Summer Student-Teaching Course
Dellos’ Summer Session offers a on-hands “Student-Teacher Training Program” for young pre-teens aspiring to become dance teachers. The first week’s assignment was to identify their ‘personal strengths and special qualities’ that they could contribute to my already incredible staff. Nearly the same descriptive phrases came up between the young ladies, ranging from 9-14 years of age. “Passion, patience, inspirational, and encouraging. The following are the responses to Assignment #2:
Question asked of students to describe their Dellos Staff:
“What words define our staffs’ personality and character?”
Miss B: Sincere, trust-worthy, hard-working, generous, professional, fair, talented, caring, helpful, loving, disciplined, smart, talented, passionate, motivating, organized, responsible, encouraging, honest, on-time, kind, educated, funny, supportive, pretty, energetic, creative, understanding, considerate, a leader, successful, loving, strict, perfectionist, positive,
Mr. D: Hard-working, positive, supportive, helpful, kind, generous, punctual, nice, hip, entertaining, thoughtful, out-going, smart, friendly, honest, prompt, gentle, passionate, sensitive, smart, kind, caring, encouraging, responsible, reasonable, respectful,
Miss K: Multi-tasker, caring, busy, nice, helpful, organized, patient, joyful, prompt, dedicated, thoughtful, awesome, kind, loud voice, fair, reminding, fun, responsible, polite, active,
Miss Jenn: Punctual, organized, ambitious, caring, relaxed, fun, helpful, pretty, informative, knowledgeable, thoughtful, on-time, on-task, sweet, cool, kind, understanding, enthusiastic, super-nice, honest,
Miss Michelle: Hard-working, dedicated, kind, caring, encouraging, nice, creative, talented, motivated, full of life, organized, responsible, positive, nice, smiling, funny, awesome, technical,
Miss Dove: Fun, energetic, hyper, creative, motivated, fun, enthusiastic, poised, responsible, hard-working, cool, outrageous, pushes, perfectionist, awesome, fun, nice, passionate, spunky,
Miss Heather: Strict, funny, smart, pushing, nice, hard-working, poised, risk-taker, motivated, honest, creative, kind, sweet, awesome, hard, strict, influential, caring,
Miss Natalie: Patient, kind, fun, energetic, outgoing, helpful, hard-working, dedicated, creative, imaginative, encouraging, technical, nice, perfectionist, inspiring, kid-friendly, motherly, friendly, motivating, nurturing, jolly, strong, proficient, playful, caring,
Miss Mika: Passionate, loyal, exciting, fun, hyper, caring, hard-working, strict, talented, enthusiastic, sassy, tough, friendly, exciting, energetic, funky,
Miss Jazzy-B: Responsible, on-time, outgoing, kind, caring, friendly, strict, smart, talented, honest, sweet, fair, inspirational, fun, laughter, considerate, caring, fun, motivating, funny, nice, enthusiastic, loveable, stylish, passionate,
Miss Tanya: Detailed, disciplined, dedicated, on-time, nice, fun, enthusiastic, intelligent, kind, encouraging, dynamic, organized, pushes, descriptive, detailed, realistic, ambitious, charismatic,
Miss Hayley: Inspiring, detailed, encouraging, kind, precise, nice, outgoing, creative, sophisticated, talented, persistent, inspiring, fun, strict, cool, sweet, hard-working, unique, persistent, consistent, graceful, witty, graceful, disciplined, compassionate,
Miss Mel: Strict, fun, specific, encouraging, nice, helpful, smart, caring, knowledgeable, sweet, hard-working, critic, pushes, good ear, technical, patient, thoughtful, exciting, positive, cheerful, determined,