Pursuing A Career As A Teacher's Assistant

As a youth, I engaged in many forms of dance expression. I studied tap, jazz, and ballet for fifteen years. During these formative years, I choose to forgo many youth experiences so that I could participate in advance dance programs. The hard work paid off when I received a college scholarship to a performing arts

I danced at Tina’s Dance Studio in Eldridge, Iowa for 12 consecutive years before I graduated high school. There I studied in ballet, pointe, contemporary, modern, lyrical, tap, jazz, hip-hop, musical theater, gymnastics and clogging. I was also a part of the competition team for eight years. We not only did local competitions and conventions, but we traveled and went to nationals in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City. I also danced in shows in Disney World and on a Carnival Cruise Ship. In high school, I was on the varsity Dance Team winning three state titles in pom and lyrical eventually traveling to Nationals. A few summers ago, I trained with Hubbard Street Dance in Chicago with their summer intensive focusing on modern, contemporary and ballet. During my senior year of high school and this past summer I taught classes in jazz, tap and contemporary for students 8-16 years old. I also self-choreographed three competition solos. Here, at Ohio University, I am a member of the dance team doing dances at football and basketball games.

My past personal and professional experience makes me a quality candidate for the Instructional Assistant position for which I am applying. Throughout the five years that I worked in District 57, I interacted with teachers, students and other district personnel on a daily basis. As part of my FOSS duties, I frequently collaborated with teachers to determine their needs for science materials and/or assistance.

Many classrooms have educational assistant’s, this should guarantee that the classroom runs smoothly, consequently in the extra one on one help from the teacher.

As far back as I can remember I've always gone to professional dance performances and taken a variety of dance and fitness classes such as aerial silks, trapeze, tap, break dancing, ballet, yoga, contemporary, hip hop, afro jazz, and many more styles of dance and movement. In seventh grade I went to a master class for the Bad Boys of Dance and then saw their show. Their creativity and skill made a big impression on me and I fell in love with dance and movement. Learning how to express feelings and emotions through your body. Having been apart of the KPAC, Prince Dance, for almost seven years has really opened doors for me. There have been numerous master classes with established professionals. I have been involved in private dance parties and performances held as fundraisers for both Prince Dance and the

For the past six years, I have been dancing at Shirley Matta Dance Academy. I have been taught many dances of different variety such as jazz, tap, ballet, lyrical, contemporary, etc. The studio has recently begun offering Pointe classes, which I also attend. In addition to attending the studio, I also assist in teaching dance and gymnastics classes there. This has been an experience that I will never forget, especially since I spend most of my time at the dance studio. It has helped me in so many ways. Not only have I improved immensely as a dancer, my communication and leadership skills have skyrocketed as well. In fact, every Tuesday, I currently teach ballet to a group of about fifteen girls between the ages of 7-10 year all by myself. In

I have danced every year of my life since. I am humbled to say, that through long days and nights in the studio, sacrificing time with my friends and family, all of the blood, sweat, and tears, I have accomplished what I have been working for since I was a little girl waddling around swallowed in a big pink tutu. I was chosen for the lead role of Cinderella in the Danscompany of Gainesville’s “Cinderella Ballet.” This accomplishment is a reflection of my consistent and sustained work ethic. This tenacity is reflected in other areas of my life and will be a defining characteristic that I carry to

When acquiring a position, it is vital that one has the necessary skills to effectively do the job. In my opinion, each position in the school system prepares one for the next level up. When people are promoted to a position that does not highlight their strengths, one will fail in the position if the appropriate knowledge is not attained to successfully do the job. According to Manning and Curtis (2016), a promotion can be more than a job change; it can be a culture shock p. 319. Therefore, when people are promoted from one job to the next, acquiring the knowledge and skill at one position consequently helps prepare one for a promotion into another position. The three responsibilities that will allow me to be a good fit for this position

I’ve grown up in a ballet studio. Not literally, of course, but it is where I’ve spent the majority of my childhood. Throughout the years, the arts have followed me despite the different places life has taken me. Whether it be dance, acting, or music, performing has always played a role in my life. My experiences both on and off the stage have been rocky and unpredictable, but I wouldn’t trade this thrilling adventure for the world.

Everyday, I go into the studio and hear a generous hello from a staff member. If the vibrant dance bags, and leather jet black couches do not make you feel at home, then the dancers will. Mallory Flores is an intern and dancer of 15 years at Encore Studio, and thinks Encore’s sense of community is what makes everyone feel at home whenever they step onto the dance floor. Not only does the sense of community keep the dancers going, but it keeps the business running, as Karen Flores stated she loves how “the people she sees come in and out of the studio have a constant positive energy radiating off of them”. Yet, being at the studio for up to fourteen hours a week for some dancers does not keep them from coming in and enjoying the curriculum taught in class. Not only does it drive the dancers to come to class, but it keeps the teachers motivated to continue to put out their best work too. Angelina Gallo thinks that “The dancers at Encore are so passionate, they are kind, they are genuinely good people… I think a lot of this stems from the dance training and the people that they are surrounded by on a daily basis. The students are my family.” which shows why everyone feels the constant state of security within the

Thanks for reading a my post. In your post you asked If I currently work in a class and the respond is yes. I currently work as a Teacher Assistant in a dual language program. I work really well with the teachers and I support students in small group instruction. I'm also pulled a lot to cover various classrooms within the school I work at.. Checklists are very simply and fast to use. You can obtained a lot of information in a short period of time.

I first emerged into my dance career and training at age of 13. What started as an hobby immediately turned into a passion of mines unexpectedly and from that point I desperately wanted to continue my passion of dance. I first trained in hip-hop, contemporary, ballet, West-African and improvisation. All together my dance director and former Urban Bush Women Valerie Winborne- Anderson combined all these styles together forming the dance fusion company V2W. In the 8 years of training with V2W I developed a deep connection in dance my dancing. This experience shifted my original perceptions of dance and I must say that this experience helped with foundation and the development in my pedagogy and teaching philosophy.

Anyone who has heard of “Dance Moms,” would look at someone who says, “I’ve grown up in a dance studio," with horror. I’m here to prove that sentiment wrong. When I was eight, I enrolled in my first dance class at Buffa’s Dance Studio. Nine years later, the studio director offered me a job. This opportunity soon became much more than a typical high school part time job. I worked side by side with the studio owner; each year registering 500+ dancers for their annual classes, order thousands of costumes and producing six recitals, complete with lighting, sound, and special effects. Although not realizing it at the time, she had offered me much more than a job. It was there I would spend my summer days and nights, working with and learning

Not many. To add onto that, my cousin has been dancing almost all her life, but she doesn't studio dance because a lot of the dance studios nearby charge outrageous tuition fees. And looking on your website, tuition for unlimited classes all month is worth the money (two classes a month for me is equivalent to unlimited classes with you guys!).

So, as part of her thesis, she created a program to help match performing arts majors with career ideas. “ It was a 10 week course, and like each week we had a different focus, whether it was like musical theater,..dance in (music) video(s), (or) choreography.” This program also included arts administration, where she had a strong interest in due to her degree in business. This is something that she wants to pursue after she retires from the company at Balletmet. She informed me why she would be a good candidate for a position there. “You know every ballet company has it’s business side as well as its artistic side. And I think like you know, people who, you want people in that who obviously are passionate about the art from, they don’t necessarily have been dancers, but I don’t think that it would hurt to have been a dancer to know the product were putting on stage and how to best represent