Your dance studio will run so much more smoothly when you hire quality staff members and keep them happy! Not only will you as the director have fewer headaches associated with the fallout of high turnover rates — including hiring and training new staff members on a regular basis — but you’ll also appreciate the kind of positive environment and growth mentality that comes with a stable, … [Read More...] about Dance Studio Tips: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 2
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Dance Studio Tips: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 1
As a dance studio director, managing your staff is an important aspect of your role. Among the many responsibilities you have, the last thing you want is to have to take the extra time to hire and train new staff members more often than necessary. One way to encourage low turnover rates is to be sure to hire top-notch staff members. But there’s … [Read More...] about Dance Studio Tips: Keeping Staff Members Happy, Part 1
Dance Studio Tips: Hiring Quality Staff Members
As director of your dance studio, you have a multi-faceted role that requires plenty of skills and oversight of many areas. Managing your staff is one of those areas you probably didn’t anticipate taking up so much of your time — especially if you have a high staff turnover rate. Not only does high turnover translate into the need to spend time and … [Read More...] about Dance Studio Tips: Hiring Quality Staff Members
Tips for Encouraging Your Young Martial Artists to Progress, Part 4
Helping young students to progress may be one of the most difficult yet most rewarding aspects of being a martial arts instructor. In this series (see Parts 1, 2 & 3) on encouraging your students to be the best they can be, we’ve saved perhaps the hardest to deal with category of students for last. These are your apathetic students. If you … [Read More...] about Tips for Encouraging Your Young Martial Artists to Progress, Part 4
Tips for Encouraging Your Young Martial Artists to Progress, Part 3
Keeping students on track so they can see progress is vital to the success of any youth martial arts program. As a martial arts instructor, you may find it challenging to know how to approach students with different levels of motivation (see Parts 1 & 2). In this third article of our series on encouraging young martial artists to progress, … [Read More...] about Tips for Encouraging Your Young Martial Artists to Progress, Part 3
Tips for Encouraging Your Young Martial Artists to Progress, Part 2
When it comes to martial arts students, there’s no one-size-fits-all strategy for getting them to succeed. Each student is a unique individual. However, observant and experienced senseis can pick up on patterns that can give clues as to how to approach different students. In the first article in this series, we looked at three different categories … [Read More...] about Tips for Encouraging Your Young Martial Artists to Progress, Part 2
Tips for Encouraging Your Young Martial Artists to Progress, Part 1
If your dojo is anything like a typical youth dojo, you probably have belt tests on a fairly regular basis. Allowing these periodic intervals for students to mark their progress can really boost motivation to achieve higher levels of mastery. The following series of 4 articles will explore some helpful strategies for encouraging your students to … [Read More...] about Tips for Encouraging Your Young Martial Artists to Progress, Part 1
Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Dance Competitions, Part 3
Dedicated dance instructors want their students to experience the highest quality education possible in the art of dance. How exactly to go about achieving that goal varies from instructor to instructor. Whether or not to engage students in competitions, how often they should compete, and at what level they should begin competition are all matters … [Read More...] about Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Dance Competitions, Part 3
Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Dance Competitions, Part 2
We’ve already considered how competitive dance can help students develop positive peer relationships as well as become more focused and driven in their approach (see Part 1). In this article, we’ll consider some of the other benefits that dance competitions have to offer students who engage in them. These include networking, maturing in their … [Read More...] about Weighing the Advantages and Disadvantages of Dance Competitions, Part 2