Tuesday 2 June, 13:00 BST
Safeguarding for Dance Business Owners
Lecturers: Kayleigh Chambers and Victoria Race

Friday 5 June, 9:30 BST
Safeguarding for Dance Business Owners
Lecturers: Kayleigh Chambers and Victoria Race

This course will explore all the key elements that need to be included within a dance business ensuring that you have considered policies, risk assessment, studio safety, managing parents and visitors, media consent, allegations and complaints. This course will enable you to ‘get your house in good order’ and ensure you feel confident in knowing your responsibilities and that you are creating a safe environment for your school and for those who may work with you.

Who might this be suitable for?

Those dance teachers or dance professionals who run a dance business or are looking to start one up, those who employ staff or work independently, or for those looking to expand their safeguarding knowledge within a wider context.   

Learning Outcomes

• Be able to identify what is required within policies and documentation to ensure robust safeguarding strategies are in place within your setting.
• Discuss how to ensure your staff are well informed and follow your school procedures and policies, working together with you to support safeguarding and child protection.
• Discuss and identify how to manage complaints and allegations ensuring correct procedures and policies are in place at your school to support you.
• To reflect and identify areas of risk such as social media, intruders, registration of children and explore ways to ensure good practice and mitigate risk.

Please note this session will be recorded for future viewing.

Kayleigh Chambers

Kayleigh has been an ISTD member for almost 20 years, teaching Ballroom, Latin-American, Disco/Freestyle and Rock ‘n’ Roll. Kayleigh was trained as a child and professional by Ann Lister and Louise Inman. As well as teaching for exams and competitions, Kayleigh teaches social dancers, wedding dances, for her Local Authority and several local education settings.

Aside from dancing, Kayleigh has worked professionally in Child Protection for over 10 years including for Fire and Rescue Services, Education settings, Special Educational Settings and a leading National Children’s charity. She has a degree in Education and Early Childhood Studies and is a qualified project manager.

Victoria Race

Victoria runs Dance School Safeguarding Services, an organisation that was created to empower dance teachers by providing high-quality safeguarding training tailored to those teaching in the performing arts industry. Victoria is a specialist safeguarding trainer with extensive experience delivering training for local authorities and on behalf of local safeguarding children’s partnerships.

Through Dance School, Safeguarding Services Victoria has provided training and consultation services for Dance Associations, Professional Dance Companies, Production Companies and over 250 independent freelance dance teachers. In addition, Victoria is a dance school owner, a Fellow of the International Dance Teachers Association and a teacher of the new Rambert Creative Contemporary Dance Grades, with 20 years of dance teaching experience. She has a BA Hons degree in dance, MEd.dip in Dance Education (from the Royal Academy of Dance) and a PGCE which she has used over the years to develop an exciting variety of teaching experiences.

Price

This session is FREE for ISTD members. 

Times and dates

Please note that all dates and times are stated in Greenwich Mean Time.

Recording

If you are unable to attend, please note that this session will be recorded and uploaded into the ISTD members area. 

Further questions

If you have any further questions, please contact coursebookings@istd.org and a member of the CPD team will get back to you.