ONLINE TAP TEACHER TRAINING
Confidently lead Tap Classes that will EXCITE & ENGAGE your Students without years of frustrating guesswork
or fizzling interest!
Ready to teach Tap with more ease, confidence & FUN?Â
Session 1: July 27Â - Oct. 12, 2025
Session 2: Aug. 24 - Nov. 9, 2025
If you are a passionate & savvy Tap Teacher or Studio Owner looking to build a consistently high-quality and booming Tap program, while feeling confident that you can repeat that success year after year, then you already know that you need comprehensive lesson plans and powerfully effective teaching strategies to get you there.
So I'll spare you my "soapbox moment" about the need to plan and strategize for your Tap classes.
After all, you probably already know that the vision you set out in your lesson plans is the starting point for your students' success, that will allow you to take your Tap students to levels of excellence that didn't seem possible, and to deepen their love for Tap Dance. Because of your vision, lesson plans and strategy, your students know that you're the one that's taking them places, and they'll stick with you for years because of that.
You probably also know that Tap Dance is resurging! From new twists on Broadway classics, to awe-inspiring trends in concert-level Tap Dance and viral YouTube videos, Tap Dance is on the upswing — and you know you need up-to-date lesson plans that will help your studio to catch this wave.
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As Tap Dance itself is evolving, methods of teaching Tap are also evolving! Gone are the days of "just follow me, copy what I just did, and I hope you can pick it up and figure it out"... Now, methods of teaching Tap have become more effective and efficient, making Tap more accessible to your average student!
So that means less students standing in the back corner of your class feeling lost and hopeless — because with your effective teaching methods, they can really "get it," find their groove, and make head-turning improvement that'll have your competitors thinking that all your Tap students are just "naturals".
HERE'S WHAT YOU
MIGHT NOT KNOW
Even if you feel pretty good about the current state of your studio’s Tap program, having more comprehensive, well-integrated lesson plans and better teaching strategies can do WONDERS. Here are some examples:
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Your Confidence as a Tap Teacher Skyrockets!
As a dance teacher, you already know that your energy sets the tone for your students’ experience. With the right lesson plans, you STRUT into class because you’ve got the goods, and you can’t wait to dig in. Your confidence brings a fresh excitement to your classes that is infectious, and your students will feel a whole new love of Tap dance because of it. -
Your Students Make Noticeable, Head-Turning Progress
Progress creates confidence in your students. Confidence fuels motivation. Progress brings enthusiasm. Progress creates “buzz”. Progress makes them want to sign up again next year! When your lesson plans are “progress-oriented” you lay a path toward momentum and a new level of excellence that will surprise your students, parents, maybe even yourself! -
Better Tap Choreography & Show-Stopping Performances!
As you strengthen your knowledge base as a Tap Teacher, your creativity will flow and that means fresh choreography! Also, as you students are learning faster, and have better technique, your Tap numbers will SHINE on stage, and create more interest in your Tap program! -
Increased Interest & Enrollments in Tap Classes
As the students leave class every week with a smile on their face because of your well-executed lesson plans, they encourage their friends to start Tap. And as your students’ technique starts to shine on stage in fabulously executed Tap routines, kids in the audience say to themselves “I want to be in that group.” In trickles and in droves, they’re signing up for Tap classes. -
Students Stick With You for the Long Haul
Your comprehensive, well-integrated lesson plans show that your studio’s Tap program has a vision. You know how to challenge your students to excellence, whether they’re 6 or 16. The moms know that you’ve got the goods,” and will stick with you for years and years because you’re taking their kids in the best direction.
Even though the reasons to improve our
teaching knowledge & strategies are obvious,
the path to doing it successfully is anything but.
Teach Better Tap Classes?
Yes, please!
But where on earth do I start?
There’s probably been times where you’ve rolled up your sleeves, and started to work and then re-work your Tap classes. You got some great ideas online and at the latest dance teacher event. You’ve mapped out the time you want to spend on each class component. You’re ready. You’re excited!
But then you get into your actual classes.
And you realize that there’s a big gap between your new ideas and what’s happening in your Tap classes in real time.
It’s hard to stick to the new plan... you keep getting off track while you’re dealing with your students, and old habits take over.
And that “big gap” grows wider and wider.
That's the gap that pushes your students to the back corner of the room... their arms are folded, they're watching the clock, plotting their exit, and secretly wondering if they could somehow drop Tap next year.
The clock is ticking... and if you're spending time tinkering and trying out random things... the clock is ticking on your students' belief in themselves, and the clock is ticking on their interest in Tap dance.
You sense that you’re losing them, so you try to keep them busy. New exercise, new game, new trick step, prizes, rinse & repeat. It keeps your Tap students somewhat interested, but they’re not really getting any better.
And this frustration happens week in and week out, and starts to zap your passion for teaching.
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The main reason the lesson plans aren’t working?
We are bootlegging lesson plans together on our own, grabbing an idea here and there, remembering what we learned growing up, but we don’t have a clear roadmap that bridges the gap between current, comprehensive standards for Tap dance and the realities of you and your students.
