ADA Dance Educator/Employer Survey 2019

Alberta Dance Alliance Dance Educator/Employer Survey 2019

Researching Best Practices in HR for Dance Education in Alberta

Step 1 of 14 - Survey Background

How-To: The survey is designed to be completed in under 10 minutes. Do not use your browser's 'Back' and 'Forward' buttons, use only the 'Previous' and 'Next' buttons at the bottom of each survey section. Your progress can be saved, at the bottom of each section (a link back to your survey will be provided). By completing this essential survey, you contribute to a deeper understanding of dance in Alberta.

Survey Background

The Alberta Dance Alliance (ADA) is conducting a voluntary, anonymous survey of Alberta's dance education community. This community often asks ADA for information about best practices in HR and contract negotiation but up-to-date resources covering these topics, which are simultaneously specific to Alberta*, are lacking. This survey will help to fill those gaps.

Our goal is to better understand the current state of this community and the relationship between employers and employees.

* CADA/West and other sources are not specific to Alberta.
This survey is the property of ADA ©2019, and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without permission.
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Edu/Emp 1. Professional Identity
Are you an educator, an employer, or both?
I'm an:*
- Educator
- Employer
An educator is defined as a person employed to provide instruction in dance; e.g. dance teacher, instructor, educator, etc.. An employer is defined as an entity that pays someone to give instruction in dance; e.g. dance studio, workshop coordinator, parent group, grade school, club, professional company, etc..

Note: If applicable, you can complete the survey as both an educator and an employer. In cases where this survey addresses employers, singular and plural pronouns are interchangeable; e.g. 'we' can be read as 'i', and 'our' can be read as 'my'.
Educator Identity
Gender:
Ethnicity:
Age:*
Employer Identity
We are a:*
- For-profit Business
- Non-profit Organization
We are a(n):*
- Studio
- School
- College
- University
- Professional Company
- Parent Group
- Community League
- Independent Employer
- Association/Club/Ensemble/Group
We have been an employer of dance educators for a total of ____ years.*
Please enter a number greater than or equal to 0.

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EDUCATOR SURVEY
The following survey sections contain questions to be answered by an educator working in the province of Alberta. For those who are also completing the Employer Survey, it will be shown after the end of the Educator Survey. At the end of the entire survey, you will be able to provide long-form feedback if you wish.
I have read and understand the details above.*
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Edu 2. Discipline(s)
What discipline(s)/genre(s) do you specialize in teaching?
This survey assumes that dance educators have specialized their dance and teaching practice in primary, and possibly secondary, disciplines.
I primarily teach:*
Occasionally, I teach:

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Edu 3. Teaching Location(s)
Where do you teach?
DO NOT name studios/employers.
In which municipality of Alberta are you employed as a dance educator? This should be the municipality in which the greatest number of your payable hours occur. If your teaching is evenly distributed province-wide or is somewhere out-of-province, please explain that situation.
I primarily teach in:*
In which municipality are the majority of your instructional hours worked?
And I also teach in:
If applicable, in which municipality are the second-highest number of your instructional hours worked?

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Edu 4. Training, Experience, and Professional Development
We are studying the career investments that dance educators make. While sharing your training, performance & work experience, and professional development below, please include highlights from your dance educator resume and any other fields of interest or concurrent career(s), e.g. a MSc in Biology, work experience as an office manager, etc.

To maintain anonymity, do not include the name(s) of your employer(s). However, the names of educational institutions and other non-employment identifiers for where you trained/studied are encouraged.
I have read and understand the details above.*
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My Training/Education:*

Where	When	Duration	Description	Notes

You can add another training/education experience, by clicking the '+' icon after your entry above.
Where: where did you train/study (municipality, institution)?
When: which year(s)?
Duration: number of hours, days, months, full/part time, etc.?
Description: describe the nature of your training/education.
Notes: anything else you wish to mention about this experience.

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My Performance Experience:*

Where	When	Duration	Description	Notes

You can add another performance experience, by clicking the '+' icon after your entry above.
Where: where did you perform (municipality, company)?
When: which year(s)?
Duration: number of shows, weeks, full/part time, company member, etc.?
Description: describe your role in the performance.
Notes: anything else you wish to mention about this experience.

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My Work Experience:*

Where	When	Duration	Description	Notes

You can add another work experience, by clicking the '+' icon after your entry above.

If you were employed as a Dance Educator DO NOT name your employer, only specify the location.
Where: where (municipality) did you work?
When: which year(s)?
Duration: number of classes, weeks/months/years, full/part time, etc.?
Description: what work did you do?
Notes: anything else you wish to mention about this experience.

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My Professional Development:*

Where	When	Duration	Description	Notes

You can add another professional development experience, by clicking the '+' icon after your entry above.
Where: where was the professional development undertaken (municipality, institution)?
When: which year(s)?
Duration: number of classes, weeks/months/years, full/part time?
Description: describe the disciplines or the non-instructional/non-dance work you were developing.
Notes: anything else you wish to mention about this experience.

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Edu 5. Remuneration Range(s)
In this section, we gather your current range of hourly pay rates, your satisfaction with those rates, and your ideal rate (considering your current training and experience).

NOTE: We recognize that this information is personal and can be emotionally charged; therefore, we remind you that this is an anonymous survey. There are no right or wrong answers, nor are there expected values for minimum or maximum. If your minimum and maximum are equal, i.e. a flat-rate, please put that same value in both fields.
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At my primary teaching location, my hourly pay range is:*

Discipline Taught	Minimum ($/hr)	Maximum ($/hr)	Satisfied? (Y/N)	Ideal Rate? ($/hr)

Please add a row for each discipline you teach, by clicking the '+' icon after your entry above.
We are collecting the remuneration range of dance educators, per hour. Please use your most recent experiences as a gauge for the minimum and maximum hourly remuneration that employer(s) have paid you in your role as a dance educator in your primary location, for each discipline that you teach.

