Phyllis E. Johnson-Porter
Phyllis E. Johnson-Porter is a graduate of Bennett College, Greensboro, North Carolina, and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education. She received her Master of Music degree and all three levels of certification in Orff-Schulwerk from the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music in Cincinatti, Ohio. She received certification in Discipline-Based Music Education from Armstrong-Atlantic University in Savannah, Georgia, and the Doctor of Education degree in Educational Leadership from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Dr. Porter has 34+ years of public-school teaching experience, and has taught in Cincinnati, Ohio, Hamilton, Ohio, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Jackson, Mississippi, and Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Porter was selected as Richmond County School System’s 2016 Teacher of the Year and was the recipient of the Perry Publishing and Broadcasting 2016 Educator of the Year Award. In 2020, Dr. Porter acquired STEM Endorsement from Augusta University, and in 2022, facilitated the first-place win for Belair K-8 school in Elementary Music Division of the STEAMIFY Competition, which was hosted by Augusta University. She is the published author of The Children’s Church Choir: A Handbook for Children’s Choir Directors and Those Desiring to Develop a Ministry of Music for Children. Dr. Porter is married to Reverend Dr. Donald Porter.