RSCDS San Francisco Branch Teachers

Announcements

04/18/12	Minutes added, agenda updated
03/17/12	Jean Patrick Event program added: Jean Patrick Event 2012 (PDF file, 50 kB)
03/07/12	Beginners’ Ball Flyer added: Beginners’ Ball (PDF, 200 kB)
03/02/12	Asilomar program added: Saturday Night KMMB (PDF, 50 kB)
01/22/12	Next dates, locations, due date participants and agenda added
01/17/12	survey results posted
01/16/12	new repertoire list posted, link on the left to .xls file, link in documents to both .xlsx (original) and .xls files

Topic selection

Rank	Topic	Votes by 01/14/12
1.	Handling perpetual beginner in an intermediate class	15pt
2.	Discussion on warm-up routines: Is a rut (established procedure/routine) a good thing for warm-ups?	11pt
3.	Using YouTube to advertise or teach classes	10pt
3.	Teaching dancers of more advanced age	10pt
3.	Briefing dances	10pt
6.	Presentation on current exams	9pt
6.	Guidance and mentoring of new teachers	9pt
8.	Discussion/Presentation of different ways for computer-based music storage	7pt
9.	What are the different sound systems that people use and do they have tempo change?	6pt
10.	Teaching children	5pt
11.	How dances get incorporated into the RSCDS canon	3pt
11.	News from HQ and on-line sites (useful websites)	3pt
13.	How to do software demo tracks	1pt
14.	A taste of new/good recordings	0pt
14.	How to encourage/discourage dancers onto the floor	0pt
14.	Dealing with hearing loss of dancers	0pt
14.	Dances with alternative endings (18th C book, etc)	0pt
14.	Discussion on thought-provoking articles in TACTalk	0pt

Next Meetings

2013	Saturday 01/19/13 suggested date ................	Saturday 05/18/13 suggested date ................	Saturday 09/21/13 suggested date ................	... ~10/.../13 TC Workshop ................
2012	Saturday 01/21/12 Twhigg Mountain View 1:30pm social 2:00pm start	Saturday 05/19/12 Harvey Mountain View 1:30pm social 2:00pm start	Saturday 09/22/12 Reznick Berkeley 1:30pm social 2:00pm start	... ~10/.../12 TC Workshop ................
2011	Saturday 01/22/11 Allen San Jose	Saturday 04/09/11 Workshop Palo Alto	Saturday 05/21/11 canceled San Francisco	Saturday 09/17/11 McAdam Lafayette
2010	Saturday 01/23/10 Pettengill Montara	Saturday 05/08/10 O'Brien San Francisco	Saturday 09/18/10 McAdam Lafayette
2009 3x/Year	Saturday 01/10/09 Harvey Mountain View	Saturday 05/09/09 McAdam Lafayette	Sunday 10/25/09 Harvey Mountain View	Sunday 10/25/09 Workshop St. Marks, Palo Alto
2008	Saturday 01/19/08 Harvey Mountain View	Saturday 04/19/08 O'Brien San Francisco	Sunday 07/20/08 Allen San Jose	Saturday 09/20/08 McAdam Lafayette	Saturday 10/25/08 Special Mtg Palo Alto
2007	Saturday 01/20/07 O'Brien San Francisco	Sunday 04/29/07 canceled Montara	Saturday 07/21/07 Allens' San Jose	Saturday 09/22/07 McAdam Lafayette
2006	Saturday 01/21/06 O'Brien San Francisco	Saturday 04/08/06 McAdam Lafayette	Sunday 07/16/06 Allen San Jose	Saturday 09/23/06 Harvey Mountain View
2005	Saturday 01/22/05 Pettengill Montara	Saturday 04/23/05 McAdam Lafayette	Saturday 07/16/05 Hamilton Menlo Park	Saturday 10/01/05 Harvey Mountain View

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Due dates for the program committees

