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Dance Teacher Pro Podcast
by Barbara Walshe
New to teaching dance? Looking for ideas to be a better dance teacher? This podcast is for you. Veteran dance teacher Barbara Walshe shares thought insights from over 25 years of teaching dance. Classroom management tips, tools for teaching all ages, new approaches to activities in your dance class - it's all here. These short podcasts are meant to be easily listened to on your commute into your studio or school with ideas to implement right away. Let's do this!
Episodes
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43 - Dealing with Your Worry as a Dance Teacher
Summer is coming, so does it seem like you shouldn't be worried? It's okay. The transition into summer for dance teachers is more than just more sunshine. You are finishing up your season, want the best end of your for your students, and are entering a summer that is likely a different routine…
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42 Beyond the Dance - How to Prepare Your Dancers for Recital
Have you prepared your students for recital - beyond the dance? In this episode we will go over 7 topics you can discuss with your students to get them ready for recital. As teachers, we can take for granted all the things we know about what goes into performing. So take a moment and review some...
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41 My Top 5 Fun Ways to Run Recital Dances in Class
Now that your dance is done, do you need new ways to keep running it over and over? Need a new idea? In this episode, I share my top 5 fun ways to have the students rehearse the dance. It is important to find ways to keep them rehearsing, but also keeping them engaged. Take one or all of these...
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40 Your Recital Choreography Checklist (5 of 5)
FINAL CALL for recital choregraphy clean up! We are doing a 5 part series so that each week you will have a quick list to review your recital dances. And you won't need to do any huge changes, but you may find a simple tweak can have a big impact on your recital dance. Each episode will give you…
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39 Your Recital Choreography Checklist (4 of 5)
Want a fresh way of looking at your recital choreography? We are doing a 5 part series so that each week you will have a quick list to review your recital dances. And you won't need to do any huge changes, but you may find a simple tweak can have a big impact on your recital dance. Each episode...
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38 Your Recital Choreography Checklist (3 of 5)
Does your recital dance REALLY utilize the space? What if a simple change could really add some dynamics to your recital dance? We are doing a 5 part series so that each week you will have a quick list to review your recital dances. And you won't need to do any huge changes, but you may find a...
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37 Your Recital Choreography Checklist (2 of 5)
Wish someone could come in and watch your recital choreography and give you some suggestions? Well, I can't to to your class, but I can give you a checklist so you can do it for yourself:) We are doing a 5 part series so that each week you will have a quick list to review your recital dances. And...
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36 Your Recital Choreography Checklist (part 1 of 5)
Looking for a simple checklist to make sure your recital dance is the best it can be? Well, here you go! We are doing a 5 part series so that each week you will have a quick list to review your recital dances. And you won't need to do any huge changes, but you may find a simple tweak can have a…
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35 Why Being a Proactive and Reactive Dance Teacher Matters
I have observed many dance teachers in my career, and there is something that stands out as a direct correlation to how effective a teacher is in a class. If a dance teacher is both proactive and reactive when they're teaching, they have successful classes. Period. If we assume that the teachers...
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34 How to Teach Students who Struggle to Find the Beat
Got a student that struggles to find or stay on beat? It happens. In today's episode we will chat about what you can incorporate in your class to help those students develop their sense of beat. It takes intention and patience, but we can help our students embody the music and find rhythm. Today…
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33 How do You Know How Many Dance Classes to Teach without Overworking Yourself
I was recently asked, "How do you know how many dance classes you should teach so you don't overwork yourself?" What a great question! Today has some advise and parameters to think about. And I'm going to start off with some very unfortunate, but very real news about your teaching journey. But...
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32 Tips for Teaching Recital Choreography
Are you looking for a few ways to help your students pick up your recital choreography a little bit cleaner? A little bit quicker? Today we are going to go over a couple of ways for you to do that. You already do a lot of great things to help your students, but hopefully you can find a new tool…
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31 9 ways to Easily Spice Up your Dance Classes for Better Engagement
Are you looking for some easy ways to spice up your classes to keep your students more engaged? In this episode, I'll share 9 ways you can keep your classes exciting that are easy! If you did one each of the nine weeks, that's over two months worth of keeping your dancer's on their toes. AND.......
