Tabereaux elected to Meridian arts council board
Charlotte Tabereaux
Charlotte Tabereaux, the education director of Mississippi State University's Riley Center for Education and Performing Arts in downtown Meridian, has been elected to the Meridian Council for the Arts board of directors, according to Laura Carmichael, cultural affairs director for the City of Meridian.
The council’s mission is to foster and promote diverse art and cultural organizations, events, education and individual artists in Meridian and Lauderdale County through leadership, partnership, collaboration, grants and service.
With more than 30 years of experience in education, Tabereaux has been a longtime advocate for the arts as a tool for learning.
In her eight years with Rankin County schools, she helped introduce and implement the use of the arts and experiential learning techniques. She co-authored a book, "Learning to Read through the Arts, K-2," in 2003. And, the "Arts Across the Curriculum" program she developed earned Rankin Country School District the 2004 Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.
Tabereaux has also served as a field adviser for the Mississippi Arts Commission's Whole Schools Initiative. She received a doctorate in education administration from Mississippi State University in 2002. She taught English, drama and speech for 20 years; for 10 years she served as an administrator, in positions including principal, state department senior education specialist, director of curriculum, director of federal programs and arts supervisor.
In Tabereaux's role with the MSU Riley Center, she is responsible for introducing programs and training designed to help teachers incorporate the arts as a tool for learning in the classroom.