12/01/11	Mar / Apr 2012 Bruce Herbold, Juliet Davoren, Lin Pettengill
02/01/12	May / Jun 2012 Bruce Herbold, Laura Cooper, Lin Pettengill
03/01/12	Kim McGarrity Memorial Ball 2012 Paula Jacobson, Marianna Harvey, pending
03/15/12	Jean Patrick Memorial Ball 2012 Paula Jacobson, Sandra Schultz, Bob Branstrom
08/01/12	Oct / Nov 2012 Bruce Herbold, Armin Busse, Lin Pettengill
08/15/12	Valentine’s Ball 2013 Paula Jacobson, Patti Cobb, Linda Henderson
10/01/12	Dec 2012 / Jan 2013 Bruce Herbold, Bradley Hobbs, Tim Wilson
12/01/12	Mar / Apr 2013 Bruce Herbold, Juliet Davoren, Alan Twhigg
02/01/13	May / Jun 2013 Bruce Herbold, Sandra Schultz, Patti Cobb

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Agenda for the next meeting - 05/19/12

If you have suggestions or changes to the agenda please let Armin know, before it will be send out on the currently anticipated date 05/05/12, which is the agreed upon 14 days before the meeting . Thank you.
If you would like to print only the agenda it should appear on a single page (e.g. page 2 or 3, please verify with your preview) when you print this webpage.

-	Call to order
-	Apologies		please send regrets to Armin
-	Edit Agenda		as needed
-	Announcements	[Armin]	specific announcements for the beginning

	Old Business
-	Change/accept minutes of previous meeting	[All]
-	Report on Party Program Committees	[Committee members]	completed as scheduled?
-	Report progress on database for ball program write-ups	[Alan, Paula]
-	Courtesy	[Armin]

	New Business
-	Approve TC-BC Liaison	[All]
-	Discuss future Teachers Workshops	[All]
-	Report from BC	[Bradley, BC Liaison]	as needed
-	Report on TAC	[Paula, TAC representative]	AGM and other info
-	Special Topics for future Meetings	[Armin]	report on idea status, gather and discuss as needed further ideas: Presentations / Discussions / Workshops please let Armin know any suggestions
-	Teacher resources	[Greg]	available resources (also for mentoring and orientation)
-	Voting rights for Part 1 (Prelim equivalent) teachers for the teachers committee	[Armin]	discuss and decide if Part 1 qualified teachers should be voting members of the teachers committee
-	Teachers' candidates tutoring	[Alan, Armin]	discussion on schedule, selection of tutor, as needed
-	Dance repeats and the handling of communication between MC and musicians during parties	[Armin]	discuss and recommend how dance repeats might be handled

	Other Business
-	Discussion on Dances	[All]	as needed, please name dances and unclear situation
-	Suggestion for a new Starter Jig	[All]	more suggestions needed for class, dance or ball start
-	other announcements

-	Choose date and location for next meetings	[All]	next three
-	Adjourn

	Special Topic
-	Handling perpetual beginner in an intermediate class	[Trina]	Round Table Discussion


	Future Meetings' agenda items

	09/2012
-	Report on TAC	[TAC representative]	AGM and other info

	01/2013
-	Elect Officers Chair Secretary Monthly Party Programming Continuity Person Ball Programming Continuity Person	[All]
-	Elect TAC Representative	[All]
-	Discuss future Teachers Workshops	[All]
-	Selection of Party Program Committees	[Committee members]	Please volunteer

	05/2013
-	Approve TC-BC Liaison	[All]
-	Report progress on database for ball program write-ups	[Alan, Paula]
-	Courtesy	[Armin]

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Minutes of Previous Meetings

All minutes are in Portable Document Format [PDF file format].
If you don't have the reader to view and print the files, you can download the free reader from Adobe Acrobat.

2013	..../..../....	..../..../....	..../..../....
2012	01/21/12	05/19/12	09/22/12
2011	01/22/11	05/21/11	09/17/11
2010	01/23/10	05/08/10	09/18/10
2009	01/10/09	05/09/09	10/25/09 TAC
2008	01/19/08	04/19/08	07/20/08	09/20/08 TAC	10/25/08
2007	01/20/07	04/29/07	07/21/07	09/22/07
2006	01/21/06 *) +)	04/08/06	07/16/06	09/23/06
2005	01/22/05	04/23/05 *)	07/16/05 *)	10/01/05 TAC
2004	01/10/04	04/18/04	06/19/04	09/18/04 TAC
2003	01/11/03	04/12/03	06/14/03	09/20/03
2002	01/12/02	03/16/02	06/29/02	09/21/02
2001	01/13/01	03/17/01	07/01/01	09/29/01

