NDEO’s Online Professional Development Institute (OPDI) for Dance Education
Summer 2018 Courses are Open for Enrollment!
Attention Dance Educators -- what is your plan to enhance your teaching skills? Consider an online course in dance injuries, dance integration, modern dance, dance history, or music for dance!
OPDI-116: Harkness Center for Dance Injuries: The Applied Science of Dancer Health and Injury Prevention - (May 21 to August 12, 2018)
OPDI-M13: Modern Dance Theory and Composition (May 21 – July 1, 2018)
OPDI-102: Dance History - 1800 to Present (June 4 to August 26, 2018)
OPDI 115: Dance Integration: Re-envisioning the Creative Process – (June 4 to August 26, 2018)
OPDI –M2: Elements of Dance (June 18 – July15, 2018)
OPDI-M14: Music Fundamentals for the Dance Teacher (June 18 to July 29, 2018)
OPDI-201: Portfolio Development using the Professional Teaching Standards for Dance Arts (PTSDA)
OPDI Summer 2018 Course Descriptions
NDEO Membership Requirement: As a reminder, to apply to OPDI and register for a course, you must have a current "individual" Membership in NDEO (Professional, Graduate Student, Undergraduate Student, Retiree or PhD/EdD Membership) or an OPDI Membership. If the institution where you are the main contact has a current NDEO Institutional Membership and you want to apply and register for an OPDI course, please call 301-585-2880 or email (opdi@ndeo.org) the home office and request an OPDI Membership which is free to you as the main contact.
How to Apply for OPDI: If you are NOT an OPDI student yet, then you need to complete the OPDI online application at www.ndeo.org/opdiapply before you can register for courses. Make sure you are logged in to your NDEO member account before completing the OPDI application.
How to Register for a Course if you are a Current NDEO Member & have previously completed the OPDI Application: To register for an OPDI course just 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, then on Access OPDI link within your Profile to find all the courses that are open for enrollment. Click on the Enroll icon and proceed to register and pay for the course.
If you have questions, please email opdi@ndeo.org
Melissa Greenblatt
NDEO Managing Director