These are the codes and regulations in my work practice.
Work Place:
The equipment is safe to be use for music and sound is at correct volume for appropriate class
Ensuring that all surface space is clear with no obstructions or hazards
Ensuring bathroom facilites are suitable and clean/flooring is level and sprung/temperature is adequate with AC available.
Full service to a water fountain as to not let anybody get dehydrated
Students:
Fire exits are known to everybody
Suitable attire is worn for all classes including footwear
No sharp objects worn by students to cause injuries (Earrings, Rings etc)
Children and Parent confidentiality and consent to participate in class
Teacher:
To be aware of injuries or pregnancy before the class commences
Obtaining insurance and CRB before teaching to be covered for all classes and keeping copies
Registers are taken at the beginning of class incase of emergencies
Punctuality and Professionalism
Be approachable for questions and answers during and end of class
Keeping professional boundaries within the workplace
Disciplinary with children to be kept at all times
Training is up to date and to a high standard
Accident form to be filled out if an incident occurs
Demonstrations are safe and correctly shown
Structure of class is maintain of Warm up, Dance and Cool Down
Enabling all these measures are taken on board I believe is an important aspect of teaching. Without the guideline, the standard of classes with space, equipment and discipline would be inadequate. Therefore using and having the knowledge on this information may expand your professional work and may increase your work load. I think employers should enforce these regulations more often. I try to conduct myself to these guidelines. However, Are they correct? Whats make me think that my guidelines and safety are used everywhere else? Would another teacher take my regulations seriously if covering my class?
Friday 28 October 2011
Thursday 27 October 2011
My Title
Using the help of SIG, fellow students, friends, outside commnities and revelant practitioners has given me the guideance in finalising my many questions into one simple and to the point Title.
Does having a qualification/degree benefit a performers transition into teaching and choreographing easily?
This title has the potential of in depth debates and exploration to find out whether it is necessary in the national teaching profession. As this subject effects my Professional Practice and future career as a dance teacher when concluding the question with the help of others it will develop my knowledge and ability has a professional.
Qualifications- Qualifications are the necessary skills required by an employer or company. A qualification is the foundation of a career and is developed by relevant experience and ability within that profession. Many qualifications are noticed by a National examination board.
Performers- A Performer is someone who uses expressions through their body, voice or mind. As a dance performer my expressions are through my body movement. Many performers are taught techniques to have the ability to reach beyond standard movements. Others are born with abilities and teach themselves. Ballet is an art form that has to have the flexible body movement ability to obtain certain movements, this can be taught to an extent.
Teaching- A Teacher is someone who has gained enough relevant experience to pass on knowledge to others learning. In my profession, teachers can be academic or non academic. Many teachers have to obtain a specific qualification to teach certain examination boards. eg. ISTD or RAD. These are both International examination syllabuses that are recognised throughout the world. People have an art to teaching and this is gained by experience and patience. Many teachers are dismissed for being non qualified or having no degree in the appropriate subject.
Choreographing- A Choreographer is someone who has a created eye for movement in the body. Many choreographers are technically trained and use their abilities to compose sequences of steps together. Developing on their foundations and expanding into signature moves. The use for choreographers is in Fashion Show, TV, Tours and many more. The recognition for choreographing is high and there is a huge demand for rising new talent. A creative eye is a gift.
ISTD- Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. This examination board is a international recognised board that is taught and learnt throughout many countires. The use of this examination board enables the dancers to be at a certain standard by certain ages, therefore when they enter the industry their abilities are at a high caliber. As a extremely well certified dance board this gives the impression that dance is an important subject and should be appreciated by all.
These subjects will be the co subjects into my question as they lead onto what I would like to read and study more about. Using this will prevent the distraction of debating on other topics and enabling deeper thought process.
Does having a qualification/degree benefit a performers transition into teaching and choreographing easily?
This title has the potential of in depth debates and exploration to find out whether it is necessary in the national teaching profession. As this subject effects my Professional Practice and future career as a dance teacher when concluding the question with the help of others it will develop my knowledge and ability has a professional.
Qualifications- Qualifications are the necessary skills required by an employer or company. A qualification is the foundation of a career and is developed by relevant experience and ability within that profession. Many qualifications are noticed by a National examination board.
Performers- A Performer is someone who uses expressions through their body, voice or mind. As a dance performer my expressions are through my body movement. Many performers are taught techniques to have the ability to reach beyond standard movements. Others are born with abilities and teach themselves. Ballet is an art form that has to have the flexible body movement ability to obtain certain movements, this can be taught to an extent.
