Courtney Allyson Mills
Educational Consultant & Performance Specialist
The most competitive winter guard circuits are focusing on a holistic approach to education. ColorGuardEDU provides education consultants to observe directors and technicians through warm-ups, transition times, and shows in order to assist in much needed educational practices and show assistance, as well as guidance for critique and a review of the sheets. ColorGuardEDU Education Consultants help to create more informed educators, as well as prepared critique goers.
Services Available :
Professional Development Webinars for School Districts – Live Professional Development Webinars are available for school districts interested in providing PD for their color guard educators.
Specialized Webinars for Circuits – Courtney is available for specialized webinars for your circuit members. Times, Dates, and Topics are decided by your circuit.
Education Consulting for Circuits – IS your circuit interested in growth from an education standpoint? A CGEDU Representative (speaking with Andria and Steph) is available to travel to your circuit and provide educational strategies to your membership.
Masterclasses for Circuits, Districts, or Schools – Would you like your performers to have a 3 hour performance/dance masterclass? Courtney is available to travel to your place of business to inspire your students and leaders.
Courtney Allyson Mills, a movement educator, began her love for dance, theater, and the creative performing arts in Seminole, Florida where she performed in the prestigious Seminole High School Marching Band and Color Guard. Her experiences in high school brought forth many years of performing with two-time WGI gold medalist, The Company Color Guard and DCI finalist Carolina Crown Drum and Bugle Corps. During her years of performing, Ms. Mills began her teaching career with the goal of helping to develop lifelong skills of passion, determination, and perseverance within young adults, nationally and internationally.
Before getting her Bachelor’s Degree, Courtney traveled the United States, lived in Australia, and taught in the UK, gaining teaching and choreography experience. In total, she has been a clinician/instructor at 3 major universities and over 150 high schools in the United States.
Ms. Mills holds a Bachelors of Arts in Dance from Texas Woman’s University and a Master of Arts in Performance Psychology from National University. While in attendance at TWU, she was named Outstanding Undergraduate Student of the Year and was a Dean’s list student.
Courtney is the founder and facilitator of ColorGuardEDU, an online education platform specifically for instructors, directors, designers, and choreographers to attain information on how to better themselves as teachers. Her mission is to provide the color guard constituency with content that helps develop our activity from an education standpoint, while encouraging artistic growth.
Currently, Ms. Mills resides in Colorado. Between judging nationally, teaching high school, and immersing herself in video editing for ColorGuardEDU, she enjoys hiking, exploring, and spending time with her bulldog Olive and two cats, Hobie and Betty.