.2010

Dance Appreciation (Writing for Dance) and Guest Choreographer

Guest Instructor

Williamstown Ballet Theater

01.2017 - Current

Modern Dance and Improvisation for the High School Student company

DEA Educational Foundation, Youth Dance and Community Programs

01.2014 - Current

Implement free in-school dance and other movement-based education programs promoting healthy teamwork and creative experiences for 3-12th grades across five states
Contract and manage operations for dance company partners for in-school elementary age performances and weekly teaching programs
Work with school staff to implement summer dance camps
Travel nationally for DEA Youth Dance and other Program performances and teaching workshops
Develop contracts and budgets with public school staff, teaching artists, and city organizations
Work with Foundation staff to manage programs, create education curricula, educate new teaching artists, prepare foundation reports, develop strategic planning for program expansion, and end-of-year program evaluations.

Adjunct Professor of Dance, Guest Instructor Workshops

The Rock School for Dance Education, Dance in Schools

01.2016 - 01.2021

Evaluated elementary and middle school dance education programs in Philadelphia public schools
Developed curriculum evaluation assessments reporting on student progress, behavior, social emotional learning (SEL), creative problem solving, and performances in schools
Ran dance teacher training skills workshops for behavior and social emotional learning
Served as Dance Instructor for students with visual impairments
Assisted in moving programs to online platforms during Covid-19 for school programs at home
Wrote end-of-year reports and recommendations to program funders.

Adjunct Professor of Dance

Rowan University Department of Theatre and Dance

01.2007 - 01.2021

Developed and taught curricula for: Creative Dance for Children: Teaching and Dance Education in Community, Fundamentals of Modern Dance for First Year Dance Majors, Elements of Dance / Beginner Dance Making, Yoga, Dance History, World Dance Forms, Dance Company Technique class and Choreography
Advised undergraduate students on research writing, setting up off-campus teaching, jobs, and internships in the dance field
Dance in Schools Curriculum Evaluator

Dance Instructor

Casa Xalteva

01.2015 - 01.2016

Taught community dance class and yoga to children and counselors at the Education Shelter

Adjunct Faculty

University Louvain la Neuve

01.2004 - 01.2005

Contemporary Dance, Yoga, Contemporary Dance/

Dance Company Director and Instructor of Contemporary Modern Dance Program

Enloe Arts Magnet High School

01.2002 - 01.2004

Instructed of upper-level Contemporary Dance classes, World Dance forms, Directed Yoga Club
Worked with department school administrators to develop program curriculum and advised students on college dance programs
Directed staff and student run choreography showcases, produced out of school community performances for 10-12th grade students in the triangle area.

Education

Master of Arts - Performing Arts: Dance

The American University

Washington, DC

Bachelor of Arts - French, Dance

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD

Diploma of French culture and civilization - undefined

Sorbonne University

PADEO - undefined

2022

DEL - undefined

National Dance Institute

2022

Special Education/ Neurodiversity - undefined

2021

Yoga Teacher Certification 200HR/ Registered Yoga Alliance Practitioner - undefined

2020

SEL Training: An introduction to Social Emotional - undefined

Rowan University

2019

Wheels Foundation: Wheelchair ballroom dance training - undefined

2018

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Lansdowne Friends School

2017

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The Naked Stark - Katherine Keifer

2017

NDI Teaching Methods Intensive - undefined

National Dance Institute

2017

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2016

Neurodiversity/ Bartol Foundation - undefined

Westchester

2015

Dance for PD (Parkinson’s Disease) Teacher Training/ Certification - undefined

North Carolina Dance Alliance/ Dance Education Liaison

2014

Masters Level - undefined

Temple University

2013

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Philadelphia, PA, NY

2012

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Drexel University

2011

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Rowan University

Philadelphia, PA

2010

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Philadelphia, PA

2009

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Rowan University

Philadelphia, PA

2008

Junction Dance Theatre/ Melanie Miller - undefined

Westchester University

West Chester, PA

2007

dance film - undefined

Philadelphia, PA

2006

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Dansatelier Marleen Sempels/ Carol Marie Webster

2005

T.S.C - undefined

T.R.A.N.S.I, A.P.E, Duke University, Festival, Meredith College

Brussels, Durham, Raleigh, NC

2004

Arts - undefined

Arts Education

Carolina, North

2004

Humanities

The Raleigh Civic Ballet, Cary Academy, Arts Magnet

Cary, Raleigh, Raleigh, NC

2003

Director of Community Programs - undefined

Toronto, Washington D.C.

2002

Apprentice: Toronto, Ontario - undefined

Ballet

1999

Skills

Report Automation
Classroom Management

Individualized Support
Instructional Assistance

Affiliations

Yoga Alliance Member Current National Guild for Community Arts Education/ Member Current Pennsylvania Dance Education Organization/ Member Current National Dance Education Organization/ Member Current

Certification

Yoga

Languages

French

Native or Bilingual

Spanish

Limited Working

Timeline

Guest Adjunct Professor

Westchester University

01.2020

Guest Instructor

Williamstown Ballet Theater

01.2017 - Current

Adjunct Professor of Dance, Guest Instructor Workshops

The Rock School for Dance Education, Dance in Schools

01.2016 - 01.2021

Dance Instructor

Casa Xalteva

01.2015 - 01.2016

DEA Educational Foundation, Youth Dance and Community Programs

01.2014 - Current

Guest Instructor

Bryn Mawr

01.2013

Adjunct Faculty

Drexel University

01.2010

Adjunct Professor of Dance

Rowan University Department of Theatre and Dance

01.2007 - 01.2021

Adjunct Faculty

University Louvain la Neuve

01.2004 - 01.2005

Dance Company Director and Instructor of Contemporary Modern Dance Program

Enloe Arts Magnet High School

01.2002 - 01.2004

Master of Arts - Performing Arts: Dance

The American University

Bachelor of Arts - French, Dance

Goucher College

Diploma of French culture and civilization - undefined

Sorbonne University

PADEO - undefined

DEL - undefined

National Dance Institute

Special Education/ Neurodiversity - undefined

Yoga Teacher Certification 200HR/ Registered Yoga Alliance Practitioner - undefined

SEL Training: An introduction to Social Emotional - undefined

Rowan University

Wheels Foundation: Wheelchair ballroom dance training - undefined

undefined

Lansdowne Friends School

undefined

The Naked Stark - Katherine Keifer

NDI Teaching Methods Intensive - undefined

National Dance Institute

Neurodiversity/ Bartol Foundation - undefined

Westchester

Dance for PD (Parkinson’s Disease) Teacher Training/ Certification - undefined

North Carolina Dance Alliance/ Dance Education Liaison

Masters Level - undefined

Temple University

undefined

Drexel University

undefined

Rowan University

undefined

Rowan University

Junction Dance Theatre/ Melanie Miller - undefined

Westchester University

dance film - undefined

undefined

Dansatelier Marleen Sempels/ Carol Marie Webster

T.S.C - undefined

T.R.A.N.S.I, A.P.E, Duke University, Festival, Meredith College

Arts - undefined

Arts Education

Humanities

The Raleigh Civic Ballet, Cary Academy, Arts Magnet

Director of Community Programs - undefined

Apprentice: Toronto, Ontario - undefined

Ballet