Teaching- A Teacher is someone who has gained enough relevant experience to pass on knowledge to others learning. In my profession, teachers can be academic or non academic. Many teachers have to obtain a specific qualification to teach certain examination boards. eg. ISTD or RAD. These are both International examination syllabuses that are recognised throughout the world. People have an art to teaching and this is gained by experience and patience. Many teachers are dismissed for being non qualified or having no degree in the appropriate subject.
Choreographing- A Choreographer is someone who has a created eye for movement in the body. Many choreographers are technically trained and use their abilities to compose sequences of steps together. Developing on their foundations and expanding into signature moves. The use for choreographers is in Fashion Show, TV, Tours and many more. The recognition for choreographing is high and there is a huge demand for rising new talent. A creative eye is a gift.
ISTD- Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing. This examination board is a international recognised board that is taught and learnt throughout many countires. The use of this examination board enables the dancers to be at a certain standard by certain ages, therefore when they enter the industry their abilities are at a high caliber. As a extremely well certified dance board this gives the impression that dance is an important subject and should be appreciated by all.
These subjects will be the co subjects into my question as they lead onto what I would like to read and study more about. Using this will prevent the distraction of debating on other topics and enabling deeper thought process.
Wednesday 26 October 2011
SIG
Recently joining the SIG on Facebook has opened my eyes to how many other people have similar inquiries to myself. In this industry the work ethic is high and everyone has to be "in it for themselves." however, when discussing my questions and issues with dance and teaching to fellow students it feels great to know that we are helping one another out.
As to other groups and communities I am apart of, SIG gives me the guidance to respond to my outside groups effectively with the help and opinions of others in the same practice.
I am beginning to share my thoughts from my experience teaching, as this has become a community which I am apart of twice a week. Receiving feedback from a non dancer is effective and helps the development of my career and teaching abilities. Therefore this has also brought me back to reflecting on my work and developing my practice through feedback from non dancer and also from the SIG group.
Using the group helped my finalised my question...
As to other groups and communities I am apart of, SIG gives me the guidance to respond to my outside groups effectively with the help and opinions of others in the same practice.
I am beginning to share my thoughts from my experience teaching, as this has become a community which I am apart of twice a week. Receiving feedback from a non dancer is effective and helps the development of my career and teaching abilities. Therefore this has also brought me back to reflecting on my work and developing my practice through feedback from non dancer and also from the SIG group.
Using the group helped my finalised my question...
Friday 21 October 2011
Final Question?
Does having a qualification/degree benefit a performers transition into teaching and choreographing easily??
Let me know your thoughts....
Let me know your thoughts....
Reading and More in Depth studying...
Nicole suggested a reading a post from Rosemary, which I am still in the process of reading through. However noticing a few points that are interesting to me.
- Money in Schools for Dance
- Last in the National Curriculum
- 13% Increasing population in Dance
As I am still reading through this document I will not go into depth with these points, however it does give me more guidance on my inquiry as to what to use. This has a definite input into what I am thinking as the Dance Education subject is something that interests me for the future of my Professional Practice and career.
Concerning me that the National Curriculum put Dance last in the list giving the impression the subject is not of an importance. With schools using healthy schemes for eating to stop obesity increasing the placing Dance in the lower end astonished me as this is a physical activity shouldn't this be place higher to increase the popularity and healthy lifestyle? Somehow I believe that this may change in a few years as recently the popularity of Dance across country has somewhat expanded extremely fast due to talent shows.
A conversation between a fellow dancer and I in London this week was discussed on the topic of the training in dancers and whether it is needed. My input was that many of the dancers in the commercial industry have little technical training and more 'class' training i.e LA and New York classes. She agreed with me, however said that those dancers are extremely strong in there field but in this day and age a dancer has to be able to perform most genres and this comes from vocational training and degree level.
This then leads me onto choreographers in the commercial industry and what they have to offer, most of them have been trained technically however some haven't. I suppose if you have a talent then use it and show your abilities but I feel in the industry it seems like you should all have to be qualified the same to be taken seriously.
This is how I feel about the X Factor...its a complete joke giving of the impression that having a Talent and wanting to Perform are a joke and this is why the prospect of dance in the education is lower than a Maths Degree.
Does anyone agree or am I rambling???
This is building my inquiry into the transition of becoming a teacher. See what you think..
- Money in Schools for Dance
- Last in the National Curriculum
- 13% Increasing population in Dance
As I am still reading through this document I will not go into depth with these points, however it does give me more guidance on my inquiry as to what to use. This has a definite input into what I am thinking as the Dance Education subject is something that interests me for the future of my Professional Practice and career.
Concerning me that the National Curriculum put Dance last in the list giving the impression the subject is not of an importance. With schools using healthy schemes for eating to stop obesity increasing the placing Dance in the lower end astonished me as this is a physical activity shouldn't this be place higher to increase the popularity and healthy lifestyle? Somehow I believe that this may change in a few years as recently the popularity of Dance across country has somewhat expanded extremely fast due to talent shows.
