Dance Instructor

As one of west Lothians largest dance studios we are looking for a fresh & enthusiastic individual to join our team. We hold various classes throughout Livingston and Linlithgow Monday to Saturday with clients ranging from baby to adult.

**Avalible Times**

Fridays -1:00pm - 4:45

Saturdays - 9:10am-12:45pm

**Must Hold**
- Valid liability insurance
- Valid Pvg scotland certificate
- HND or equivalent qualification
- Driving licence and own vehicle (preferable but not essential)
- Previous teaching (preferable but not essential Training can be provided)
- Acro trained

**Your role as a freelance dance tutor**

**Teachers’ responsibilities to students**
- Acting as a mentor or role model
- Providing a safe environment—physical, emotional, and psychological
- Showing respect for all students through
- a fair and equitable distribution of time
- the use of encouraging language in offering positive reinforcement, constructive criticism, and acknowledgment of achievements
- Offering challenges that will raise them to the next level
- Encouraging them to progress to next level and/or teacher
- Making everyone, regardless of ability level, feel included
- Providing appropriate discipline
- Engaging in an appropriate relationship
- Delivering the best possible age-appropriate skills, content, and materials (including movement, terminology, music, choreography, technique, and historical influences)
- Modeling a healthy lifestyle
- Establishing clear expectations for behavior and attire
- Offering criteria for being respectful, appropriate audience members

**Teachers’ responsibilities to colleagues**
- Offering mutual respect
- Giving support
- Engaging in open communication
- Interacting in a non-threatening, collegial manner
- Using diplomacy in interpersonal interactions
- Behaving in a professional, ethical way

**Teachers’ responsibilities to parents**
- Communicating clearly and concisely about expectations regarding
- appropriate and respectful attire
- compliance with school policies
- Using multiple modalities for communication
- Creating a safe environment for the students
- Delivering quality instruction by well-qualified teachers
- Offering criteria for being respectful, appropriate audience members
- Providing opportunities to view classroom instruction
- Introducing parents to their child’s instructors

**Teachers will also be responsible for**:

- Choreographing suitable dances for all classes to coincide with directors chosen themes, for two annual dance shows
- Arranging costumes for all classes for two annual dance shows
- Attending ALL dance shows and dress rehearsals throughout the year.

Rate of pay may be negotiable depending on experiance and qualifications held.

**Job Types**: Contract, Permanent

Pay: From £19.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Employee discount
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Work Location: In person