Lesson plans are then filled with holes, and they’re hard to actually execute, as you jump from random exercise to exercise, trying to fill in those holes and keep your students engaged.
Because of that, your sincere, best efforts fall short, and your Tap classes feel like they’re falling a little flat.
If you just had a clear roadmap, you know you could do it!
You absolutely can. And the exciting news is that lots of other dance teachers are dealing with this too, so many studios haven’t yet “found their way” when it comes to building up their Tap programs. So there’s still time for YOU to create stellar lesson plans that bridge that gap, and create a HUGE advantage for yourself and your studio’s Tap program…
...if you have a solid roadmap to get you there.
3 MISTAKES that Cause Most Tap Class Lesson Plans to Fall Flat
MISTAKE #1: Over-Simplifying the Lesson Planning Process
It’s not hard to put together and execute good lesson plans, but it feels impossible if we underestimate the work involved. When it comes to Tap, we all know that there are a lot of moving parts, there’s a TON to teach, and not a minute to spare.
And if we feel overwhelmed or just flat-out exhausted, it’s easy to rationalize and over-simplify what it really takes to put together great lesson plans, and we start telling ourselves "they just need the basics anyway."
We may even buy a quick “done-for-you” solution, a weekend intensive with a few Tap classes, online searches for random ideas…
...Then we just put together a few exercises and games to get us through the week. But when we do this, it’s easy to accidentally miss something BIG, something IMPORTANT... and that can cost our students dearly, leaving glaring, gaping holes in their training.
To give our students a level of training that lights them up, to teach classes that remind us why we started teaching dance in the first place, we need to set out a clear vision and clear plans that deliver fun every week, and create excellence over the years.
We know what that means... we’ve got to be willing students of lesson planning & teaching, willing to take the time, willing to make fundamental shifts, as we dig into a roadmap that will get us there.
MISTAKE #2: Huge, Gaping Holes in Your Lesson Plan Content
Tap Steps, Tap Terminology, Learn the Dance. Rinse, Repeat. Steps, Terminology, Choreo.
I’ve seen this sad situation a million times in NY — in auditions for Rockettes, 42nd Street, for Tap companies, judging dance competitions, and in the classes I taught at Pace University, Broadway Dance Center, and in local Tap classes:
Studios all over the place are training dancers who know what shuffles are — they can spell “shuffle”, they can describe what it is, they can do it — but they can’t do the shuffle in the rhythm pattern that you ask for. They can shuffle fast enough. They can’t shuffle at a consistent tempo without speeding up or slowing down.
Why?
Because our lesson plans don’t effectively include content about how to use the Tap steps to create music and rhythm.
And because your lesson plans have these huge holes, the students are walking out of your studio with seriously deficient training.
Musicality, steps, artistry, etc. need to be effectively integrated into our lesson plans in a consistent way. We must plan to teach these other VITAL aspects of Tap with the same intention and energy as we put into the steps we teach.
MISTAKE #3: The “How to Teach” Part of Your Lesson Plans is Non-Existent
Done-for-you lesson plans, YouTube channels, and intensive teacher training make the assumption that you know how to bring their exercises and plans to life in an effortless way, that you know how to leap over every hurdle your 8-year-olds throw at you, as you’re trying to teach them cramp rolls.
But what if you don’t really know HOW to approach teaching Tap? Or HOW to execute your lesson plans?
Maybe you were a great Tap student, but teaching it? Totally different ballgame, right?!
Because we’re dealing with short class times and impatient “instant-results-oriented” students, our teaching strategies MUST be effective and efficient for the variety of learning styles and ability levels that we welcome into our classes.
Because if our strategies are not effective AND efficient, then you’re spinning your wheels, taking 30 minutes to teach something that should only take 10 (if you had a better plan for HOW you were going to deliver each exercise). You get frustrated, and so do your students.
Progress is taking too long, and there’s no way you can reach all the goals in your lesson plans if it’s taking forever to get through one concept.
Or worse yet, you put your head down and push through your lesson plans without making any progress at all.
But the progress is a HUGE deal, because progress builds momentum and confidence. Momentum and confidence create enthusiasm! So if we want our students to feel confidence and enthusiasm in Tap class, we’ve got to be creative and intentional about HOW we teach, so that we can reach every one of our sweet students, help them to learn and fall in love with Tap.
Shh...Here’s a Little Secret That Most Tap Teachers Don’t Know
Even though Tap Dance is clearly resurging (thanks to social media, YouTube Tap stars, and Tap Festivals), not every dance studio is poised and ready to catch the wave of enthusiasm that is happening for Tap Dance.
There’s a lot of free information out there that can give you fantastic ideas here and there, but it still feels random, haphazard, and incoherent. It’s still tough to put together a comprehensive, well-integrative set of lesson plans to meet new demand, and create new interest in Tap.
Beyond that, there’s a huge gap between the current standards in Tap, and the reality of where you and your students are... and you feel like you’re on your own, trying to piece together a plan to bridge that gap, while hopefully not leaving out huge and vital parts of Tap training in the process.
