Im about to start teaching any advice?

I'm about to start student teaching.. im really nervous but also excited.. is there any advice that could possibly help me?Im about to start teaching any advice?
Learn to find the uniqueness of each individual student, let them come to you and approach you, don't make them afraid of you, understand when they have a question but are too afraid to ask so they don't sound dumb, never never never put a child down, understand that school is a lot of pressure on kids today, don't give kids too much homework, they have a life at home too and only a few hours to spend with family before bed. Let your children contribute to class, don't just lecture, and let everyone contribute, not just a select one or two all the time, but don't force the shy kids to talk when they don't want to. Don't tolerate anyone in the class laughing at someone else's mistakes or misunderstandings. Let them have something to eat or drink in class. Let them chew gum. REALLY understand that each one has their own way of learning and try and figure the best way to encourage learning that can be adapted to all learning styles. I don't even know if that's possible in a classroom.





Some things my kids' teachers have done that you should NEVER do:





Don't compare any aspect of a history lesson to sex or a stripper.





Don't swear in class.





Don't throw a desk in class..





Don't throw a chair in class..





Don't take a kid by the neck and hold him against the wall in front of the class...





It's really hard to find people that can be good examples for kids these days. You can't find it in teachers very often.





I hope you can be one step in turning the teaching profession back into the respected profession it should be.Im about to start teaching any advice?
be prepared that every studio is different. what you think of as intermediate may not match up with this particular studio's idea of intermediate. Until you get used to your kids, be flexible. Have material prepared, but don't cement it in your brain. If you have an across the floor combo, have two songs it could work to--a faster tempo and a slower tempo in case one is too easy or too difficult. Make sure to really watch them during warm up. Get a feel for where their technical flaws will be. Generally if they all dance at the same studio they will have similar flaws. Be the new eye coming in that can see that they all tend to splay their ribs slightly or that no one at the studio seems to work left splits. Balance out what you can tell their other teachers don't give them.





Good luck! I danced as a student/performer (well, always a student) for 18 years and thought dance was amazing. I love it even more now that I teach.
I think the biggest mistake young teachers make is being too easy on the kids and trying to be their buddy rather than their teacher. You can always go from too strict to more lenient, but once you ';lose'; a class by being too lax with them, you never regain control.





Other than that, be sure you are always absolutely prepared for the topic(s) you are going to cover. Never play like you know everything. It's okay for a teacher to occasionally say ';I don't know,'; especially when that's the case.





You'll find that students are wonderful as a group and can give you much enjoyment. Just stay in charge as I said above and treat them with respect and be polite and cheerful, but never friendly and certainly not familiar.





Good luck. I wish you the best.
i just started teaching this year and i found that the easiest way to teach moves to students is to think about how it was taught to you...try to imagine you don't know the move try to teach yourself. start with basics. Especially if it is a beginning class think of the first things you learned. Jazz would be chase, step ball change Ballet focus on proper technique the right way to do a tendu make sure they relevie right through the middle of their ankle stuff like that