Small Studio? Here's How to Use a Multi-Level Ballet Curriculum Effectively

Q: What if my studio doesn't have enough enrollment for all the levels in the curriculum?

A: No problem! The Geeky Ballerina curriculum is designed to be a tool to help you, not one more thing to worry about. This question comes up frequently, especially regarding the Beginning Division with its thoughtful age groupings.

Our curriculum prioritizes healthy, age-appropriate ballet instruction. Because coordination, strength, social skills, and attention skills of young children span such a large range, the Beginning Division creates multiple placement options. For example, 4-, 5-, and 6-year-olds appear in overlapping levels, giving you flexibility to find the best fit for each child based on development rather than just birth dates.

The Elementary, Intermediate, and Advanced Divisions are designed for easy level combinations when needed. Each level has clear advancement requirements and key principles that guide placement decisions. For instance, if you need to combine levels, the curriculum provides the specific criteria to determine whether a Level 4/5 or Level 5/6 combination serves your students best.

This systematic approach works for specialized studios too. Whether you're running a recreational program, ballet school, or competition studio, the curriculum includes placement guidance for different contexts - including adult beginning programs.

The key is having clear frameworks for these decisions rather than guessing each season. My curriculum provides the specific advancement requirements, placement criteria, and combination strategies that make scheduling confident and educationally sound.

This level of thoughtful curriculum design - with flexible implementation and clear advancement requirements - eliminates the scheduling guesswork that exhausts teachers every season. My curriculum collection provides comprehensive, adaptable frameworks for real studios with real constraints.

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