Even if you do invest in ready-made lesson plans or intensive training at a fun location, they don’t address the reality of you, as you teach your students. They can’t help you identify gaps in your teaching skills while you’re learning in a hotel ballroom, and they can’t help you identify new possibilities with your specific classes, by giving you a fresh set of eyes and perspective.
Then there’s the muscle memory problem. We know that intensive training doesn’t change habits; that’s what weekly, ongoing training does. But if we need “muscle memory changes” as teachers, to improve our own teaching habits so we can get more out of our students in less time, we do NOT get those muscle memory changes if we do intensive teacher training that doesn’t give us ongoing reinforcement, support and encouragement.
The key ingredient to all of this is a well-founded, proven, tried-and-true roadmap that works... a clear roadmap that can be tailored to you and your students, and one that can help you build powerful, more effective teaching skills by helping you make improvements in your teaching habits over time.
With your permission, that’s what I’d love to share with you.
"If you are a tap teacher, this program is an absolute must! I have been teaching for 30 years and a studio owner for 20. Karida has inspired and rejuvenated my entire tap program.
If you are a new teacher or a seasoned pro, you will benefit from her innovative approach to teaching all levels. Her personal attention and live support are what set her apart from other instructional programs.
It is worth every penny and every minute spent.
I will definitely be signing up the other teachers at my studio. I consider it an investment in the future of my tap program."
MOLLY K, STUDIO OWNER & TAP TEACHER
"After applying just a few of the strategies from Karida's program, my students were able to learn more quickly. Using these teaching approaches, we cleaned a section of their Tap routine in just MINUTES, after we had spent WEEKS on it, with no progress.
After the group finally got it, one of the students turned to me and said,
'You're a MIRACLE WORKER!' "
TIMAREE CRAFT, TAP TEACHER
You're Invited into
The Tap Teachers' Lounge: Comprehensive Online
Tap Teacher Training that WORKS
This is the only Tap Teacher Training Implementation program of its kind that contains comprehensive, well-integrated lessons and powerful teaching strategies that will promote head-turning progress and excitement in your Tap students.
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Session 1: July 27 - Oct. 12, 2025
Session 2: Aug. 24 - Nov. 9, 2025
I’ve taken everything I’ve learned as a professional dancer on world-class stages, and as a Tap Dance educator to aspiring students and professionals, and channeled it into a clear, step-by-step roadmap for local dance studio Tap Teachers to build Tap programs that will fuel excitement, excellence and enrollments.
Here, you’ll get both the high-level vision and standards, and the minute-by-minute execution strategies needed to reach those standards. This training & implementation program meets you where you are — whether you’re a new teacher or have been “at it” for years — and gives you the skills, strategies and plans you need to confidently take your students to new heights with a level of ease you didn’t think possible.
The end result? A systematic, well-founded, fun, high-quality Tap Dance program that will excite your students, and fuel your studio’s Tap program for years and years to come.
The Tap Teachers' Lounge is the ONLY program of its kind that…
... Is Especially Designed for Your Students to Build Focused, Rapid, Progress that will Fuel their Motivation for Tap
In ballet class, we don’t skip plies and tendus and jump to petit allegro because it’s more fun. Likewise, in this program, you’ll get your foundation set the right way, so you can advance to the “fancy stuff” successfully, without skipping what matters most in technique development.
... Teaches You How to Teach More Effectively & Efficiently
Today’s methods for teaching Tap are more effective than ever before. In this program, you’ll get the latest tools to reach every student in your classes — from the “naturals” to those who can’t find the beat. Confident and powerful teacher that sets you apart from the rest, and turns you into your studio’s newest secret weapon.
... Is Tailored for You, Your Current Needs, and Your Future Direction
No more working in isolation, and bye-bye blind spots. Here, you’ll get a fresh perspective and a fresh set of eyes on you and your students.
... Has Built-In Reinforcement and Support in an Ongoing Training Format
You’re not alone in the process; it’s not a flash-in-the-pan. We’ll work together over time, while you’re working with your students...so you can get support as you implement. In this way, you’ll build and reinforce new teaching habits and transformation that will set you up to create years of excellence & success that your studio can rely on.
So if you’re ready to finally put systematic plans and strategies to work for your Tap students' greatest success ever, without frustrating trial-and-error that zaps enthusiasm,
Here's how we'll help you get here:
What Levels of Tap are Covered in this Program?
A Vision of Your Studio's Tap Program from Pre-School to the Advanced Teen Training
From Pre-School Littles/Minis to Advanced Teens, this program has you covered. The training tutorials are broken into 3 levels:
• Level 1 (Beginner)
• Level 2 (Intermediate)
• Level 3 (Advanced)
• Mixed Level (keep all your students comfortable, challenged and progressing!)
I've included PDF guides for tips and strategies to adapt the training to preschool students.
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Session 1: July 27 - Oct. 12, 2025
Session 2: Aug. 24 - Nov. 9, 2025
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Week 0
Where are You & Your Tap Students NOW, and Where Do You Want to Go???
