Miriam deDecker

Skills:

• Extensive teaching experience with both children and adults
• Implementing music, movement and mindfulness into daily lessons as a classroom teacher
• Experience with special needs: autism, ADHD, social-emotional trauma, achondroplasia (dwarfism), severe allergies, speech & hearing impairment, developmental delay, non-binary
• Planning and working with teams – Grade level Team Leader for 5-7 members for 11 years
• Open mind and desire to serve others and learn new skills

Languages:                                         

Bilingual English/French           

Spanish – basics 

Education:

1984-86:          Indiana University, School of Music

1986–88:         Goshen College Goshen, Indiana; Bachelor of Arts in Music, piano performance

Certifications:

• Master’s degree in Elementary Education, MCPS Certification Early Childhood – Grade 8
• 2019 Kid’s Yoga Teacher certification (Circle Yoga, Washington, D.C.)
• 2022 200 Hr. Yoga Teacher Training Certification (Yoga Alliance)
• Adult & Pediatric CPR-AED 

Extra-curricular:

Yoga (Bikram, Vinyasa, Yin, Restorative, Aerial), Pilates, Zumba

Flying trapeze (Club Med & TSNY)

Cooking & entertaining