Ariella
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Hello all,
I just thought I would announce that I have begun my first venture into teaching. Allow me to explain: It is now winter session where I go to university. Winter session is a time where students return early before spring semester, and take fun classes(glassblowing, magic, truffle tasting, tango, etc.) for a month. A lot of the classes are student taught.
So, I thought I would teach a bellydance class this year. I've never taught before, so I only took 6 students. I realize that I am not a fully qualified instructor(I've been studying since the early days of high school, but I still don't think that's long enough) and do not mean to undercut all the great local instructors in this area. So in teaching this class, my goals are: I want to make these girls fall in love with bellydancing, go out and take classes locally, and have the motivation to stick with it and practice.
Class lasts for an hour and a half, is twice a week, and will last for 4 weeks only. I also managed to get a slot in a really nice dance studio on campus with HUGE windows. If I can remember, I'll take pictures and post.
I've taught two classes so far, and today will be class 3. It's been going really well so far. The girls have been really excited to learn, and pick up what I teach quickly. Since it's so small(only 5 students now since one girl dropped), I can focus in on what they request, and review exactly what they want. I might show them a bit of veil towards the end of the session!
I just thought I would announce that I have begun my first venture into teaching. Allow me to explain: It is now winter session where I go to university. Winter session is a time where students return early before spring semester, and take fun classes(glassblowing, magic, truffle tasting, tango, etc.) for a month. A lot of the classes are student taught.
So, I thought I would teach a bellydance class this year. I've never taught before, so I only took 6 students. I realize that I am not a fully qualified instructor(I've been studying since the early days of high school, but I still don't think that's long enough) and do not mean to undercut all the great local instructors in this area. So in teaching this class, my goals are: I want to make these girls fall in love with bellydancing, go out and take classes locally, and have the motivation to stick with it and practice.
Class lasts for an hour and a half, is twice a week, and will last for 4 weeks only. I also managed to get a slot in a really nice dance studio on campus with HUGE windows. If I can remember, I'll take pictures and post.
I've taught two classes so far, and today will be class 3. It's been going really well so far. The girls have been really excited to learn, and pick up what I teach quickly. Since it's so small(only 5 students now since one girl dropped), I can focus in on what they request, and review exactly what they want. I might show them a bit of veil towards the end of the session!
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