To make sure that you get the most individualized experience possible, we'll spend this bonus "Week 0" as a period of assessment and vision-building.
Weeks 1 & 2
How to Combine Teaching Steps with Teaching Rhythm & Timing: The Foundation
These 2 weeks set the foundation and set the stage for all our work. We’ll do three crucial things:
1) Music theory and basic rhythm patterns: We cover fundamental music theory, rhythm patterns, and discussions around tempo awareness and consistency. We’ll cover fun & effective ways to teach these concepts to our students.
By investing time in teaching our students specific music and rhythm patterns, we’ll keep them mentally engaged in every class and every exercise.
You’re training along with fellow Tap teachers who have varying skills sets and knowledge bases, and these 2 weeks gets us onto common ground.
2) Fundamental physical mechanics for grounded Tap steps & Rudiments:
We’ll also cover fundamental “approaches to the floor” that help us to do our basic rudiments and Tap exercises with speed, control, and fluency. This is real nitty gritty work that helps our students to understand the correct physical mechanics required to “dance fast and look cool”. ;-)
3) How to Get Your Students to Learn Faster, and Rely On Themselves QUICKLY (instead of your CONSTANT demonstration)
And we’ll make sure that you have the skills and strategies to facilitate their independence.
If you have the habit of constantly demonstrating for your students - doing the steps, scatting the rhythms - you probably notice that if you stop demonstrating, they STILL can’t do it! *face palm*
So they don’t rely on you to scat and demonstrate for them to the point of your exhaustion, we'll develop key skills to foster our students' independence and confidence in their own abilities, not just their ability to follow you.
Weeks 3 & 4
Combining Rhythm & Steps into a Clear and Wildly Effective Strategy for our Our Warm-Ups & Technique
In these weeks, we’ll begin the process of making every exercise COUNT - literally. Ha!
Every exercise you teach must be working on many things as once, to 1) reinforce what you’re teacher 2) make sure there are no wasted minutes in your classes. We can’t teach musicality and rhythm SEPARATELY from steps, so in these weeks start to bring it all together.
Look closely at how you integrate rhythm and tempo into each fundamental drill and exercise.
Develop the standards, and the “teacher’s eye and ear” to make each exercise accomplish both “step” goals and “musical goals”.
Here, we’ll apply the concepts from week 1-2 in a “rubber meets the road” way.
Get a first glimpse of true mastery of fundamentals and what that looks and sounds like as you apply it to the tap steps you teach. There’s more to it than you think, and the “holes” you may discover in your own skill set may surprise you!
How This May Challenge You as a Teacher
Some of you will proceed through this with ease, but then discover a new “next level” of exercises that you didn’t think about before, that will give you a new way to challenge yourself and your most advanced students.
You’ll see how these fundamental exercises and principles carry into how you create and teach level-appropriate choreography, so quality execution will be easy when it’s showtime.
Set the stage for incremental, noticeable PROGRESS
As a teacher, it’s critical that you have clear standards around the precision and quality you expect from each exercise. And if they aren’t there yet, you need tools and strategies that will help them bridge the gap. In Week 2, I give you an approach to progressions that will help your students to advance up the hill rung by rung.
Why Student “Rush the Music” & How You Can Prevent It Entirely, and Fix It When you Need To
As you develop and deepen your teaching habits around tempo awareness and consistency, you’ll solve the age-old problem of students rushing the music.
You’ll quickly see why students rush the music, how to fix it…
... but more importantly, you’ll develop the ongoing teaching skills and habits that prevent your students from rushing in the first place.
What it Takes to Tap Dance With Speed & Ease
As your students proceed to more dense rhythm patterns and faster tempos, we need to make sure their physical mechanics are setting them up to dance with speed. In these 2 weeks, we’ll address that head-on.
Week 5
Show-Stopping Shuffles & Sizzling Syncopation!
Now, we’ll dig in and focus to make sure that your students’ shuffles are ready for showtime.
It's a separate topic, because INCORRECT SHUFFLE TECHNIQUE IS DISASTROUS!
So at this point the training shifts from rudiments fundamentals and relaxes into shuffles. But don’t relax too much. Shuffles feel different, depending on what rhythm and tempo we’re working on. Just as our ballet students need to do pirouettes from fourth, fifth, first, in passé, in attitude devant, etc. We’ve got to teach our students how to shuffle in ways that create the music and rhythm we want, and to do it with ease, fluency and control.
Quality Shuffles = Effortless Pullbacks & Wings
Students who have poor shuffle technique struggle with pullbacks and wings. As teachers, it’s important for us to teach and insist on the correct physical mechanics now... before we’re ALL frustrated with wings & pullbacks that just aren’t working.
A Crucial Key to Challenging Your Advanced Tap Students: Syncopation
No more scrambling for trick steps to keep them interested. Let’s dive into the musical possibilities that will keep your advanced students engaged and loving Tap Dance on a deeper level.
Steps are only a part of the equation. Speed is another part.
