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Permalink Reply by Nicole Foote-Lenoir on January 18, 2009 at 7:37pm

hey Sandra - have you done any teacher training or all self taught?

Permalink Reply by SaFire* on January 22, 2009 at 2:08am

No I have never taken any Hoop teacher training nor have I ever even seen an instructional hooping DVD.

I am completely self taught in both my hooping and my hoop teaching skills.

I do have to point out though that I have a Bachelor of Education and a Bachelor of Fine Arts. I've got almost 4 years of experience teaching hoop dancing to people of all ages. I'm currently running hoop classes in my home city for adults in the evening and also provide hoop dancing workshops in schools during the day for a maximum of 30 students per 1-1/2 hour workshop grades K-12.

So I've dealt with a lot of questions.

Permalink Reply by Danielle on April 28, 2009 at 7:33am

What do you do in your school classes? I have been asked in the past to teach dance at schools, but at some point I would love to teach hooping.

- Danielle

Permalink Reply by Hannah on January 19, 2009 at 3:36am

Im looking into certification as I love hooping and would like to know how to teach others correctly.

In the UK bodyhoops offers different levels of training as some dates that fits in with time and money! I would love to find out some info from fellow hoopers;

* Has anybody attended a body hoops training session? What do you think?
* Was the progression through the levels worthwhile? from what I have read you do the level 1, then within a year you have to progress to level 2 or pay a fee or show some progress...
* Has the training helped your personal hooping develpoment?

Sorry for all the questions but I would love to get a hoopers opinion before shelling out the course fees!
Thank you x

Permalink Reply by Amanda of Hip Flick Hoops* on April 13, 2009 at 2:14pm

Hoopnotica has distance teacher training program. Has anyone done this?

Permalink Reply by Hoola Monster* on April 16, 2009 at 12:45pm

Hello! There's some great dialogue on this very subject in the Hoop Teaching Tribe... here's the link, if you want to check it out:

http://tribes.tribe.net/teachhoop/thread/fadc44ad-40dd-46de-ada5-6a...

Permalink Reply by Sitara Bird on April 16, 2009 at 12:51pm

I've been playing with the idea of getting certified.
It's quite pricey though. /:

Permalink Reply by spider baby on April 28, 2009 at 9:09am

do you have to be certified to certify others?
meaning, could you certify people sandra ?
i suppose you could with your own way of teaching just like the others do.
you certainly have experience

Permalink Reply by SaFire* on May 21, 2009 at 10:54pm

Thank you.

I have been thinking about offering certification. Maybe next year?

The class would be offered online. Your "Final" would include sending me a video of your hooping and a short description of how you plan to improve the lives of your students by sharing the gift of hooping.

Permalink Reply by Kinetic Kristen* on May 22, 2009 at 6:58am

Sounds wonderful! I've already told my boyfriend that if/when you offer certification I'm going to take it. I talked with an art professor who runs her own belly dance studio here in town; I may teach classes there this fall so I wanted to make sure I know all I can get my hands on, which is why I went and signed up for the Blooming class. This way I'll have everything from Beginners to Intermediate to Advanced and the Breaks & Reversals covered by the time I start teaching and I'll feel more confident in my teaching abilities. :-)

Permalink Reply by Allyson Uttara Praana on August 2, 2009 at 4:34pm

I would def take your certification class. I have been making hoops and just started teaching beginners but would like more techniques. Also, a big thanks to your free tutorials on Youtube. You pretty much taught me how to hoop and how to break down a trick to help others:) You've been sooo generous to the entire hooping community and it's truly inspirational.

Permalink Reply by SaFire* on September 22, 2009 at 10:21am

Thank you!

I LOVE your sentence of "how to break down a trick to help others."

There really is a "formula" for teaching. Thank you for noticing the thought I've put into the the tutorials. ; )

Much love,
SaFire

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