Linda Kaye White

General Music, Haycock Elementary, Falls Church, VA

Total years as a classroom teacher: 24

EDUCATION

Indiana University	M.S., Secondary Education 1973
University of Evansville	Bachelor, Music Education 1969

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

1989-present	Grades K-6, Music, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia
1981 -1989	Grades K-8, Music, General Music, Choral, Bartholomew Consolidated Schools

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

2003	Fulbright Memorial Fund, Japan
2003	Opera Guild Outstanding Educator
2002	Fulbright Hays Seminar New Zealand
1997	Kennedy Center Arstedge Fellow

• Linda’s philosophy of teaching is that [she] teaches students much more than music.  [Students] are learning about themselves.  They are gaining expertise in responsibility, perseverance, independence and teamwork, problem solving, leadership and cooperation…..all areas that will help them negotiate successfully through the rest of their lives.
• She likes to describe what she does as teaching social studies, art, science, drama, geography, language arts and math through music.  Linda believes teaching music involves all aspects of the school and classroom.

“Ms. White has demonstrated a great deal of sensitivity in translation to diverse learning styles and developmental stages.  She is an exemplary teacher who can seamlessly take the resources she has gathered from across the world and turn them into meaningful, substantive learning for her students.”

Roger D. Tomhave, Ph.D., Fine Arts Coordinator, Fairfax County Public Schools

“She is a risk taker, purposely leaving her comfort zone to acquire new knowledge and take on new educational challenges.  Linda is one of the most positive people I have ever met.  She has high standards for the education profession and models them daily.”

 Virginia B. Mahlke, Principal (retired), Wolftrap Elementary