Personal Statement: Higher Teaching Averages

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ANNUAL TEACHING AWARDS 2015
WRITTEN STATEMENT – NINA VERETENNIKOVA

In 2002 I developed a passionate interest in yoga specifically in the Iyengar method. Initially, my commitment to attending classes was as means for me to maintain ability to demonstrate in the teaching of classical ballet technique as required in my current position of Dance Lecturer at The University of Melbourne.
In 2010 after 7 years of participating in classes for 6 hours a week and attending workshops I committed to attaining teaching qualifications in this form. I studied and sat assessment in Yoga philosophy and Anatomy for Yoga as well as refining personal practice and teaching method through commitment to a 2 hour daily practice 6 days a week, monthly assignments …show more content…
Students taking the elective are required to keep a journal of their weekly experiences summarizing their findings and more importantly indicating how it has been of benefit across the years. As well as enabling me opportunity to review and show how the work is received it has also provided me with testimonials indicating its value.
In December of 2014 I finally attained teaching qualifications in the Gyro-kinesis method. In order to do so I have engaged in weekly classes and annual intensives, completed 30 hours of teaching as required (through classes in the elective) and finally sitting assessment with a Master Trainer.
In the 14 years I have been employed by The University of Melbourne I consider I have utilized many opportunities to continue expanding my knowledge, skills and qualifications specific to my teaching responsibilities of Classical Ballet tutor. Along with the Gyrokinesis and Yoga skills I have pursued developing I have also embraced opportunity that The University of Melbourne has given me in studying and gaining accreditation in the program Conditioning with Imagery Training (CI-Training) introduced to the Dance school through the visits of Professor Donna Krasnow from York University. CI-Training developed by Professor Krasnow over 20 years of investigation into body conditioning and injury prevention …show more content…
Taking these expectations on board I embarked on beginning the process of gaining qualifications in the Gyrotonics methodology in January 2015. The process being similar to attaining accreditation in Gyrokinesis in stages having to be met and passed. I have completed stage 1 – Pre-training and opportunity exists in April 2016 for me to complete the next stage – Foundation training.
It is expected I complete further training in Gyrokinesis as the organization requires accredited teachers to update skills to keep up their license. I plan to take a module offered in January 2016, which will greatly benefit the Body Balance elective.
For the last 5 years the training intensives required for qualifications in these disciplines have occurred during my annual leave in December/January and mid-term/mid-year breaks. Whilst the leave has been Professional development, participating in them meant commitment to training for the training requiring up to 3 hours a day for 10 days to 2 weeks in practice and revision before doing
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