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29 How to Teach to All Learning Modalities in a Dance Class
You likely know that people learn different styles of learning, but you might be wondering how can you reach all of those different learning in your dance class? In today's episode, let's dive into what the different learning styles are and how you can bring them into our dance classes. You will...
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28 How to Teach a Dance Step - Questions to Ask
Hey there, Dance Teacher. Do you ever wonder, HOW DO I TEACH THIS STEP? Because there are so many different ways to approach that question, in todays episode we are going to ask a bunch of questions to help us find multiple ways to teach the step. And let's start off with just acknowledging…
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27 What Dance Teachers Need to Know About Motor Skill Acquisition
Hey there dance teacher. So have you ever wondered, "Like I teach dance, but how are they actually learning it? Like what's going on there? And is there a method to that and what's happening?" Well, it turns out there are definitely methods to motor skill acquisition. And typically we talk about...
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26 Ugh! What to do When Enrollment Fluctuates
One students joins one class, a student drops in another class. It can be so frustrating! Yet it is often just a reality we can't escape. In today's episode, I share 3 mindsets to adapt when our class rolls fluctuate. Also, I'll go over some ideas to consider to address your choreography when...
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25 - Where do You Stand, Dance Teacher?
Where do you stand, dance teacher? Literally! Considering where we stand while we teach can help us gain student focus, give you a fresh look, and shake up your class. In today's short episode, you will get ideas to think about in your next class that's just about where you stand.
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24 BONUS Ariana and Paula Giving Some Hot Inspiration!!!
Oh My Goodness, Dance Teacher! i just watched Ariana Grande's new music video and went back to watch a Paula Abdul music video, and I am pumped up! These ladies brought fresh to me how we can use inspiration from other artists to make our own work. Plus, they are both ON FIRE! Give this podcast a...
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23 - Making a Plan for Your Own Sick Day
Not really feeling good, but not sick enough to call in for a sub? Been there! In today's podcast, let's make our own sub plans for those days when we want a sub but still show up. I have 10 ideas to share with you, some that you can do on the fly, a few that need a bit of prep. Your future dance...
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22 Where to Get Choreography Inspiration
Recital dances don't choreograph themselves. Sometimes, choreography just flows out of us, but sometimes we need new ideas and inspiration. In today's episode, I share the places I go to in order to keep my recital choreography fresh (and I have been doing this for a while). You will know where…
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21 Unlocking Successful Recital Choreography (and removing choreography block)
Recital Choreography season is upon us! In today's episode I share 5 parts of my process for creating successful recital choreography quickly. Listen to this before you start your choreography process because I promise it will help you save time, be creative, and make memorable recital dances....
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20 Setting Boundaries with Personal Conversations
As a dance teacher, you are a caring and consistent person in your students' lives. And that may mean there will come a time (if it hasn't already) that a student will share personal information with you. There is a lot of nuance and gray area when it comes to boundaries between dance teachers…
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19 A Gift for Dance Teachers - Affirmations
I have a little gift for you dance teachers! Here are some affirmations for you to remind yourself throughout your journey. While I go thorugh phases of using affirmations, I do think they are a powerful tool for our mindset and help us reach our potential. Enjoy the holiday season!
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18 Five Ways to Encourage Retention of your Choreography
Ever wonder if your students will ever remember your dance? You're not alone! In this episode, I share 5 ideas on how to encourage choreography retention. There may be no silver bullet for every class on this, but if you use some of these ideas it can only get better:) Enjoy your class!
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17 The 7 Spots Easily Overlooked When We Talk About Lengthening
Looking for something new to talk to your students about? In today's episode I go over 7 spots on our bodies that can get forgotten about when we teach. You can apply one or all of these little areas as focus points in your upcoming classes. Or maybe talk about one each class over the next…
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16 BASTE - And We aren't Talking About Your Thanksgiving Turkey!
With Thanksgiving around the corner, I am thinking about basting a turkey - which reminds me of B.A.S.T.E. That's right, the dance concepts of Body, Action, Space, Time and Energy. It is not glamorous or showy, but it is creative and expansive. In today's episode, I give a brief overview of the...
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15 A Potential Hidden Pitfall in Your Dance Teaching
Ever wonder why sometimes you are saying the right things to gian some control of your dance class, but it's not working? But have you checked your tone? This little thing can make a huge difference in your effectiveness in classroom management. This is a hidden struggle that we can all encounter…
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14 What Can You Cultivate in Your Dance Class?
Want your dancers to achieve something beyond the dance step? Today we will talk about how to add objectives in your dance class that are more than just the steps. Want to build resiliency? Increase their musicality? Create dance enthusiasts? This episode will inspire you to take a moment to add…
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13 The Dance of Giving Feedback to Your Dancers
When to give feedback? How much feedback? What type of feedback? In this episode I go over the foundations of giving your dance students feedback. This is great especially if you are onthe newer side to teaching and are still working on how to get into a feedback groove. It's worth the listen,...
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12 The Biggest Bang for Your Buck in Teaching Dance
What is the biggest band for your buck when it comes to teaching dance??? Cues! Yep, it's that simple. Let's go over all the kinds of cues and how they can help your students. Let's go beyond the classic "5,6,7,8!"
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11 Do They Like Me? How to Earn Your Dance Students' Affection
You want your dance students to like you, right? Of course! Let's take a moment to reflect on what makes students like us. In this episode I'll let you know what student affection is about and how caring about it too much can keep them from actually "liking" you. Regardless, I know you are worthy...
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10 Success Formula for Dance Parent Interactions
They can feel intimidating, but if we have a way to structure our approach and have a mindset for success, dance parent interactions can be a really good thing! In this episode, I give you a simple formula on what to say to a parent if you need to talk about how their child is behaving in class.…
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09 Want Your Dance Students More Engaged?
More engagement please??? As a dance teacher, you know that the topic of engagement can go on and on and on. How do we get our students to be more engaged? That's a million dollar question! In this episode I will let you know how to assess your engagement problems, some ideas to get more from…
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08 BONUS - Mindset and Tips for When Parents are Watching
Get nerves when parents are watching you teach class? Perfectly understandable, but you don't want to go into your classes with too much anxiety because parents are watching. Today I hope to give you a mindset and some tips on how to attack your class with confidence (although I can't promise all...
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07 Reflective Questions as the Best Teaching Tool You Got
Want something to make you more effective today? Utilizing intentional reflective questions is a huge win for you and your students. Listen to get a few great questions to add at the end of class to make you the best dance teacher ever! Enjoy.
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06 My 3 Ideas for the Best Year Yet
What are you doing to make this year your best dance teaching year? I will share the 3 things I'm doing this year to make this my best year yet. I hope you either take my ideas or get inspired to create your own ideas. Enjoy!
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05 The Wonderful Art of Repurposing Your Choreography
So many dances to come up with, but so little time? Let's talk about a few ways to take choreography and repurpose it over and over again to save you time, AND help your dancers. No need to stress about coming up with new dances any longer.
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04 Dance Class Activities to Add to Your Lesson Plan
What do you do in a class? Warm-up, across the floor, combo, and....???? Here is a list of activities to add to your dance class lesson plan to fill up your classes with some richness. Sometimes we just need reminders of old ideas and little sparks of new ones to create great classes. Enjoy!
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03 First Day of Dance Class Checklist
First day of school! First day of school! Yay! The first day of dance class is filled with anticipation and excitement. Here is a checklist of things to do to get off on the good foot. You got this!
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02 Dance Lesson Plan Blueprint
New year, new you? Thinking about what to write down to get ready for a new season of dance? I got you! Here are 7 things to include in a lesson plan blueprint for your classes to get you organized for ready for your class. And the blueprint gives you a great way to reflect and adjust along the…
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01 Dance Classroom Management Foundations
Starting off a new session of classes and wondering the best ways to lay the groundwork for best year? Today we will review some quick tips for you to build the foundation for great classroom management.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
New to teaching dance? Looking for ideas to be a better dance teacher? This podcast is for you. Veteran dance teacher Barbara Walshe shares thought insights from over 25 years of teaching dance. Classroom management tips, tools for teaching all ages, new approaches to activities in your dance class - it's all here. These short podcasts are meant to be easily listened to on your commute into your studio or school with ideas to implement right away. Let's do this!
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New to teaching dance? Looking for ideas to be a better dance teacher? This podcast is for you. Veteran dance teacher Barbara Walshe shares thought insights from over 25 years of teaching dance. Classroom management tips, tools for teaching all ages, new approaches to activities in your dance class...
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