But syncopation is where it’s at. When it comes to challenging your advanced Tap students, delving into syncopation opens up a whole new world with endless possibilities for your students, and a wealth of ideas for you as a teacher and a choreographer.
But to share this with our students, we have to be confident in our ability to demonstrate syncopation, teach and explain it well, and coach and guide our students. We’ll work throughout the training to be sure that you are confident and sure of your own skills with this important concept.
Week 6
Worried that your students will get BORED if you keep repeating the same exercises?
I've got ya covered.
We're going to explore creative ways to regularly include fundamentals in a way that keeps your students on their toes.
In Week 6 as we review Flaps and Time Steps, we’ll cover some great teaching strategies that will allow you to repeat important fundamentals without boring your students.
Musicality that makes you want to sing along...
We'll dig deeper into swing time (HINT: It's not the same thing as syncopation!), and explore this great rhythmic concept and bring it to life.
Being able to "swing" is an important skill for students, and most studios don't spend enough time on it.
That changes now :-)
Week 7
Can Your Students Learn FASTER? Yes, if...
... we show them how. This is an objective that is addressed throughout the training, but we’ll dig into the call-and-response strategy in Week 7.
Some teachers use call-and-response, but don’t use it strategically. We’ll address this exercise from the teacher vantage point, so that call-and-response can be used:
- To Help students pick up choreography faster
- In a strategic level-appropriate way to teach students more sophisticated rhythms and musicality
- To prepare students for executing choreography well
- To keep students engaged
- To help students shine in conventions and festivals because they’re such fast learners!
Want your students to feel comfortable improvising, take more risks and be willing to try again? Call-and-response is one way to sneak in these valuable goals... if we as teachers are approaching this with the right strategy and mind-set. We’ll talk about how...
Respecting the "Classic Steps" in Today's Tap World
Even the most innovative, trend-setting Tap dancers alive today respect the fundamentals, traditional steps and skills. This week, we’ll review technique in a fresh way that inspires our students to do the same.
Buffalo, Waltz Clog, Irish... oh my!
Also, we’ll continue to enhance your “teacher eye & ear” for effective and efficient instruction and correction as we start to put more steps together.
Week 8 - 10
On The Move: Traveling, Basic "Tricks", and Helping Students to Find Their OWN Voice as Tap Dancers!
Traveling Tap Steps to Sound Crisp and Look Effortless
When some students get traveling, their sounds are missing, not loud enough or just muddled and mushy. We’ll dig into traveling step technique heavily in these weeks with riffs, drawbacks, and traveling turns.
More Tap Turns (Less Jazz Turns) in Tap Class!
There’s nothing wrong with an OCCASIONAL jazz turn in Tap, but there are lots of great ways to turn impressively, that involve Tap steps and vocabulary! We’ll explore some technique ideas here that make sure that as we’re turning and traveling, that our students’ sounds are also strong and clear.
Teaching Pullbacks and Wings with Ease
Here, we’ll explore strategies to get our students to get their pullbacks (pickups) and wings more quickly, and to make sure they look good while they’re doing it! These are “fundamental trick steps” that we want our students to have, but we don’t want to take too much of class time to teach this stuff!
Improv: A True Measure of Our Tap Students’ Learning
There are a few great ways to evaluate our students’ learning, and Improv is up high on that list.
Many studio Tap Teachers don’t make much (if any) time at all...In Week 10, we’ll discuss why it’s an important culmination of our students’ learning, and how we as teachers can support our students in their Improv, even if we ourselves are not comfortable with it yet.
But My Students Don’t Like Improv (and I don't feel confident about it)
We’ll be sure to find easy ways to get started, and how we as teachers can get ourselves motivated and our students excited to express themselves in their Tap shoes! Improv is a way to REALLY deepen a student’s love of Tap Dance... let’s show them how.
HIGHLIGHT FEATURE #1
Weekly Live Conversation & Check-In
Got questions? Hit a hurdle? Are your teens giving you a bit too much “arms-folded-attitude” while you’re showing them something new? ;-P
I’ve got your back and you’re not alone. Every week during the 10-week program, I will be with you on a live video conference call where we can review, reinforce, and inspire.
During the weekly calls, we can dig deeper into your specific questions, talk further about the strategies in the training, and you can really benefit from being in community with other teachers.
I’ll also pull back the curtain on some little-known secrets from the professional dance world... I have lots of fun stories to share that give you some insight behind my program’s strategy.
HIGHLIGHT FEATURE #2
TAP DANCE HISTORY!
Tap Dance has such a special legacy, and it's up to us educators to keep passing it forward. When we do, our students' appreciation of Tap Dance grows EXPONENTIALLY!
While this training is focused primarily on technique, I've included this extensive history lecture to be sure you have these fundamental lessons weaved into your Tap dance programming.
HIGHLIGHTÂ FEATURE #3
Individualized Feedback on the Progress of You and Your Students
Tell me: Am I doing anything wrong that could be holding back my students? Am I missing an opportunity to take things to the next level?Â
How am I doing, REALLY??
