4A

Questions relating to my everyday professional practice

The love of teaching dance versus the restrictions of the expectations of the establishment and framework of the national curriculum.

• Being free to teach without feeling like you are being restricted 
• Understanding the curriculum but doing it your way?? 
• Teaching the students that they sometimes have to conform to the systems in school and believing it and acting on it yourself! 
• Being positive not negative to change.
• Admin admin admin, performance management = aaahhhhhhhhh
• Following guidelines and systems, not fighting against them

Freelance or permanent teaching in school - pros and cons

• Freedom
• Regular wage
• Travelling causing tiredness, cost etc or staying in one space, getting used to one place.
• Stability
• Effort to find jobs freelance

Teaching adults or children or both

• responsibility, is it different
• Preference and why
• Teaching both? Good Idea?
• Commitment to classes
• Standard

Working as a team player within an organisation

• Believing in the management
• Be heard but in a positive way
• How not to compromise yourself whilst being part of team
• Systems and standards
• Meeting expectations
• Team work
• Compromise
• Understanding and learning

Teaching exam dance and curriculum dance - what do preferences, and is there a place and need for exams in dance in schools?

• Importance of exam Dance.
• Btec v GCSE
• Importance of curriculum dance in the syllabus
• Preparation for exam dance
• Benefits to students
• Subject knowledge, experience, enthusiasm

As a new mum I am interested in how you fit motherhood into my professional life. Massive changes to my work life balance.

• Controlling work/life balance
• Changing previous balance, fitting in time with baby and being a successful practioner
• Organisation
• Time management
• Continue with commitment to students