The weekly lesson includes Share with families and At-home practice to assign. These sections help the teacher extend the lesson’s purpose beyond class. Older materials may call them Parent Corner, Family connection, Dancer practice, or Home training.
Can I email the weekly lesson card to every family?
Before emailing a weekly lesson card to families, confirm that your current account permissions and membership or licensing terms allow that specific distribution. Viewing a card, seeing a print button, or saving a PDF does not grant blanket emailing or sharing rights. Individual instructor lesson resources are view-only; do not assume all studio plans permit the same distribution.
If permission is unclear, ask your studio owner or administrator and contact Levels before sending the card. A reviewed family-message draft can explain the lesson in your own words without attaching paid curriculum, but saving that draft does not send it and it must not contain dancer assessment or private family records.
Choose one suitable practice idea
Open the correct class, curriculum, and week in the Teaching Studio.
Read At-home practice to assign and any Ask dancers to prompts shown for that week.
Review the idea for the dancers, available space, supervision, and the studio’s policies before assigning it.
Explain one brief, achievable task and check that the dancer understands it.
Use the current lesson’s approved foundation and purpose. Do not invent advanced movement, unsupported technique cues, or a difficult home challenge because a practice section is empty. If no practice is included, do not claim that an assignment is required. Ask the studio lead or Levels for general curriculum guidance when needed.
Give families a supportive prompt
Use Share with families to explain what the class explored and why it matters. A supportive question helps a caregiver understand the learning; it is not a request for home grading, technical correction, or comparison with another child.
For a message draft, use Plan with Levels → Explain it to families on the lesson page. Review and edit the Family message draft, then save it. Saving does not send it to families or mark the lesson taught. See Help parents understand what dancers are learning for the full workflow.
Share a handout only within your permissions and terms
Preview the Dancer & family handout for the correct week. Eligible studio teams may have printing options; individual instructor memberships are view-only for lesson resources. