Amanda Caldwell  is in her 16th year of teaching. She is a dance teacher in the Crockett Dance Department and the Director of the Tex-Ann Dance Team at Crockett High School in Austin, TX. She is a 2003 graduate of Westlake High School in Austin where she was a two-year member of the Hyline dance team. She graduated from Texas State University, San Marcos in 2007 with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Dance with teacher certification. While at Texas State University, Amanda was a member of the Texas State Strutters for three years. As a Strutter she got the opportunity to perform at half times during the San Antonio Spurs games as well as travel to Monterrey, Mexico to perform in their Super Classic Fútbol Grand Opening in front of an audience of more than 50,000 fans. She was also very active in the dance department at Texas State, taking part in various student and faculty pieces as well as dancing in the department’s performance company, Orchesis. Amanda has had the honor of being a choreographer for the Austin ISD Summer Theatre Series (STS) for the past five summers. With Austin ISD's STS she has choreographed Newsies and In the Heights, and has co-choreographed Shrek the Musical, Mamma Mia, and The Addams Family. Amanda is excited to be joining Austin ISD's STS for her sixth summer co-choreographing Mary Poppins! She still enjoys taking classes when possible and will catch any Broadway show that comes into town. In addition to her dance degree she is also Physical Education K-12 certified, Special Education K-12 certified, and first aid & CPR/AED certified. She has been a member of TDEA (Texas Dance Educators Association) since 2008 and is extremely happy to be at Crockett working in the Fine Arts department.