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Laura Janelle Royster, Ed.D.
Curriculum Instructional Specialist
Huntersville, NC 28078
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OBJECTIVE
My objective is to obtain a position utilizing my expertise as a licensed
Curriculum Instructional Specialist to provide curriculum instructional
services for education purposes, leadership, and support to teachers,
students, employees, managers, and administrators in areas of
administration, teaching, retention, communications, relations, performance
management, programming, training if necessary, and development.
SUMMARY
Professional with Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction. Broad experience
promoting strategic education partnerships with educational institutions
such as; UNC at Chapel Hill, UNC Cancer Hospital, UNC School of Medicine,
school systems, and community organizations such as; the North Carolina
Arts Council, ArtsCenter, Ackland Art Museum, and Carrboro Learning Place &
Art Gallery. Design, implement, evaluate, and align curriculum and
instructional programming. Administrator experience with an art gallery,
museum, arts partnerships with educational programming design,
implementation, evaluation, research, grant writing, grant dispersion,
grant operations oversee, teaching, fundraising, marketing, supervision,
and leadership, among other skills.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill:
Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction August 2008
Dissertation Topic: I Feel Better With Music: Arts-based Educational
Research Investigation of Curriculum for Preschoolers with Cancer using
Educational Theatre as a Learning Medium
MFA in Acting May 1981
New York University, New York City, New York:
Graduate Studies in Children's Educational Theatre 24
Semester Hours
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina:
BA in Dramatic Arts/Acting May 1977
|TEACHING AREAS | |
|Teaching Artist / Educational |At In Community Institutions |
|Theatre: |Education Consultant |
|Developed and Implemented |Teacher |
|Programs: |Teaching Artist |
|Busch Gardens Educational |Children's Educational Theatre |
|Theatre: School Systems, |Arts in Education |
|Williamsburg, VA |Acting: Preschool/K-12/Adult |
|Creative Arts Team, NYU/ Teaching|Theatre Production |
|Artist: School Systems & |Creative Dramatics |
|Developmental Disabilities |Puppetry |
|Hospitals/Institutions NY; UNC |Oral Interpretation |
|School Systems/New York; North |Public Presentation |
|Carolina |Playwrighting/Script Development |
|Shakespeare/Schools/England/UK |Storytelling |
|Arts in Education Programming: |Theatrical Music Integration |
|Arc of Orange |Musical Theatre |
|County/Developmental Disabilities|Music Introduction-Ages 3 |
|age 2-6/ Family Integration/ |months-5 years old |
|Program Development/ Pilot Study/|Substitute Teach: Pre-K, K-12, |
|Implementation |Manhasset, Nassau County, New |
|Brain Explorers, University of |York and Durham Schools, Chapel |
|North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ |Hill/Carrboro |
|Arts in Educational Curriculum & |Drama |
|Instruction Consultant/Grades 3-5|Music |
| |All Subjects and grades |
|Headstart, More at Four, NC | |
|Science Museum of Long Island, NY| |
UNIVERSITY LEVEL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Phoenix: Current faculty teaching Arts 100 (Arts
Appreciation) at the North Charlotte Campus.
Teaching Assistant: University of North Carolina: Taught, facilitated, co-
taught, and assisted in various graduate level seminars and presentations,
and undergraduate classes.
1. Drama 101: Undergraduate Acting, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill, 1981
Developed and implemented curriculum to teach acting (101) for
undergraduate students.
2. Arts Integration EDUC 4: Undergraduate Teaching Program, School of
Education, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2006
Co-taught, facilitated and assisted in Arts Integration course with
multicultural curriculum and instruction design elements, reflective
teaching practice for pre-service teachers, and arts in education theory
and applications.
PRACTICUM INTERNSHIP
1. North Carolina Arts Council: Arts in Education (AIE)
Raleigh, North Carolina, 2004
Internship with Linda Bamford, Arts in Education Director at the North
Carolina Arts Council (NCAC) included the following:
Creation of evaluation/assessment forms for the following programs (all of
the forms were based partially on the criteria upon which applicants are
told they will be evaluated and the information they are asked to provide).
Development of evaluation forms:
1. Touring Artist Directory: Developed Teaching Artist Rubric and forms
for AIE Panel to use (around 5-7 people) who make recommendations on
teaching artist selection for NCAC on line directory. AIE applicants
for the 2005-2007 on line directory (applications due April 16, 2004-
artists notified of selection in August 2004).
2. Junior Appalachian Musicians Program: Developed evaluation forms,
video criteria and complete Evaluation Package for:
a. Instructors to Evaluate: Overall program, students, and self-
evaluate.
b. Students to evaluate: Overall program, instructors, self-
evaluate.
c. Families to evaluate: Attending student, overall program.
d. Sponsor to evaluate: Instructors, program.
e. NCAC to evaluate instruction quality from video and evaluation
forms for grant monies.
Other Responsibilities:
1. Developed and implemented program using Mother Goose to
teach preschoolers and integrate children with varied
development disabilities in Early Childhood Center in
Chatham County, NC, (for SmartStart assimilation); taught
staff how to perform arts integration for educational
content with focus on Individual Education Plans (IEPS).
2. Accompany Linda Bamford, NCAC, AIE Director on site visit
to Beaufort, NC and More at Four Program to evaluate
teaching artists from the Wolf Trap Institute for Early
Learning through the Arts in VA.
3. Assist with AIE Grants panel preparations and attend
panel meetings in Raleigh at the NCAC.
4. Attend, volunteer, and assist NCAC presentation for NC
Center for After School programs Conference in
Greensboro, NC.
