One of the questions I encountered this week was, “What are you doing today that will be remembered after 10 years?” After everything I saw during our Teaching Fieldwork, seeing those tired yet happy smiles from our Camp Admin’s faces, I know now how I want to answer that question. I am teaching the people within my reach the importance of physical fitness and how it can improve the quality of life!
Our group taught some of the CAMP Administration staff about physical fitness, exercise, and their importance in their lives, and got them dancing Zumba moves last Wednesday. This brings me to 10 Tips on How to Teach Zumba.
1. Follow an Instructional Design
The team consolidated their individual instructional designs and arrived at one that is meaningful to their students. Preparing this beforehand also made the flow smoother.
2. Don't forget the Importance of the Environmental Set-up
This aspect was kind of a weakness of the team for they weren’t able to turn the lights on and to maximize the space.
3. Establish rapport
You might only be given an hour or so to be with them, that’s why it’s important to build a connection with your students. The team was successful in this by conducting themselves professionally and developing a trustworthy façade.
4. Ease them into it with a Lecture
was witty that it’s called Instructional Design for it demands all your ingenuity.
5. Make it relatable
The team was clever when they used marriage and stress to explain the concepts; it spark interest in their students.
6. Listen to what they have to say
Once they were able to relate, they may have a lot in mind going on. These are manifested in subtle cues the team wasn’t able to catch – like how they were always saying something about time and we failed to address it.
7. Avoid wordy lectures!
The students came in for a Zumba class! That’s why, if they find your explaining a bit bothersome, they won’t really push themselves to enjoy. Indeed, a reminder for the team.
8. Keep it casual
Simple terms used for instructions were used by the team to teach Zumba. How easy was it to make the students follow when everything sounds simple! But remember to do this making sure to avoid talking in fragments.
9. Give feedback
Since we taught a small class, there were enough teachers to give one on one feedback to the students to correct their form. Tactile cues were given to some, while to others, the teachers preferred verbal cues for the pelvic movements.. Because you know.. It's better that way.
10. Practice, or better yet, Get licensed
It was awesome, mainly because the Zumba teachers were also first-timers in dancing Zumba! If you’re going to teach Zumba, better practice so the instructors won’t be out-of-sync and won’t be confusing.
The reality is, however, you may practice all you can but until you get licensed, you may only claim that your classes teach “Aerobic Dance”.
It was a lot of fun, and yet, in my opinion, it was a noble gesture. To teach the CAMP Admin something that will be valuable to them after 10 years is something that, indeed, will always be remembered.
The best part of it all? It lowers the blood glucose levels. (For more information about this, please see Ma’am Fe.)
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