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Helen Buck-Pavlick
Helen Buck-Pavlick, MFA, is the Dance Director and Electives Department Chair at Fees College Preparatory Middle School; a program that she created in 2015. Helen earned a masters of fine arts in dance from Arizona State University, and holds a preK-12 endorsement in dance and secondary 6-12 certification in the state of Arizona. Additionally, Helen is a Registered Yoga Teacher 200hr, Certified Irish Dance Teacher, Mat Pilates Instructor, and Reiki Practitioner. Her research interests include dance pedagogy, somatic epistemology, and cultivating empathy and social emotional learning through dance. Her publications include ‘Using Empathy and Somatics in Dance Class to Engage Early Adolescent Learners From Low Socioeconomic Communities’, DEiP (2020). Helen also created and facilitates the courses ‘Mindfulness for Educators’ and ‘Teaching and Practicing Mindfulness, Compassion, Gratitude, and Social-Emotional Skills’ for the Tempe Elementary School District Professional Learning Program.