{"id":628,"date":"2015-06-28T19:39:06","date_gmt":"2015-06-28T19:39:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/?p=628"},"modified":"2015-08-26T21:21:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-26T21:21:09","slug":"4-elements-of-an-unstoppable-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/4-elements-of-an-unstoppable-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Elements of an Unstoppable Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a mentor of aerial teachers, I am often asked this question:<\/span>
How do I develop a cohesive aerial curriculum for my studio? \u00a0I\u00a0just don\u2019t know where to start.<\/span>

This is a huge question. While the iceberg itself is tackled in my book,\u00a0<\/span>The Aerial Teacher\u2019s Handbook<\/a><\/em>, I wanted to help you out with a tip of the cold rock here. Let’s\u00a0outline a few core principles:<\/span>

1. \u00a0Be consistent across multiple instructors.<\/strong>
How do you get teachers with varying styles to operate on the same\u00a0page? \u00a0If you have inconsistencies in your studio, start with a faculty\u00a0meeting expressing the purpose of consistency. \u00a0Every teacher should\u00a0focus on specific concepts and skills within a specific level (particularly\u00a0level 1 which has the largest population). \u00a0This ensures that the level 2\u00a0instructor knows what the students have achieved in level 1, so they\u00a0don\u2019t have to backtrack (which is a must for safety, but not good for\u00a0retaining higher level students). \u00a0Once you have established the purpose\u00a0or the why, move into the how (see nos. 2-3).<\/span>

2. \u00a0Make levels transparent for students.<\/strong>
What skills or concepts should be addressed in each level for your\u00a0particular student population? \u00a0How do you communicate levels to\u00a0students effectively? \u00a0And how do you enforce student registrations so a\u00a0<\/span>
level 1 student doesn\u2019t sign up for a level 3 drops class? \u00a0Answer all of\u00a0these questions on paper (with staff input if desired). \u00a0Then make an\u00a0action plan to implement your decisions.<\/span>

3. \u00a0Use advancement procedures that work.<\/strong>
How does a student advance to the next level? \u00a0How do they prove they\u00a0are ready to handle a more demanding class? \u00a0Every studio needs a clear\u00a0way for students to demonstrate what they can do before a skilled\u00a0instructor who approves whether or not they can move to another level. \u00a0Write your advancement procedures on paper and store them in the\u00a0faculty handbook.<\/span>

4. Train and Maintain.<\/strong>
Once you have created a curriculum and advancement procedures, train\u00a0your staff to implement them consistently. \u00a0Write these procedures on\u00a0paper and store them in the faculty handbook. \u00a0Then find ways to share\u00a0procedures with students so there are no surprises. \u00a0If you are consistent\u00a0and transparent with your policies, students will take your studio\u00a0seriously and they will see greater value in their training because of it.<\/span>

For additional discussions and charts for curriculum planning, please check out\u00a0<\/span>The Aerial Teacher\u2019s Handbook.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As a mentor of aerial teachers, I am often asked this question:How do I develop a cohesive aerial curriculum for my studio? \u00a0I\u00a0just don\u2019t know where to start.This is a huge question. While the iceberg itself is tackled in my book,\u00a0The Aerial Teacher\u2019s Handbook, I wanted to help you out with a tip of the … Continue reading “4 Elements of an Unstoppable Curriculum”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aerialdancing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}