I am a studio owner and competition dance teacher, but I also teach Saturday morning recreational classes. Saturday morning is the most popular day for dance classes because a lot of our students have 2 parents who both work and this is the most convenient class time for them. I run the competition team with
2014 was a great year for Nashville dance studios due to Nashville’s sizzling economy. Evidence of this great Nashville economy, per the Nashville Business Journal, are the job growth rate (among the fastest in the nation) and the success of the 31 Middle Tennessee banks in 2014. All of the banks increased in earnings from
Now that you’ve written your resume, the final step is make sure it’s the perfect length. Your resume should be 1 page, not any longer unless you have 10+ years combined experience as a dance teacher or professional dancer. If you’ve been following these blog entries and have written your resume already and it’s more
So if you’ve been following my blog entries, then you started with your contact information & objective then categorized your dance teaching credentials. Now that you’ve figured out how to categorize your skills, it’s time to fine tune your resume. Keep these things in mind when doing this: Order After you’ve put everything in categories, you
This is part 2 of my 4 part series aimed to help dance teachers write resumes when they are looking to be employed by a private dance studio. Yesterday, I covered your contact information and objective. Now, we are on to the meat and potatoes of your resume. Once again, I stress this is just
If you are looking to become a dance teacher, you need a dance teaching resume; not a general resume, not just a dance resume, but a specific resume just for dance teaching (i.e. it should emphasize your dance teaching and not just your dance experience). I’ve received over 100 resumes over the years from aspiring
Congratulations to those living in Houston! Houston is listed as the fastest growing city in America in 2015 per Forbes Magazine. This is good news for dance studios in the Houston area, because with more people moving to Houston, this means more potential new students. More new students of course means more dance classes must
Looking for an easier, more efficient, less time consuming way to find a job as a dance teacher? I know I would! I know applying for a job is an incredibly time consuming job. We are living in a world where more people want jobs than there are jobs, so you have to really stand
Per the Jefferson City News Tribune, consumer confidence is up in Jefferson City, Missouri, and local businesses can feel it. Missouri has experienced positive job growth over the past four to five months, and Cole County’s unemployment rate has shrunk. Even more importantly, though, has been the all too important consumer confidence. Per poll results,
I believe there are 3 main characteristics that makes an effective preschool dance teacher: Patience Patience More Patience No this is not a misprint; I’ve been teaching preschool dance classes since the mid-90s and I feel the best way to teach is to maintain patience. At this age, they’re not going to be perfect dancers