A conversation between a fellow dancer and I in London this week was discussed on the topic of the training in dancers and whether it is needed. My input was that many of the dancers in the commercial industry have little technical training and more 'class' training i.e LA and New York classes. She agreed with me, however said that those dancers are extremely strong in there field but in this day and age a dancer has to be able to perform most genres and this comes from vocational training and degree level.
This then leads me onto choreographers in the commercial industry and what they have to offer, most of them have been trained technically however some haven't. I suppose if you have a talent then use it and show your abilities but I feel in the industry it seems like you should all have to be qualified the same to be taken seriously.
This is how I feel about the X Factor...its a complete joke giving of the impression that having a Talent and wanting to Perform are a joke and this is why the prospect of dance in the education is lower than a Maths Degree.
Does anyone agree or am I rambling???
This is building my inquiry into the transition of becoming a teacher. See what you think..
Tuesday 18 October 2011
In Depth...
Analyzing all the blogs and taking in what all the students are thinking is interesting. Nicole and I have discovered that we've got a huge discussion in our hands... I am blogging my comment on her post so other can read our discussions.
I'm finding the subject on a dance qualification really interesting. Reflecting on the comments you made on my blog, I do think its important. You said that you know alot of dance teachers that have little knowledge on dance and more naughty and nice toes, this is very valuable but I also believe they should be vocationally trained or have a degree in the subject. This connects with having a "Accounting or High School Teacher' It is very difficult to get into these professions without some sort of qualification so why shouldn't we make Dance Teaching or Drama Teaching harder to become a profession. I am going to blog what I have wrote here and I will add some more let me know what you think!!
Studying to a further extent this seems to me a great topic as something that I have a strong opinion on as it is my profession I believe that it should be taken seriously. One of the newest phases or shall I say Crazies that has come to our world is the Zumba Fitness programme, I am a qualfied Zumba instructor and teach my own classes throughout Manchester. However,I was slighted disheatred by the concept when I attended the course I realized that it was extremly popular and busy, it only grabbed my attention when we all starting moving that most of the students were "non Dancers or fitness instructors."
It felt like a money making concept and the standard of teaching this Fitness programme was not important at all.
This leads onto the fact that all teaching for the industry should be qualified to a high standard and should be recognized correctly. Many of the teachers I know do not have a Dance background and have no idea counting or choreography, which is disappointing for us dancers who have been passionate about our work for it to feel made a joke out of.
From experiencing these different accouters I believe that we should all be qualified teachers just like any other profession to give a better understanding to the non-creative people who just 'Don't really get it'.
Let me know what you think about this??? I'd like some feedback?
I'm finding the subject on a dance qualification really interesting. Reflecting on the comments you made on my blog, I do think its important. You said that you know alot of dance teachers that have little knowledge on dance and more naughty and nice toes, this is very valuable but I also believe they should be vocationally trained or have a degree in the subject. This connects with having a "Accounting or High School Teacher' It is very difficult to get into these professions without some sort of qualification so why shouldn't we make Dance Teaching or Drama Teaching harder to become a profession. I am going to blog what I have wrote here and I will add some more let me know what you think!!
Studying to a further extent this seems to me a great topic as something that I have a strong opinion on as it is my profession I believe that it should be taken seriously. One of the newest phases or shall I say Crazies that has come to our world is the Zumba Fitness programme, I am a qualfied Zumba instructor and teach my own classes throughout Manchester. However,I was slighted disheatred by the concept when I attended the course I realized that it was extremly popular and busy, it only grabbed my attention when we all starting moving that most of the students were "non Dancers or fitness instructors."
It felt like a money making concept and the standard of teaching this Fitness programme was not important at all.
This leads onto the fact that all teaching for the industry should be qualified to a high standard and should be recognized correctly. Many of the teachers I know do not have a Dance background and have no idea counting or choreography, which is disappointing for us dancers who have been passionate about our work for it to feel made a joke out of.
From experiencing these different accouters I believe that we should all be qualified teachers just like any other profession to give a better understanding to the non-creative people who just 'Don't really get it'.
Let me know what you think about this??? I'd like some feedback?
Monday 10 October 2011
Questions....
These are the questions I have that I would like to research and find a conclusion to with an answer that are relevant to my Professional Practice.
- What does it take to become a Successful Professional Performer or Creative Artist?
- Does making goals and achievements put pressure on a performer?
- Would it become more successful if living in London?
- How do Performers transition into Teaching and Choreographing?
- Does having the ability and resources to be creative at a younger age help in later years or Does is experience the key?
