Ballet stage

I have been doing ballet for 4 years-old. After fourteen years I had a chance to become a ballet teacher as I got my certificate from MEB and done my compulsory practical training. As I'm an IB student, I spent my most of time with school works but when they call me to become more professional about being a teacher I accepted it. I love ballet and children. Therefore, I want to give my passion to them and make them love ballet as they remember me.
In the first month, we spent our time to acclimatize children to the new environment. As I also experienced when I was four, I know how everything looks huge and scary for the first time. Everything seems impossible but as time passes you have new friends and also your teachers become your best friend. As time passes we start our main posses in ballet and try them to teach ballet in a fun way with games. (learning outcome 1: Identify own strengths and develop areas for growth.) I learned how to deal with a child and how to understand things from her/his perspective. It was hard for the first time, but I communicated very well in a very short time. I'm something like friend/teacher to them. Actually, this was the exact thing that I wanted from the beginning because I don't want the dictatorship in class. I know how bad it is for my teachers at my ballet school. (Learning outcome 2: Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.)  I have been going to ballet since the first semester of school on Friday at least for three hours. (Learning outcome 4: Show commitment to, and perseverance in, CAS experiences.)

Creativity

As we are planning and organizing new games in order to teach ballet in a fun way. Also, we are preparing a choreography for them in order to give them stage experience and show how beautiful it is to be applauded for your talent.

Activity

I go to ballet every Friday in order to teach ballet and prepare them to stage.


CAS Learning Outcomes: 

1. Identify your own strengths and develop areas for personal growth.As I lead a class I developed my teaching skills and also leadership. Now, I'm able to lead a group even in a small age. As I'm a teacher as their friend it didn't become something hard to be a teacher for me.

2. Demonstrate that challenges have been undertaken, developing new skills in the process.As the students that I have been in the age gap between 4 to 5, sometimes it became hard to be a teacher and make them do the same thing I do.  But as I stay calm and friendly, I overcome these unbalanced relationships in the class and make them obey the rules of ballet.

3. Demonstrate how to initiate and plan a CAS experience.From the beginning of the year, everything that we were going to do that year was determined already. We just obey and follow the programme that has already determined. We start with small stretches, we teach what is really a ballet and create a choreography in order to put them on the stage in order to feel like a real ballerina. We motivate them and lead them to follow their dreams.

4. Show commitment to and perseverance in CAS experiences.

I went to the ballet course every Friday after school for three hours. 

5. Demonstrate the skills and recognize the benefits of working collaboratively.

As I get advice and worked collaboratively with the teachers of the Academy, I developed myself. By the help of my ballet teachers, I had a chance to see what is an ideal ballet teacher.