"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance,
As those move easiest who have learn’d to dance."

Alexander Pope

Teach Like a Pro Book Series

The Teach Like a Pro book series is a culmination of Diane Jarmolow’s long and distinguished career training ballroom dance teachers and being an owner-director of one of the nation’s largest and most successful independent dance studios. A highly certified and renowned dance instructor herself, Diane has developed this series to support dance teachers in becoming the most confident, top-quality dance professionals they can be. Whether you are a new or experienced teacher, you will find that the Teach Like a Pro books:

• Provide structure for your thinking and teaching.
• Expand, deepen, and refine your dance knowledge and vocabulary.
• Validate and give you words to articulate knowledge you may already have.
• Supply you with exercises with which to develop your students’ technique.
• Give you new ideas for presenting material.
• Improve your own dancing and technique.
• Provide supplemental support for becoming professionally certified.
• Increase your overall confidence as a dance teacher.

Teach Like a Pro, Volume 1: The Essentials will be available from Amazon.com in September 2010.*

Teach Like a Pro, Volume 1: The Essentials
is packed with juicy teaching tips, useful analogies, technical dance information, exercises, and games that have been field-tested and proven effective for teaching ballroom dancing. It is organized with your needs as a dance teacher in mind.

If you are a brand new teacher, we intend this book to be a foundation on which to build your dance knowledge and teaching. If you are an experienced teacher, we intend this book to act as an inspiration and resource to take your career to the next level. We encourage you to experiment with the ideas and exercises inside, finding what works best for you and your students. With this book as a guide, we know your dance teaching will grow and evolve in new and creative ways!