Jessica Christie is a qualified YMCAfit "Exercise to Music" Instructor.
I am a qualified Exercise to Music Instructor with YMCAfit (2006), the approved regulatory body, and also have GCSE and A-Level Dance qualifications. In August 2007 I qualified as a Tatty Bumpkin™ Teacher, and have experience running their their yoga-inspired classes. With my knowledge and experience I have since developed my own classes for 2-5 year olds to incorporate more of an overall fitness approach.
I hold the CYQ Central YMCA qualification in the goverment approved course in Instructing Health Related Exercise for Children aged 5-16 years old.
I have a certificate in "Teaching Group Fitness Classes to Teens" - (Group X for Generation Y) from the highly acclaimed fitness trainer Rachel Holmes. This includes a range of different dance styles for fitness training - Street dance, Fitness hula, Combat, Street step, Fitness cheerleading, Salsa/Bollywood and Strength training.
My previous experience includes a Certificate in Steiner Waldorf teaching, a philosophy of spiritual science which uses creative approaches towards children's learning and the way in which we relate to children as a whole. I also hold a certificate in Fashion Promotion.
I have two children myself and enjoy working with them to create and improvise suitable moves and stretches for them.
I plan to work with Yard 1 (Youth Work within Agencies) doing workshops which provide scope for children to produce their own music. From this, we choreograph streetdance routines as the basis for a performance which is filmed for DVD. I have also worked with a group called Songbirds choreographing dance routines, including new cheerleading routines for their singing and performing workshops. I currently dance myself in live gigs with a local Samba band called Vamanos.
I hold full liability insurance, up to date CRB check, and a PPL licence.
