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Now that the California State Department of Education has created content standards for the arts, schools are looking for teachers of dance.

What do dance classes in schools look like through Luna?

We believe the most effective way to bring dance to the school curriculum is through a comprehensive program that allows both full integration of the art form and stand-alone classes. Developing such a program is a long range process. LKD helps school-based teachers, administrators and dance specialists create programs to meet the unique needs of their school populations. The consulting services LKD offers to schools include:

• teaching model dance classes
• facilitating parent/child dance classes and lecture/demonstrations
• facilitating communication between classroom teachers and dance specialists
• working with schools to design, implement and assess a dance education program
• helping schools hire dance artists; working with schools to fundraise and advocate for dance education 

Current schools that Luna works with:

Direct Model Classes

Oakland Unified School District -     New Highland Academy

                                                             Tilden Elementary School

                                                              Westlake Middle School

Continued Coaching/Support of School Based Teachers*

Oakland Unified School District -          New Highland Academy

                                                                  Tilden Elementary School

                                                                  Oakland High School

                                                                  East Oakland School of the Arts (EOSA)

San Francisco Unified School District -    District Dance Specialists

                                                                   Presideo Middle School

Berkeley Unified School District -          Martin Luther King Jnr. Middle School

Los Angeles Unified School District -   District Dance Specialists

* Please Note:   continued coaching and support is offered to any school based teachers who have received model dance classes or attended the Summer Intensive workshops through Luna's Partner Project, the California Institute for Dance Learning. 

How do I find out more?

As schools write grant proposals for art inclusion, LKD can help strategize the best design for dance education in their communities.

Contact our School Alliance Manger, Danae Rees drees@lunakidsdance.org, for fees and information.