We all may secretly be wondering about our pesky blind-spots, but in this program, you donât have to worry and wonder in isolation any more!Â
Iâm here to be a fresh set of eyes on YOU and YOUR STUDENTS. Youâre not in a crowded class where the teacher-trainer doesnât ever see you. Youâre not following along with an online video where it canât give you feedback and notes.Â
Every homework submission you submit receives specific, individualized feedback about your work, and about the progress and potential of your students.Â
This kind of feedback can give you the boost you need â to hear from a reliable outside source â to have your strengths re-affirmed, highlight your potential, and receive corrections with support and encouragement.
Take the Tap Teachers’ Lounge “All-In” Challenge!
I’ve gone “all-in” to develop this program, and I challenge you to go “all-in” with me!
I feel deeply confident in the work I’ve put into developing this program just for you, and I stand by it with all of my integrity and belief in what it can do for you and your sweet students.
The teachers who have taken this “all-in” challenge and invested in my program, have transformed into deeply confident, self-assured Tap Dance educators who then bring a whole new level of strategy, skill and crazy enthusiasm to their students.
In this short program time, your students will have “lightbulb moments” that will have them looking at the greatness of Tap Dance in a whole new way...and you’ll find more and more of your students going “all-in” with Tap!
So if you find the willingness, time and energy to go “all-in” on this journey with me, and it doesn’t meet your highest expectations, you’ll be given a full refund. Here’s how it works:
- Complete the entire 10-Week Course
- Submit each homework assignment request
- Email me a request for refund at [email protected]
- Have a quick chat with me, so that I can learn from your experiences
- Full refund granted, ba-da-bing ba-da-boom!
Hereâs what youâre getting when you enroll today:
Session 1: July 27 - Oct. 12, 2025
Session 2: Aug. 24 - Nov. 9, 2025
*LIFETIME ACCESS*
to the entire Tap Teachers' Lounge Program - $1,500 Value
- HIGHLIGHT #1 - Weekly Live Conference call - $1,000 Value
- HIGHLIGHTÂ #2 -Â Tap Dance History Lecture Presentation - $500 value
- HIGHLIGHT #3 - Individualized Feedback for You & Your Students - $1,200 Value
- HIGHLIGHT #4 - Quarterly Alumni Conference Calls AFTER the training sessionÂ
Total Value: $4,200 +
But when you enroll today, youâll get access to everything with one of these payment options!
*Lifetime Access*Â
Training Package
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6 Monthly Payments of
$225
or
$1297 Pay-In-Full
($53 savings)
Package Options!
You can work with me one-on-one or take advantage of the group training option!
LIFETIME ACCESS PACKAGE
$225
6 MONTHLY PAYMENTS
or $1297 PAY-IN-FULL
($53 savings)
You Get:
10 Weeks of Training
Weekly Live Q&A
Personalized Feedback
LIFETIME ACCESS to Training
Tap Dance History Lecture
Access to Updated Training Materials
Alumni Conference Calls
ONE-HOUR CONSULT/SERVICES with KARIDA
$600
1 HOUR
*No Training Access*
Access to Karida for 1 Hour of:
* Master Class
or
* Individual Consultation
or
* Class Observation & Feedback
Frequently Asked Questions
What the MOST SUCCESSFUL Training Participants Asked Before Joining The Tap Teachersâ Lounge
Your investment is safe. I stand by my work 100% and will do everything I can to help you succeed.
So, if you put in the work -
you go through the FULL training and
do each homework assignment...
...and the program does NOT meet your expectations, you get a FULL REFUND.
At the end of the session, you simply
1) email me to request it
2) do a quick video conference with me so that I can hear & learn from you about why the program didn't meet your needs/wants,
and then
3) refund sent! ba-da-bing!
A: As dance teachers with adult lives and busy-ness, we know thereâs no spare time...we make the time. Weâre always telling our students that thereâs no substitute for putting in the work, right? ;-) So for 10 weeks, thatâs what I encourage you to do.Â
Dedicate just 10 WEEKS to develop strategies and skills that will serve you and your students for 10 YEARS.
At so many studios, we find ourselves battling to get Tap Dance the respect it deserves. And hereâs one way we can do that. We can put some real dedicated time into enhancing our skills and strategies as teachers.Â
We can, ourselves, be our favorite kind of student...you know...the one who puts in a little extra practice time, the one who is willing to make mistakes and try again, the one who bravely receives notes with open-ness and a willingness that is oh-so-refreshing.Â
So can we find the time? Absolutely.
For this training program, people strategize time management in different ways, depending on their own needs and goals. But finding a couple 30-minute slots in your week should help you get through the weekly materials and reinforce them. And if you can make it to the weekly conference call, thatâs great too!.Â
And think of this: as you will be doing less random YouTube searches and Facebook scrolls looking for Tap class ideas, youâll find you have some time freed up to watch/listen to the tutorials, apply the lessons in class with your students, and film a few quick videos for me when I want to see something specific to check in on progress.Â
This is a user-friendly, mobile, on-the-go program - lots of mp3 audio files and PDFs âcheat sheetsâ you can take with you to class - so you have that flexibility to make it work, in your own time!Â
You got this!
