Dance Lesson Planning Guide and Workbook

Description

The Holistic Guide to Dance Lesson Planning is THE perfect tool to help you develop unique, engaging dance lesson plans that delivers results. This best-selling resource has been used by hundreds of dance educators around the world. Dance educators like you agree that The Holistic Guide to Dance Lesson Planning helps them create amazing dance lesson plans that enable their dance students grow dance technique, artistry, AND their overall well-being.

“I feel so inspired and excited to plan my next teaching term! This resource is full of step-by-step practices to make sure that my classes will be cohesive, effective and build to successful learning. I especially like that technique was not treated as the end-all-be-all of learning. Shannon also gives equal weight to creative exploration and social-emotional growth, with concrete ideas for how to incorporate those areas into class. I can imagine my students not only becoming better dancers through utilizing this lesson planning guide, but also having more fun as we go, and feeling an increased sense of belonging and community.” – Diane, Dance Teacher in Washington, USA

The Holistic Guide to Dance Lesson Planning walks you through the entire lesson planning process …  from figuring out what to teach, to determining how to teach it, to organizing your material in an easy-to-use format that will keep you organized all season long. The guide is divided into 4 parts:

• Part 1 –  The 5 Questions: As you answer these questions, you will determine what concepts and skills you will include in your dance lesson plans, focusing equally on dance technique, artistry, and students’ overall wellbeing. 
• Part 2 – The 8 Lesson Planning Steps: As you move through these 8 steps, you will determine how to teach the concepts and skills. These easy steps will turn your lists of concepts and skills into engaging and effective lesson plans.
• Part 3 – Example Lesson Plans: In this section you will find 2 sample lesson ideas, to show you what The Holistic Approach to Dance Lesson Planning looks like in action.
• Part 4 – Printable Templates: These beautifully designed printable templates will help you use The Holistic Dance Teacher Approach in your dance classes.
  
• BONUS – FREE WORKBOOK: The Holistic Dance Teacher Dance Lesson Planning workbook in fillable PDF format will help you use The Holistic Approach to Dance Lesson Planning in your own classes!

This dance lesson planning guide is based on my experience as a performer, choreographer, and educator of ballet, modern, musical theatre, jazz, and jazz-derived forms like lyrical and contemporary It is designed to be broad enough to apply to a range of dance genres and styles, but it does come from the perspective of Western concert dance.

Make the dance lesson planning process authentic, natural, and organized with The Holistic Dance Teacher Guide to Dance Lesson Planning!

Your purchase includes unlimited printing and copying privileges of this PDF document for use with your own classes or within your school or studio, as well the fillable PDF workbook that you can print and handwrite, or type directly into to create your own customized dance lesson plans. For unlimited access to the document, please create an account at checkout so that you can log in anytime you need to download and print the document. The document will also be sent in PDF format via email upon completion of order. Please check your spam/other folders for the confirmation emails. You can also follow the prompts on the payment confirmation page to be redirected back to this site to download the PDF. If you do not receive the email promptly, please check your Spam or Other folders. All sales of digital resources are final. No refunds or exchanges are offered on digital products. Please email shannondoolingdances@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.