Dance Conditioning

Dance Conditioning

Instructor

Jennie Grimes Email: jennie.grimes@ironmail.org Website: jenniegrimes.com

Course Description

  • This course is designed to help students integrate activity-specific skills into their lives.
  • Students will participate daily in activities designed to improve balance, flexibility, strength, endurance, eye-hand-foot coordination and teamwork.

Course Objectives / Learning Outcomes

  • Gain a physical understanding of dance conditioning techniques.
  • Students are given the opportunity to improve flexibility, tone and strengthen muscles, reduce stress, lower heart rate, lower blood pressure, decrease lower back problems, improve posture, coordination, sleep and rest, self-image, and promote exercise habits. Students will learn aerobic dance activities.
  • Students are given the opportunity to attend a field trip to better understand how to get involved in a healthy lifestyle.
  • During this course the students will design and teach a workout.
  • There will occasionally be bell work, quizzes, tests, projects and written assignments.

Dance Lab Rules

Students are expected to follow all class and school rules and procedures.

  1. Students are to come on time and prepare to participate every day. Use class time productively.
  2. Respect others. Keep your hands, feet, and mouth (language) to yourself.
  3. No food, gum, drinks or electronic devices are allowed in the dance lab. You will be asked to throw food and drinks away if brought to class. Electronic devices will be asked to be put in the student’s locker or dance lab closet until the end of class.
  4. Do not disrupt the learning of others.
  5. Respect the facilities and equipment.

Dance Lab Regulations / Procedures

A. Participation Fee

All dance classes have a participation fee of $15.

B. Proper Attire

  1. Hair pulled back out of the face and no jewelry may be worn during class.
  2. Students must dress down each day. Shirts must be gray or any CV color, black or gray shorts/sweats. If asked to bring: clean socks, shoes that fit snug and have non-marking soles.
  3. All attire must adhere to Iron County School District Dress Standards. Please note that clothing should not be cut, torn or tied in any way that would make it non-compliant with the aforementioned standards.

C. Lockers

  1. Only locks issued by CVHS may be used in our locker rooms. These locks will be issued to students at the beginning of the semester.
  2. Locks have been placed on assigned lockers and are not to be removed from that locker. Replacement locks cost $5.
  3. Please do not bring anything of value to the dance lab. Leave valuables in your locked locker. Always lock your locker during class time. Time will not be spent investigating stolen items that should have been locked in your locker (cell phones, money, etc.).
  4. The locker room will be locked during class time. Plan ahead and refrain from leaving items you will need for other classes, such as textbooks, in the locker room.
  5. Students will be given enough time to change clothes before and at the conclusion of each class period. Please be mindful of the students and teachers you share the rest of your day with and take the time to change and use deodorant.

D. Safety

This course includes active participation in aerobic activities. Participation in any activity involves some risks. Even walking imposes certain risks. Therefore, when in class please be aware of others in the space and listen to your body. If you are hurting, not feeling well, or have difficulties, please stop what you are doing and let the instructor know. If you have a known condition that will limit your full participation in class please let the instructor know before the first participation day.

E. Attendance

  1. This is a participatory class and attendance is required. Meaning: dressing down and taking part in class activities. Attendance is worth points and will be recorded daily. Choosing to not participate, you are choosing to forfeit your points for the day and cannot make them up.
  2. Make-up opportunities for excused absences are only available during FLEX B3, in the CVHS dance lab. Students may only remediate excused absences within 2 weeks of the absence. If a student is aware of prolonged absences he/she must receive prior approval from the instructor and coordinate a plan to enable him/her to receive credit for the class. Students need to follow the CVHS and ICSD attendance policy.
  3. Leaving class without permission will result in being marked absent.
  4. At the end of each class, all students will have a second roll call or calendar stamped; each stamp is worth points.

F. Grading

Grading is based on Attendance/Dressing down/Participation, Assignments/Projects/Tests, and Dance Concert Final. The following standards will be weighted into the student’s overall grade: Responsibility, Professional Dress, Perform, Respond, Creativity, Collaboration.

  • Students are expected to complete assignments, including minor assignments, on time. Make-up work will not be allowed past hard deadlines (within 2 weeks of absence).
  • Work missed for an excused absence must be made up upon returning to school. If you are absent for any reason, you will be held responsible for materials covered and assignments made in class.
  • School policies will be followed and enforced with regard to tardiness, absences and citizenship grades.
  • Students are expected to behave in an appropriate and courteous manner towards teachers, fellow peers and fellow groups on campus. It is each student’s responsibility to contribute positively to the classroom environment and the learning experience of the entire class.

G. Bathroom Usage

Students will not be permitted to use the restroom during class. Please go during the dressing time at the start or end of class. If there is a situation where the restroom is needed, this will be a case-by-case basis and will need to sign out a hall pass.

Fieldtrip Opportunities

  • Spirit Fitness TBA
  • Guest artists / master class TBA

Health & Injuries

If the student has an existing injury or health condition, the instructor needs to know about it on the first day of class. If an injury occurs during the semester please be sure to keep the instructor informed so we can work around it. If a student needs alternate assignments for longer than a week a doctor’s note may be required.

Video Disclosure

Instructional Workout Videos — Yoga, Dance, Pilates, Conditioning, etc. If you have an issue with your student watching these videos, please let the instructor know in advance and we can work out an alternate activity.

Information contained in this syllabus, other than the grading and attendance policies, may be subject to change with advanced notice, as deemed appropriate by the instructor.

Canyon View High School does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or qualified disability.