If you caught our previous blog, we discussed YPAD: Youth Protection Advocates in Dance. Liberty Dance Center is the only YPAD-certified studio in our area. A YPAD certification is an intense process for the studio that requires hours of work on the part of each and every employee. Here are just a few of the…
You’ve probably seen signage around the studio proclaiming that Liberty Dance Center is a proud member of YPAD. In fact, we are the only YPAD certified studio in our area. But, what is YPAD and why does it matter? What is YPAD? YPAD stands for Youth Protection Advocates in Dance. It was founded in 2012…
The primary purpose for dance studios is to provide high quality dance education while providing opportunities for performances and in some cases opportunities for participation on competition teams. But should a dance studio provide MORE to the children they teach? We definitely think so! Liberty Dance Center is the only dance studio in the area…
Dance studios across the country and around the world have had their businesses turned upside down over the past few months of 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic. These trying times make it imperative for dance studio owners to take the necessary steps to make their dance environments as safe as possible. As a certified Youth…
In our previous blog posts (part 1 and part 2), we introduced you to new ways in which local dance studios can step up their game through YPAD (Youth Protection Advocates in Dance) certification. This final post in the series summarizes the steps you can take to bring your dance studio to the next level.…
In our previous blog post, we introduced a new way for local dance studios to step up their game by providing a Happy, Healthy and Safe dance environment through YPAD (Youth Protection Advocates in Dance) certification. In this second of the series of blogs we will discuss another element of studio certification. YOUTH PROTECTION ADVOCATES…
The primary purpose for dance studios is to provide high quality dance education. On top of that, a dance studio should also provide opportunities to participate in performances and competitions. But should a dance studio provide even more to the children they teach? We think so! Over our next series of blogs, we will provide…
This is the final post in this multi-part blog series on local dance studios taking on the responsibility of providing a Happier, Healthier and Safer environment for its students.
This is part 4 in our series. In our previous posts we introduced you to a new way that local dance studios can step up their game and provide a Happy, Healthy, and Safe environment for its students, through YPAD (Youth Protection Advocates in Dance) certification. In those posts we talked about teacher background checks…