2. Orange County School System: Education Programming
Hillsboro, North Carolina, 2002
Internship with Linda Ellis, Arts in Education and Educational Programming
Director for Orange County Schools included the following:
1. Assist the varied duties of the director.
2. Teaching Artist: Create, implement, and evaluate kindergarten
educational theatre program to reinforce learning in an advanced Science
Project involving chicken egg (embryo) incubation and hatching of chicks.
Doctoral Dissertation: Research, Curriculum and Instruction: Completed
pilot study in January 2007. I Feel Better with Music: An Arts-based
Educational Research Investigation of Curriculum for Preschoolers Diagnosed
with Cancer using Educational Theatre as a Learning Medium. Doctoral
committee approval obtained April 2007 to move forward with the study.
Graduated: August 2008
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Royster, L. J. (2007). I Feel Better With Music: Featuring Laura Janelle
Royster's Mother Goose and Little Bear: Cary, NC: Lulu Press
Royster, L. J., Ed.D., (2008) I Feel Better With Music: Arts-based
Educational Research Investigation of Curriculum for Preschoolers with
Cancer using Educational Theatre as a Learning Medium: Doctoral
dissertation, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, UMI Proquest
GRANTS
Orange County Arts Commission: (2006) $1000.00 Development of Tool Kit for
"I Feel Better With Music", arts in education curricular program for
Dissertation Project
UNC Launch Your Venture: (2008) $700.00 awarded for 10 minute DVD prototype
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Royster, L. (2007) American Educational Research Association; A Balancing
Act: Walking a Qualitative Line in a Quantitative World
Royster, L. (2007) Southeastern Association of Educational Studies; Arts-
based Educational Research: A Technological Aid for Curriculum and
Instruction
Duncan, G., Royster, L. (2004) Southeastern Regional Technology and
Teaching Conference; Virtual Microscope
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
. American Educational Researchers Association (AERA):
|Special Interest Group |Arts-based Educational Research (ABER) |
|(SIG) | |
. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
. Society for the Arts in Healthcare
. Arts North Carolina
. Port Washington/Manhasset Cancer Care, Inc.
. North Carolina Playwrights Alliance
. ArtsCenter Playwrighting Roundtable
. Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society
. Golden Key International Honour Society
RELATED EXPERIENCE
I Feel Better With Music: Educational programming to reduce stress caused
by medical trauma for critically ill preschoolers and children with special
needs.
Creative Arts Team: NYU, Educational Theatre as a learning medium to
promote social, emotional, and intellectual learning using curricular
themes and academic standards alignment in public schools, special
education populations, and international collaborations, NYC, NY, and
surrounding triangle areas.
Paul Braxton Children's Center: Designed, implemented, and evaluated
professional development including IEP Planning for Pre-K teachers, Siler
City, NC
Toddlers in Action: Partnership between the Arc of Orange County and the
ArtsCenter, designed, implemented and evaluated program, funded by the Arc
of Orange County, Chapel Hill, NC
Port Washington/Manhasset Cancer Care, Inc.: Red Stocking Revue
Programs/Fund Raisers, Port Washington, NY
Rock Against Cancer: Fundraising concert to bring music and music
therapists to victims of cancer, Chapel Hill, NC
Door to Door: (Joy Javitts) Music, I Feel Better With Music programming,
Educational Theatre and Entertainment to Hospitals (Current), NC
North Carolina Symphony: Koka Booth Children's Area: Music with Mother
Goose, two years, funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield. Mother Goose and Music
for Pre-show, Hansel and Gretel Opera.
The ArtsCenter: Art Gallery exhibition, 2nd Friday ArtWalk Openings with
donated food, music, and entertainment, and fundraising from 2001-2006
The ArtsCenter: Special Events, Stage Appearances, Courses, Programs,
Special Programming Development and Implementation in conjunction with ARC
of Orange County: "Toddlers in Action", Camps 2002-current, Volunteer:
Curriculum and Instruction Advisor, ArtWalk Galleries and Stage
Productions, Stage Announcer, Parade, AfterSchool, MiniCamp, and KidsCamp,
Carrboro, NC
The ArtsCenter: Playwrights Roundtable; 2005-current, playwright, write
plays and act in productions produced by the ArtsCenter, Carrboro, NC
Chapel Hill/Carrboro 2nd Friday ArtWalk: Committee member from 2003-2004;
2008-current
Carrboro Learning Place & Arts Gallery: Curator and Executive Director, Art
Gallery from 2002-2003: Aligned with monthly ArtWalk: Curriculum &
Instruction Programming and Stage Production for Learning Place, Carrboro,
NC
Ackland Art Museum: 2007: Mother Goose for the Walter Crane Alphabet
Series; 2004-2008 Student Friends, 2008 Friends of the Ackland: Special
Events, Chapel Hill, NC
North Shore University Hospital: Mother Goose, Special programs for
preschoolers with cancer, entertainment for Pediatrics and Pediatric
Oncology, Manhasset, NY
Long Island Jewish: Schneider Children's Hospital: I Feel better With Music
Cancer Program Development, New Hyde Park, NY
Nassau University Medical Center: Special music programs for at-risk teens,
entertainment, East Meadow, NY
St. Christopher Ottilie: Programs, entertainment for children with special
needs, Sea Cliff, NY
Parent Resource Center: Preschool Programs, Port Washington, NY
Mother Goose: Pre-school educational theatre programming for school
systems, home-schooling, hospitals, and arts organizations.
Educational Consultant: First time evaluations for students that are both
gifted and have disabilities.
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