		Additional documents marked *): read Screen Tip (hover over item)
	Past Actions

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Workshops

2011	04/09/11	Teachers' Workshop, Bruce Hamilton
2009	10/25/09	Teachers' Workshop, Gail Michener
2008	10/25/08	Teachers' Workshop, Alex Gray
2007	10/28/07	Teachers' Workshop, Fiona Grant
2006	10/22/06	Teachers' Workshop, Angela Young
2005	11/05/05	Teachers' Workshop, Mary Murray (info: doc/ pdf)
2004	02/28/04	Book 43, local teachers
2003	11/01/03	Learning Styles, Mel Briscoe
2002	11/09/02	Teachers' Workshop, Allison Russell

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Training

EXAMS 2011

Congratulations to the new teachers in the branch. We wish you success and hope to be able to give you support with your new or extended teaching experience.

Results: Candidate Class Report 2011 (report pending)

EXAMS 2007

Results: Candidate Class Report 2007 (report pending)

EXAMS 2005

Results: Candidate Class Report 2005

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Directions

Since we decided not to post driving directions as well as addresses and phone numbers out on this public webpage, please check for address and phone number in your current address list or contact the secretary or the chair for further information.

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Documents

Current

Valentine Ball 2012
- Valentine Ball Program (PDF file, 53 kB)
- Valentine Ball Flyer (PDF file, 5900 kB)
- Valentine Ball First Time Coupon (PDF file, 57 kB)
Repertoire List
- Repertoire List 01/16/12 (MS Excel file - xls, 1040kB)
- Repertoire List 01/16/12 (MS Excel file - xlsx, 240kB)
- Repertoire List 02/01/11 (MS Excel file - xls, 990kB)
- Repertoire List 02/01/11 (MS Excel file - xlsx, 218kB)
- Repertoire List 04/07/09 (MS Excel file, 430kB)
Presentation
- Bruce Hamilton's Kaleidoscope talk (PDF file, 91 kB)
- How to modify Audio-Recordings / Armin Busse (PDF file, 520 kB)
Dance Proficiency Assessment
- DPA Syllabus (Revised)(docx file, 26 kB)
- DPA Organiser & Candidate Guidelines (PDF file, 123 kB)
- DPA Assessment & Mark Sheet DPA-02 (PDF file, 128 kB)

Jean Patrick Event 2012
- Program (PDF file, 50 kB)
Asilomar 2011
- Program Friday (PDF file, 36 kB)
- Program Saturday (PDF file, 50 kB)
Valentine Ball 2011
- Valentine Ball Program (PDF file, 54 kB)
- Valentine Ball Flyer (PDF file, 150 kB)
- Valentine Ball First Time Coupon (PDF file, 29 kB)
Asilomar 2010
- Program Friday (PDF file, 49 kB)
- Program Saturday (PDF file, 39 kB)
Jean Patrick Event 2010
- Program (PDF file, 16 kB)
Valentine's Ball 2010
- Program (PDF file, 46kB)
- Flyer (PDF file, 164kB)
- First Time Discount Coupon (PDF file, 29 kB)
Valentine's Ball 2009
- Program (PDF file, 4 kB)
- Flyer (PDF file, 134 kB)
- Letter to Teachers (PDF file, 12 kB)
- First Time Discount Coupon (PDF file, 28 kB)
Mid-Winter Ball 2007
- Dance Descriptions (rtf format)
Pleasanton 2007 - Celtic Heritage Application
- Application (includes letter, information and applications for both stages)
Pleasanton 2006 - Celtic Heritage Application
- Application (includes letter, information and applications for both stages)
Valentine's Ball 2006
- Letter to the teachers
- Beginner Coupon

Reference

Monthly Party
- Beginner Coupon
Guidelines for Children Dancing in the San Francisco Branch
Guidelines for Ball and Party Programs
Bruce Hamilton's Notes on MCing
Responsibility for teachers (reference letter and mentoring), submitted by Kathleen
SF Branch Bylaws 05/03/2003

Stuff

Susie L K	videos - First Lady of the Dance - Take Your Partners - Book 32 - Book 33 - Book 34 - Injury Prevention and Strength Building
Pat O'B	books records
Bruce Ha	TC minutes
Alan T	large archive of recordings and books
Kathleen	RSCDS packet for teaching children SCD in schools