As the Ballet Coordinator for the Department of Dance, Buttram instructs university classes in classical ballet, pointe, dance history, dance appreciation and creative rhythmic activities for children. Having performed as a soloist and principal dancer with Dayton Ballet Company, Ballet Metropolitan, Lexington Ballet Company, the Bristol Ballet Company, and Ballet Concerto, as well as the modern dance companies Contemporary Dance/Fort Worth and the New Century Danscene, her teaching style is eclectic yet based on traditional styles of classical ballet training.