Deborah Stehlik has been a music educator for the Bethpage School District for 18 years. She serves as the District Chairperson for Choral and Classroom Music.

She has taught music, dance and theater in various dance schools and theaters on Long Island. Mrs. Stehlik is an Adjunct Professor at Hofstra University where she teaches Movement in the Orff-Schulwerk Levels Courses. She has been a clinician for NYSSMA Conferences, the American Orff-Schulwerk National Conference, the Greater Rochester Orff Chapter, the Long Island Orff Chapter, Nassau and Suffolk County PEAK Festivals, Suffolk Music Educators Association, the College of Saint Rose and guest conductor at the Long Island Recorder Festival. Mrs. Stehlik is Past President of he Nassau Music Educators Association.