The Culture Club
From First Steps to Finale
Future Leaders
Trial Run
Studio Survival Guide
1

For liability and insurance purposes, where can student pictures and videos not be posted?

What are personal accounts?

1

What is the purpose of classroom evaluations for instructors?

What is to provide constructive feedback?

1

What is the name for the assistants that staff members help mentor inside each studio?

Who are the Leaders in Training?

1

If you have questions about a trial or mini-session student, who should you reach out to?

Who is Tammy?

1

Where should you check every Monday to stay updated with the latest info from TDA?

What is Slack?

1

What fun reward can you pass out to students for good behavior, listening, being prepared, following dress code, or hitting a goal?

What are buttons?

1

What tool helps you make sure students are on track and learning the right skills for their level?

What is the curriculum?

1

Before leaving the studio, every LIT must complete this document and have it signed by the MET?

What is the cleaning checklist?

1

Where can you find details about what trial or mini-session students will be in your class?

What is the #trial-mini-session-teachers Slack channel?

1

If you can’t make it to your class or admin shift, what three things are you responsible for doing?

What is finding a sub, filling out the Staff Absence Form, and providing your sub with notes?

3

What should you always do before leaving a classroom or common area?

What is clean up after yourself (and your students) and leave it looking better than you found it?

3

On average, how many minutes long is each recital song?

What is 2 minutes?

3

LIT received multiple training sessions throughout the season.  Identify at least one training that they received over the summer.

What is...
Gossip Monster — Lindsay
Empathy — Brooke
Spotting — Tammy & Kayleen
How to Learn A Warm-Up — Marissa

3

What is the name of the person assigned to help each trial student during class?

What is a trial buddy?

3

When are time cards due each week?

What is Thursday by midnight?

4

What is TDA’s vision statement, word for word?

What is "To be the preferred dance studio in the WNY area"?

4

Once choreography begins, each class rehearses these two staging elements every class?

What are the entrance and exit?

4

By when should Leaders in Training know all of their students' names?

What is within the first two weeks?

4

Where should a trial student be walked after class and who should walk them there?

What is to the front desk, and who is their trial buddy?

4

True or False: If you take a 15-minute break or longer, you still get paid for that time.

What is False? Breaks 15 minutes or more must be logged in Gusto as unpaid break time.

5

What are all of TDA’s core values and how can you recognize someone for displaying them?

What is Necar and "Teamwork, Customer Service, Dependability, Communication, Productivity, Education, and More Than Just Great Dancing®?"

5

When should competitive and non-competitive recital dances be started and when should they be finished (these are different dates)?

What is started in October and finished by February for competitive dances? What is started in January and finished by April for non-competitive dances?

5

A LIT is responsible for helping with many things in the classroom.  Name at least three tasks that a LIT can do to help your class run efficiently and effectively.  

What is washing the mirrors, floors and putting away props. 
5

When a trial student arrives, what three things should they be given?

What is an informational card to fill out, a welcome folder, and a bag?



5

What percentage of your classes should you aim to be present for?

What is 90%?