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25 Last-Minute Easy Camp Crafts

Hosting a summer dance camp and still don’t have a camp craft?? Don’t worry, Andrea Trench has gathered 25 easy (and cheap) craft ideas to share with you today. Most of these materials can be purchased from a dollar store and require little or no prep work. Andrea is an expert in early childhood education and owner of Discover Dance.

Self Assess for Class Success

Andrea Trench knows that successful classrooms start with preparation She shares how self-assessments bring to light what was successful in your classes and what can be improved moving forward. Andrea is an expert in early childhood education and owner of Discover Dance.

To Downsize, Or Not To Downsize?

Amanda Herring understands that change is hard, but is often necessary or inevitable. Amanda shares her insights on how dance educators should approach the idea of downsizing. Amanda Herring is the owner of Center Stage Dance in Hernando, MS.

Private Lesson Success Tips

Pam Simpson, owner of Forte Arts Center in Morris, IL is in her 30th season and recently has seen that having students retain and remember what they learn becomes more and more difficult. She shares some tips for all dance educators to help students be more successful in their private lessons.

Success

“Best thing we can do for kids…instead of teaching them how to always be successful, teach them how to respond when they are not successful.”

Your Life

Success isn’t about how your life looks to others. It’s about how it feels to you. ~Unknown

Simply Put

SIMPLY PUT Some studio owners believe that they can re-create someone else’s success by doing what they do. It doesn’t work that way. Instead, they need to think creatively to establish programs that are unique to the characteristics of their school. ~Rhee Gold

Our Kids

Success in dance education is not simply related to the technique achieved by our dancers…it’s the life achievements “our kids” attain as a result of our influenece on them. ~Rhee Gold

By Awards Won

We cannot judge our success by awards won, but by the students who develop a passion for dance, regardless of the skill level they attain or the awards they may or may not achieve. – Rhee Gold

Winding Road

I have discovered that there are quick roads to success, and then there are long, winding roads. A winding road takes a little longer, but the ride is so much nicer. And it gives me time to appreciate the knowledge that I’ve followed through with my mission. – Rhee Gold

Toot Your Horn

The true route to success in our small dance world: showing, through your actions, words, and deeds, your passion for what you do. If you do that, then you don’t need to toot your own horn. Instead, those who witness your passion will toot your horn for you! – Rhee Gold

Exemplary Mentors

True success lies—in the children who, as adults, will fondly remember their once-a-week dance class and end-of-year recital. Let us be exemplary mentors, leaders, and teachers to every child who wants to dance. – Rhee Gold

A Point to Preach

I make it a point to preach to school owners and teachers that success isn’t about concerning yourself with what others are doing. Success comes to those who have passion for what they are trying to accomplish. ~Rhee Gold

Small Dance World

SUCCESS in our small dance world is to show, through our actions, words, and deeds, our passion for what we do. If we do that, then we don’t need to toot our own horn. Instead, those who witness our passion will toot our horn for us! ~Rhee Gold

Tap Into That Instinct

I believe that each of us follows a life path that is embedded in our instinct. Having the ability to tap into that instinct can be the difference between success and failure. ~Rhee Gold

Fulfillment

We can be so busy that we confuse success with fulfillment. I wish both for you, but hope you’ll make fulfillment your priority. ~Rhee Gold

Pass It Forward

When I am with people whose presence simply brings a smile to my face, I feel good inside. That, in turn, has a positive effect on my attitude, and I find myself bringing a smile to everyone else I come in contact with, It’s sort of the “pass it forward” philosophy – and it works.…

Never Crosses Her Mind

She envies others teachers’ successes because she thinks they’re so much happier than she is. It never crosses her mind that those people might be thinking the same thing about her. ~Rhee Gold

Abundance of Life Skills

If we were to strip away all of the movement vocabulary and technique attained by our students, we would discover human beings who possess and abundance of life skills that they learned through the process of their dance education. And more important, they have that passion flowing in their blood. These gifts will lead the…

Collective Success

Imagine the collective success our dance community would experience if we all stayed focused on being the best we can be. ~Rhee Gold

Be Who You Are

BE who you are. DANCE who you are. TEACH who you are. STAND for who you are. That’s how you became a “dance person” in the first place. ~Rhee Gold

Let a Financial Whiz Handle the Numbers

Financial Whiz Handle the Numbers

Most studio owners are passionate about dance and teaching, not accounting or financial planning. “The dance side” of the studio, as we are wont to say, is what we love, and live for. “The business side,” however, is what we grudgingly plod through because it allows us to do what we love. From daily accounts receivable and accounts payable, to monthly account reconciliations, to marketing, to data entry, to preparing annual tax returns—the business side requires diligent attention if we want our studios to succeed.

Commitment = Success

Dance Teachers Let us appreciate our chance to influence future generations to be awesome people who understand that commitment = success. The world needs more of us and them. And yes we do teach dance too. ~Rhee Gold

Professional Teacher–Student Relationship

Any teacher’s success is based on a professional teacher-student relationship. Young teachers who hang out with their students can diminish the respect they need to be effective teachers and role models. ~Rhee Gold

No Guilt

Believe it or not, it is OK for the studio owner to make a profit without feeling guilt. ~Rhee Gold

Lifelong Goal

Pat yourself on the back and be totally grateful for the fact that you have achieved your lifelong goal to teach dance. Not everyone has that chance or the commitment that it takes and you did (do)! How cool is that?! ~Rhee Gold

Finding Refuge In Dance

Finding Refuge in Dance

Each week her dance teacher makes a snide remark that duplicates the atmosphere she has at home. She becomes even more intimidated, thinking that her dance teacher doesn’t like her. Even worse, she tells herself, “I stink at dance, too!” Before long she drops out of dance. Why go to dancing school to be berated when you can get that at home?

See It Through

If we wholeheartedly believe in what we want to create and are willing to dedicate the time and energy needed to see it through, I believe that all of us can accomplish almost anything we desire. ~Rhee Gold

Believe They Can

Great dance teachers are those who create an atmosphere that stimulates the student’s minds, bodies, and souls in such a way that they believe they can achieve anything they aspire to. ~Rhee Gold

Dance Teachers Are Special People

Dance Teachers Are Special People

How long has it been since you caught your reflection in the mirror and thought about how happy you are just to be you?

Every Minute

Time is a gift, what we do with it is our choice. Being part of the gossip about the teacher or school up the street isn’t helping us progress. Every minute, hour, or day focused on them is a minute, hour, or day that we are not dedicated to our own success. ~Rhee Gold

Too Busy

Success doesn’t happen as a result of bringing someone else down. It comes to those who are too busy to think about what others are up to. ~Rhee Gold

Lose Yourself

When you head into that classroom, know that you have the chance to lose yourself in the music, the movement and the knowledge that you are passing on your passion for dance to the next generation. ~Rhee Gold

Appreciate the Critique

Listen to each correction given, whether it’s directed to you or another dancer. A correction is an honor; it shows you how much a teacher cares about your progress as a dancer. Always say thank you when a teacher or choreographer offers you contructive critisism. Nothing can stop those students who apply themselves in every…

Pat Yourself on the Back

Dance teachers . . . know that you followed your dream and that it’s OK to pat yourself on the back! ~Rhee Gold

Passion, Compassion

Teach every class with passion. Treat every student with compassion. ~Rhee Gold

We Are Each Unique

We Are Each Unique

by Rhee Gold As dance studio owners, let us recognize that each of us and our businesses are unique in personality, history and what we have to offer our communities. We encourage teachers to always continue their own education to ensure that they offer their students the best possible “dance experience.” With that said, let…

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