Kristina Waugh has been teaching music for the past 19 years. Her teaching experiences include middle & high school choir as well as elementary & middle school general music. She received her Bachelor of Music Education, Master of Music in Music Education, & Kodály Certification from Capital University. Kristina also completed part of her master’s coursework at the Kodály Pedagogical Institute of Music in Kecskemét, Hungary. Her master’s degree focused on secondary choral music with a Kodály emphasis. Kristina has given workshops about incorporating the Kodály concept in the choral classroom & previously taught choral methodology & folk song research in the Master’s program of the Kodály Institute at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio.

Kristina was the 2022 CMCEA Distinguished Teacher of the Year at Rossview High School, 2019 Teacher of the Year for Rossview Middle School, Country Music Association Teacher of Excellence in 2018 & 2023, and WTHI TV Golden Apple Teacher in 2013.