Student Teacher Assistants & Role models
Energize Dance Studio provides an in-house student training leadership program for students who are interested in becoming dance teachers, sharing their love of dance with younger kids, or want to be more involved in the studio and their dance education. Students will work side by side with a Energize Dance Studio Instructor in weekly classes as Student Teacher Assistants. Students will be selected after reviewing their application, work ethic, and prior history at the studio.
Why join the STAR Program?
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Gain confidence by learning to be in front of a group of kids and learning to speak in front of a group
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Gain “job” experience- must sign in on time each day the dancer is assigned to assist in a class. We treat this like a job for the students, which we believe teaches a GREAT deal of skills and responsibility
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More involvement in the studio- these dancers gain a sense of ownership in that they are a part of helping classes run smoothly and get to help out with the younger kids’ performances.
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Great addition to their technique training- while you wouldn’t initially think assisting in a 5 year old’s tap and ballet class could improve a dancer’s technique, the dancers get a whole new perspective on dance class. Assistants are repeatedly going through the motions of dance basics which inevitably helps them improve. Teaching someone else to do something is also one of the best ways to reinforce it for yourself.