At my secondary teaching location, my hourly pay range is:

Discipline Taught	Minimum ($/hr)	Maximum ($/hr)	Satisfied? (Y/N)	Ideal Rate? ($/hr)

Please add a row for each discipline you teach, by clicking the '+' icon after your entry above.
If the rates at your secondary location are different from those at your primary location, please enter them here.

Over the course of my career, the rates I've been paid have:*
- Decreased
- Pretty much stayed the same
- Increased

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Edu 6. Contracts and Compensation
When taking a teaching job, I:*
- Negotiate a contract
- Accept a direct offer
Generally, I'm compensated for non-instructional tasks:*
- Yes
- No
E.g.: administrative tasks such as emailing parents, attending meetings, attending photoshoots; attending exams/festivals/competitions/recitals; designing or selecting costumes; traveling long distance for work; etc..
Generally, specific compensation is paid for attending exams, coaching, etc.:*
- Yes
- No
Generally, I'm compensated for artistic choreography:*
- Yes
- No
E.g. Choreography for: recitals, competitions, shows, etc..

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EMPLOYER SURVEY
The following survey sections contain questions to be answered by an employer of dance educators operating in the province of Alberta. At the end of the survey, you will be able to provide long-form feedback if you wish.
I have read and understand the details above.*
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Emp 2. Teaching Location(s)
Where in Alberta are you teaching dance?
Our primary teaching location is:*
In which municipality of Alberta are you primarily employing dance educators?
Our secondary teaching location is:
If applicable, in which secondary municipality of Alberta are you employing dance educators?

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Emp 3. Remuneration Range(s)
In this section, we gather your most recent range of hourly pay rates, by discipline.
NOTE: We recognize that this information is sensitive and can be emotionally charged; therefore, we remind you that this is an anonymous survey. There are no right or wrong answers, nor are there expected values for minimum or maximum. If your minimum and maximum are equal, i.e. a flat-rate, please put that same value in both fields.
I have read and understand the details above.*
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At our primary location, the hourly pay range for each discipline is:*

Discipline	Minimum ($/hr)	Maximum ($/hr)

You can add additional rows as required, by clicking the '+' icon after your entry above.

Remuneration ranges are different at our secondary location.
- Yes
- No

At our secondary location, the hourly pay range for each discipline is:*

Discipline	Minimum ($/hr)	Maximum ($/hr)

When hiring a dance educator, we:*
- Negotiate a contract
- Make a direct offer
Generally, we compensate dance educators for non-instructional tasks:*
- Yes
- No
E.g.: administrative tasks such as emailing parents, attending meetings, attending photoshoots; attending exams/festivals/competitions/recitals; designing or selecting costumes; traveling long distance for work; etc..
Generally, specific compensation is paid for attending exams, coaching, etc.:*
- Yes
- No
Generally, specific compensation is paid for artistic choreography:*
- Yes
- No
E.g. Choreography for: recitals, competitions, shows, etc..

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Emp 4. How do you determine compensation?
We are gathering information/recommendations to share with dance educators so they know where to invest their time and effort in making themselves desirable to Alberta's employers, and how to gain the right training and professional development to provide superior instruction.
Describe what sets your top-earners apart from your low-earners:*
Provide your answer in terms of training, work experience, performance experience, and professional development.
Would you like to pay more? Are there barriers to this?*
We recognize there are non-instructional costs to providing dance education that may make it difficult to attract/retain the services of the best dance educators. What barriers do you experience?
E.g. the economy, rent, fees, renovations, enrolment, or anything else that makes hiring the best dance educators in Alberta a challenge.

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Thank you for taking the time to complete this important survey. Your valuable input will provide a better picture of our dance education community. Please share this survey widely with your colleagues in Alberta.

If you would like to discuss anything in this survey further via email, telephone, or meeting with ADA, please connect with us at: info@abdancealliance.ab.ca or (780) 422-8107.

This is an ongoing project, and there will be future opportunities to offer input and guidance. Please contact us directly if you have a passion for this topic.
Would you be interested in an HR toolkit based on this survey?*
- Yes
- No
Should ADA lobby/advocate on your behalf?*
- Yes
- No
Feedback:
We realize that it is often difficult to express yourself sufficiently in a tightly formatted survey. Please provide any additional, anonymous feedback (do not name educators, employers, yourself, or colleagues) relating to your responses in this survey or about your experiences employing or working as a dance educator in Alberta, positive or negative.

The anonymity of this survey serves to protect all parties; however, as such, if you require our services as a service organization, we will not be able to reach you unless you contact us directly at the email or phone number listed above. Do not include your contact info or make a request for us to contact you in this "Feedback" form.

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ADA Dance Educator/Employer Survey 2019

Alberta Dance Alliance Dance Educator/Employer Survey 2019

Researching Best Practices in HR for Dance Education in Alberta

Step 1 of 14 - Survey Background

Survey Background

This survey is the property of ADA ©2019, and may not be reproduced, in whole or in part, without permission.

Edu/Emp 1. Professional Identity

Educator Identity

Employer Identity

EDUCATOR SURVEY

Edu 2. Discipline(s)

Edu 3. Teaching Location(s)

Edu 4. Training, Experience, and Professional Development

Edu 5. Remuneration Range(s)

Edu 6. Contracts and Compensation

EMPLOYER SURVEY

Emp 2. Teaching Location(s)

Emp 3. Remuneration Range(s)

Emp 4. How do you determine compensation?

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