Amanda Galbraith is a post-doctoral research associate at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. For eighteen years, she served as an art educator with Bartlett City Schools in Tennessee. Galbraith has served on the Tennessee Department of Education’s subject matter expert committee, two standards revision committees, a textbook and instructional materials advisory panel, and numerous curriculum development teams. She has received the Tennessee Art Education Association’s West Tennessee Art Educator of the Year award two times—in 2011 and 2013. In 2019, Galbraith was named the Tennessee Art Education Association’s Art Educator of the Year. She is a frequent presenter at local, state, and national conferences.
Latasha Casterlow-Lalla serves as the supervisor of art and music for Passaic Public Schools in Passaic, New Jersey. She attended Montclair State University, where she earned a degree in music education and then a master’s degree in counseling, human development, and guidance. She received her doctorate from Seton Hall University. After teaching music in the elementary grades, Casterlow-Lalla was appointed as Supervisor of Gifted & Talented Education for Passaic Public Schools, where she implemented the district’s first Saturday Enrichment Academy, and led the district’s Jump Into Summer Program, which served more than 5,000 students. In 2015, she was selected as the founding assistant principal at the Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy, the city’s first magnet school. As the current supervisor of art and music, Casterlow-Lalla has revived the theatre arts program in three high schools, implemented modern band in seven schools, and launched programs in music technology, digital arts, and theatre arts.
Latasha Casterlow-Lalla serves as the supervisor of art and music for Passaic Public Schools in Passaic, New Jersey. She attended Montclair State University, where she earned a degree in music education and then a master’s degree in counseling, human development, and guidance. She received her doctorate from Seton Hall University. After teaching music in the elementary grades, Casterlow-Lalla was appointed as Supervisor of Gifted & Talented Education for Passaic Public Schools, where she implemented the district’s first Saturday Enrichment Academy, and led the district’s Jump Into Summer Program, which served more than 5,000 students. In 2015, she was selected as the founding assistant principal at the Passaic Gifted and Talented Academy, the city’s first magnet school. As the current supervisor of art and music, Casterlow-Lalla has revived the theatre arts program in three high schools, implemented modern band in seven schools, and launched programs in music technology, digital arts, and theatre arts.
Nina Unitas is currently serving as senior program officer for arts education in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. She is passionate for the visual arts and is known for being very hopeful and inclusive. Unitas relentlessly advocates for humanizing education by offering young people opportunities to ask questions, re-imagine our world and their role in it, and define ways that they see the world becoming a more just, loving, and compassionate place for all people. She previously served as principal of Wylandville Elementary in the Canon-McMillan School District. While there, she worked to promote visible thinking and arts-based teaching practices that challenged the faculty to grow as learners. Unitas began her career as an art teacher at Chartiers Valley Primary School in 1999, and she taught there for seven years. While studying at Carnegie Mellon University she received a master in public management in educational leadership and recently earned a superintendent letter of eligibility through Point Park University.
Nina Unitas is currently serving as senior program officer for arts education in the Pittsburgh Public Schools. She is passionate for the visual arts and is known for being very hopeful and inclusive. Unitas relentlessly advocates for humanizing education by offering young people opportunities to ask questions, re-imagine our world and their role in it, and define ways that they see the world becoming a more just, loving, and compassionate place for all people. She previously served as principal of Wylandville Elementary in the Canon-McMillan School District. While there, she worked to promote visible thinking and arts-based teaching practices that challenged the faculty to grow as learners. Unitas began her career as an art teacher at Chartiers Valley Primary School in 1999, and she taught there for seven years. While studying at Carnegie Mellon University she received a master in public management in educational leadership and recently earned a superintendent letter of eligibility through Point Park University.
Silvia Scaife serves as director of career and technical education for Auburn City Schools, where she has reached across curriculum and discipline aisles to teach college and career readiness to secondary students. She has been named teacher of the year at every grade level from kindergarten to twelfth grade and was one of the top five 2006 finalists for Alabama’s Teacher of the Year. Scaife has degrees from Troy University and Auburn University, where she also received a PhD in curriculum and teaching. She serves as an elected governing board member for the Educational Theatre Association, is the mentoring coordinator for the Alabama Thespian Festival, and has adjudicated for Alabama, Georgia, and the International Thespians Festivals. With more than twenty-eight years of service to education, Scaife continues to explore and implement innovative ways that will foster a thirst for learning.
Silvia Scaife serves as director of career and technical education for Auburn City Schools, where she has reached across curriculum and discipline aisles to teach college and career readiness to secondary students. She has been named teacher of the year at every grade level from kindergarten to twelfth grade and was one of the top five 2006 finalists for Alabama’s Teacher of the Year. Scaife has degrees from Troy University and Auburn University, where she also received a PhD in curriculum and teaching. She serves as an elected governing board member for the Educational Theatre Association, is the mentoring coordinator for the Alabama Thespian Festival, and has adjudicated for Alabama, Georgia, and the International Thespians Festivals. With more than twenty-eight years of service to education, Scaife continues to explore and implement innovative ways that will foster a thirst for learning.