A: Sooo glad this question has come up. I feel strongly that as dance teachers we have to speak up for, and stand by the value of our contributions to the people we serve.Â
We all know what itâs like when clients complain that weâre charging too much - especially when WE know how hard we continue to work behind-the-scenes, even in the wee hours when weâre âoff the clock.â
Just as we teach our precious students more than steps - we deliver confidence, diligence, discipline, and more,
LIFETIME ACCESS to this program will give you value that will last you for YEARS, well beyond the 10 weeks of this training.
In that spirit, I stand by the value of this program.Â
Thereâs so much to it: 10 weeks of training materials addressing 3 different levels of training (beg - adv), preschool adaptations, mixed-level class adaptations, weekly live conversations with me, direct & individualized private feedback from me, a Facebook community for support, and even more surprise bonuses once you enroll...this program is jam-packed with value that will do so much for your Tap classes.Â
Besides this, thereâs another important thing to consider when it comes to the future of your Tap program, and what that means to you:
Whatâs the impact of a Tap Teacher who is feeling stagnant, stuck, frustrated, or out of ideas? How might the studioâs Tap program be affected by this?Â
Whatâs the value of a Tap Teacher who is feeling confident, prepared, full of ideas, and enthusiastic about every Tap class she steps into?Â
As a studio owner once said to me:
âOur teachers are our businessâ.Â
Investing in the development of the teacher seems like a savvy investment in the growth and stability of the studio business, doesnât it?Â
The program costs money, sure.
But it also SAVES - headaches, time, frustration, your studioâs reputation.Â
And it PAYS - in confidence, enthusiasm, excitement, excellence, and yes...enrollments.
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Over time, the price tag of this training will be far back in the rearview mirror...getting smaller and smaller, as your Tap program grows and grows.
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We are definitely in the "Information Age," and there's a LOT of info out there about Tap Dance.
And I have no doubt that any dance teacher could put in the years of research and trial-and-error and come up with a great teaching strategy.
But wouldn't you like to "fast-track" it?
Besides that, there's a few problems:
1) Most information available doesn't address how to TEACH Tap in an effective way, it just shoes you how to Tap.
2) It's random, and hit-or-miss. What I'm offering is a comprehensive, systematic roadmap that has proven results for myself and other Tap Teachers just like you
3) It's time-consuming to do all the research yourself. It also takes a lot of analysis to sift through all that "free info" out there, and put it together in a way that would actually produce fantastic results for your students.
With my program, every minute you put into the 10 week training is strategic, and the steps you're following are proven to be effective...no risk.
4) No support! The videos won't stop and tell you, "Hey, Watch your timing in that section of the exercise."
I'm giving you a guided tour through my training, so you're not on your own, wondering "if this is right."
A: My Tap Dance training and professional experience has a wide range...from the Rockettes to Tap companies like Dorrance Dance, and everything in between.Â
What does it to dance these different Tap styles well?Â
Musicality, Rhythm, Timing, fluency and fluidity of movement in the legs. The foundation is all the same - we have to make music and beautiful rhythms with our Tap shoes.Â
Iâve put all my varied performing & teaching experiences in this training program, so you know that youâre getting a professional, reliable source of great info that will help you to take your Tap students anywhere they want to go.Â
A: Yes and Yes! Too often the combo classes and “baby Tap” classes are given to the youngest and most inexperienced teachers, because “they just need to learn shu-ffle-step, dig step, toe step.”
And too many studios notice a drop-off in Tap class enrollments as students become old enough for full-hour classes. Why? Because the foundation isn’t solid.
So in my program, I’ve got great support for you and your preschool Tap students:
Each week you’ll get a special PDF guide that can help you apply the week’s training materials to your preschool age students. I’ve got you covered.
And inside this training program, you’ll a vision of where you’re taking these young students, so your vision will be clear, and that will improve your training with these youngest students, because you’re putting them on the fast track to great technique!
And think of this: if your combo classes have 20-30 minutes of quality, foundational Tap dance technique, that would absolutely be the best way to help students fall in love with Tap dance at a young age, and grow into full classes at YOUR studio as they grow.
Good question!
You will have LIFETIME ACCESS to the training materials!Â
But hooooooold on, âcause I have even better news for than that.
After the 10 weeks is completed, youâll be invited to quarterly Zoom sessions, where you'll hang with me & other training alumni to share how things have evolved, and get advice on any struggles you're having.Â
In other words, you can keep growing in this training over the course of your teaching career.
I will continue to support you - I want you to succeed in ways you never thought possible. Iâm going to stick with you during the 10 weeks and BEYOND, to support you in your journey!
This is a HUGE advantage of this program over âintensive teacher eventsâ. You are not getting a ton of information at once, and then left without support when the ârubber meets the roadâ with your students. And not only will continue to get from me, youâll get to share with other alumni on an ongoing basis, and thatâs huge.Â
That’s a savvy move, right there. Think of how amazing it would be for your studio to have all its Tap Teachers on the same page! That is a HUGE competitive advantage for your studio and your program.