- Is the education in dance ever going to change? Not just in schools but in "Non-creative" minds
- What do performers lack in? and What do I lack in?
- Can we enhance Dance/Drama in the education system to be a compulsory subject?
Brainstorming my Questions...
Recently I am beginning to develop my thoughts about my questions on dance and teaching. As a practitioner I seem to bounce between performing and teaching all the time, I am always learning and becoming more creative and stronger in my abilities but of course always have questions on how to enhance my profession. Reading through other blogs and finding out that nearly all the professions have similar enquires to myself which I find is helpful as we can analyse in depth and exchange thoughts with one another to come to conclusions. In particulars Sophie's has a similar in depth blog on her brainstorm.
What should already be part of being a Professional in my Sector of Dance? As a Professional I believe these are the key aspects a person should already have that is practicing their work.
- Self Discipline
- Knowledge on sector
- High Ability in the area studied
- Some sort of Qualifications
- Insurance and CRB
- Attitudes such as Determination and Goals
- Organisation skills
- Time Awareness
- Motivation for teaching and helping other Motivate
- Health
- Communication Skills
- Marketing Skills
- Business attitude
- Connections
- Professional Manners
All these aspects are in dance and teaching, improving these are the subjects continuously I have built and learn more on how to keep these subjects in tact.
What can help my creativity and practice?
- Knowledge on Dance and being able to have Teaching skills, Choreographing skills and Communications skills
- Observing the abilities of individuals who have experience in teaching and choreographing
- Taking classes to keep my technical abilities at the highest possible level for demonstrations
- Having the correct technology for music
- Preparing for classes as to know the Tempo, Ability and Standard of students
- Using various Business skills picked up from experience to advertise classes- Flyers, Business cards
What do I need to know more about to help my practice?
- Business and Fiance as to How to promote myself and classes? How to build professional connections?
- Choreographing for different genres of dance, How can I be creative out of my comfort zone?
- How can I teach someone with Special Needs? Where can I improve of my communication and patience?
What do I want to know more about as a Professional Performer and Teacher?
- How can I improve my abilities to gain what I want to do as a Performer?
- How can I gain bigger networks and communications?
- Where will my next big achievement come from?
- Is what I think in the commercial industry what others think too?
- Are all commercial dancers wanting the same as me?
- How can I dance in the States and become successful?
- How can I teaching in High schools and GSCE level? Qualifications?
Developing my questions with my professional practice is all to do with what I would like to achieve.
I believe that all the information that I have created will help me to find out what are the real questions I would like to enquire about and can I come to conclusions within all of this.
Dance Education
Educating the world about Dance is a huge subject. Programmes like Strictly Come Dancing and So You Can Think You Can Dance help to educate the mind of people who are not as creative. As I have blogged about the fact in my culture dancing doesn't come under a profession for alot of my older genertaion family, however now I am working and making a living it has become accepted. Shouldn't this be accepted anyway? I think that it is important to educate the minds of young people as so in later years to come it then becomes the norm for all generations.
Nicole has blogged about dance education and creativity, one subject has really capture my thinking is her thoughts on subjects that have no place in society i.e Surfing. I agree with her on not having a place in society. However there should be a place for all activities in all societies, I stated that in this current generation is it extremely hard to find the "right" employee/employer. From experience on attending numerous auditions in dancing the person to stand out the best usually gets the job, is dance this is done by outfits or hair. This isn't as easy when attending and interview and every person applying for the job looks the same and as a suit on, but the aspect that will stand out about them is the creative activity on their CV. I believe it shows to an employer that the employee is not just a head strong person but can also take an activity and show different sides to them. At the end of the day you want somebody with an all round ability and if a person can do that bit extra then I find that should be the right person. Being creative is an Art and I believe if someone has the ability then why not take it all the way and make it a qualification. What do you think about this? Let me know your thoughts.....
Nicole has blogged about dance education and creativity, one subject has really capture my thinking is her thoughts on subjects that have no place in society i.e Surfing. I agree with her on not having a place in society. However there should be a place for all activities in all societies, I stated that in this current generation is it extremely hard to find the "right" employee/employer. From experience on attending numerous auditions in dancing the person to stand out the best usually gets the job, is dance this is done by outfits or hair. This isn't as easy when attending and interview and every person applying for the job looks the same and as a suit on, but the aspect that will stand out about them is the creative activity on their CV. I believe it shows to an employer that the employee is not just a head strong person but can also take an activity and show different sides to them. At the end of the day you want somebody with an all round ability and if a person can do that bit extra then I find that should be the right person. Being creative is an Art and I believe if someone has the ability then why not take it all the way and make it a qualification. What do you think about this? Let me know your thoughts.....
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