Dance Lessons – Professional Teachers vs Part Time Teachers
When looking at dance schools it is important to consider the standard of teachers. Many schools will hire high school graduates not professional teachers. This will result in a lower teaching standard for your child. It is worth the extra money to find a school that hires professional teachers.
The disadvantage of high school graduates are:
They are often very inexperienced as teachers. Many are high school graduates without the necessary skills that professional teachers possess
They are part time and often are just teaching for the money rather than dedicating themselves to the pupils. They are often not even thinking of becoming teachers but really have their minds on their classes and not necessarily on the pupils.
Many very young teachers lack maturity and have problems dealing with the complexities of multiple children in a group. It takes a lot of dedication to teach dance to children and it is difficult to find this dedication in someone who is only teaching part time.
Professional teachers on the other hand have several advantages:
There is a wealth of knowledge and experience amassed in a professional teacher’s career. They have heard many questions from many children studying dance in the past and have learnt the right approaches to problems encountered by young people attempting a new skill. With a professional teacher, your child will learn faster and enjoy their dance a whole lot more.
It is important that young students get to know their teachers and not have a different face every couple of weeks. With professional teachers they are settled in their position and are usually not planning to move on quickly. This allows a young student to develop a bond and trust with their teacher. It also allows them to feel secure and not have to help new teachers get to know what level they are at with their schooling.
They are specially trained to teach young children: Dance is a very personal thing and needs an intuitive teacher to bring out the best in a child. Professional teachers are trained to have this quality and draw out a child’s creativity.
Professional tutors have endured rigorous training and have a high level of dedication to their craft and to the young pupils who trust them to teach them new skills. A love of dance has brought them this far and they do it because they love the craft and being able to pass on its charm. A professional teachers commitment is unrivalled by their part time counterparts.
It takes a special person to understand and train your children in dance. Dancing comes naturally to young children but the discipline of the dance routines do not. You need someone who knows how to encourage dance discipline with a balance of fun. Professional teachers are trained and have the natural ability to do this. They also need to know how to persuade young children to practice the dance skills. This is another reason to hire professional teachers, even if it means paying a little more.