Several studios have already done this, and made the investment in having each Tap Teacher at their studio register for training, so that each teacher gets their own specialized feedback and attention from me.
To get all your teachers signed up, email at [email protected] and we’ll talk details.
There are 2 sessions.
Session 1:
We'll begin the week of July 27, 2025
and go through the week of October 12, 2025
or
Session 2:
We'll begin the week of August 24, 2025
and go through the week of November 9, 2025
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You'll have access to all the materials when you get back from vacay, and you'll also be able to watch/listen to recordings of the weekly conference calls. And if you have any additional Qs, I'll help out!
Every teacher moves through the materials at their own pace, so there's nothing to worry about.Â
And remember, you have
LIFETIME ACCESS to the training and ongoing quarterly alumni calls with me!Â
Hereâs what youâre getting when you enroll today:
Session 1: July 27 - Oct. 12, 2025
Session 2: Aug. 24 - Nov. 9, 2025
*LIFETIME ACCESS*
to the entire Tap Teachers' Lounge Program - $1,500 Value
- HIGHLIGHT #1 - Weekly Live Conference call - $1,000 Value
- HIGHLIGHTÂ #2 -Â Tap Dance History Lecture Presentation - $500 value
- HIGHLIGHT #3 - Individualized Feedback for You & Your Students - $1,200 Value
- HIGHLIGHT #4 - Quarterly Alumni Conference Calls AFTER the training sessionÂ
Total Value: $4,200 +
But when you enroll today, youâll get access to everything with one of these payment options!
The *Lifetime Access*Â
Training Package
6 Monthly Payments of
$225
or
$1297 Pay-In-Full
($53 savings)
Package Options
You can work with me one-on-one or take advantage of the group training option!
LIFETIME ACCESS PACKAGE
$225
6 MONTHLY PAYMENTS
or $1297 PAY-IN-FULL
($53 savings)
You Get:
10 Weeks of Training
Weekly Live Q&A
Personalized Feedback
LIFETIME ACCESS to Training
Tap Dance History Lecture
Access to Updated Training Materials
Alumni Conference Calls
ONE-HOUR CONSULT/SERVICES with KARIDA
$600
1 HOUR
*No Training Access*
Access to Karida for 1 Hour of:
* Master Class
or
* Individual Consultation
or
* Class Observation & Feedback
10 Ways to Know if You're Ready to Create Fresh, Fun, High-Quality Tap Classes that Excite & Engage Your Students
- You’re a Tap Teacher who’s just getting started and you want to get it right
- You’ve been teaching Tap for awhile and you’ve tried a lot of teaching approaches, but it hasn’t quite come together, and you’re ready to learn a systematic approach to teaching Tap that REALLY WORKS.
- You want to be sure that your teaching materials and approaches are current, and in line with today’s professional standards in Tap Dance.
- You’re a long-time Tap Teacher, but you’re in a rut and need a “fresh approach” that will inspire you and your teaching.
- You love the intensive dance teacher events, but they just haven’t helped you make a real change in your Tap classes...You need a training program that will help you to create consistent, lasting results for yourself and your students.
- You’re not sure if you’re teaching Tap in the best way...you’re tired of working in isolation, and would love a fresh perspective, and “fresh set of eyes” on you and your students.
- You’re ready to invest some focused, dedicated energy into LEARNING again! You’re open and willing to try something new, feel a little discomfort as you “work some new muscles” as a Tap Dancer & Tap Teacher
- You are ready to look at your calendar, and find some well-deserved “class time” just for YOURSELF, so that you can develop and find something new in yourself as a Tap Dancer and teacher.
- You’re ready to teach more effectively and efficiently, and get more done in your Tap classes in less time, with less frustration and more lightbulb moments!
- You are excited about finally having a direction for your program. You’re ready to feel that confidence, that preparedness, and feel EXCITED because are filled with great ideas to challenge even your most advanced students.
If you are saying YES to even 5 of these statements, then you’re READY TO STRUT on into the Tap Teachers’ Lounge! Let’s go!!
Hereâs what youâre getting when you enroll today:
Session Dates:
Session 1: July 27 - Oct. 12, 2025
Session 2: Aug. 24 - Nov. 9, 2025
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*LIFETIME ACCESS*
to the entire Tap Teachers' Lounge Program - $1,500 Value
- HIGHLIGHT #1 - Weekly Live Conference call - $1,000 Value
- HIGHLIGHTÂ #2 -Â Tap Dance History Lecture Presentation - $500 value
- HIGHLIGHT #3 - Individualized Feedback for You & Your Students - $1,200 Value
- HIGHLIGHT #4 - Quarterly Alumni Conference Calls AFTER the training sessionÂ
Total Value: $4,200 +
But when you enroll today, youâll get access to everything with one of these payment options!
The *Lifetime Access*Â Training Package
Â
6 Monthly Payments of
$225
or
$1297 Pay-In-Full
($53 savings)
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