Teaching Children Dance

About Emily EnloeStephen L. ConeSusan M. FlynnTheresa Purcell Cone

Susan Flynn MA teaches in the School of Education Health and Human Performance at the College of Charleston South Carolina training students in sport pedagogy and preK-5 teacher education. Flynn specializes in the areas of rhythms and dance in the PE curriculum adapted physical education and elementary methods. She has also taught at Purdue University and in public schools in Maryland. Flynn developed the Perceptual Motor Development Clinic at the University of Toledo and was director for 10 years. She also organized Petes Pals a mentoring initiative at Purdue University offering aquatic and motor therapy for children with disabilities. Currently she conducts a similar program at the College of Charleston called FitCatZ Aquatic and Motor Therapy.Emily Enloe EdD is a dance educator at Oakbrook Middle School in Charleston South Carolina. In addition to teaching Enloe was the graduate mentor for the Dancers Connect program housed through the University of South Carolinas dance education program from August 2010 to May 2014. Work with this program earned Enloe the 2012 Elsa Posey Graduate Student Scholarship from the National Dance Education Organization. She earned her MEd in early childhood education from the University of South Carolina in August 2013 and she continues to present at workshops and both state and national conferences in addition to teaching. Dr. Enloe is past president of the South Carolina Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance as well as the South Carolina Dance Association. She graduated from Charleston Southern University with an EdD in leadership in May 2022.Stephen L. Cone PhD is a professor emeritus in the department of health and exercise science at Rowan University in New Jersey. Dr. Cone is past president of the American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance (AAHPERD; now SHAPE America) and received their Honor Award in 2000. He is also a member of the New Jersey AHPERD the Alliance for Arts Education New Jersey and numerous other professional organizations. He has written dozens of articles for physical education publications and was coauthor of Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Physical Education (Human Kinetics 1998) and the three previous editions of Teaching Children Dance.Theresa Purcell Cone PhD (19502019) was a physical education and dance teacher at Brunswick Acres Elementary School in Kendall Park New Jersey where she also directed a childrens dance company. She was an adjunct professor at Rowan University in New Jersey and a teacher and choreographer at the Princeton Ballet School. Dr. Cone was a past president of the National Dance Association and was named its first Dance Educator of the Year. She was also a member of the National Dance Education Organization the Alliance for Arts Education New Jersey and numerous other professional organizations. Dr. Cone was coauthor of Interdisciplinary Teaching Through Physical Education (Human Kinetics 1998). In 2004 Dr. Cone was awarded a Presidential Citation by the American Alliance for Health Physical Education Recreation and Dance. She also was awarded the Margie R. Hanson Distinguished Service Award by the National Association for Sport and Physical Education. Dr. Cone received her doctorate in dance from Temple University.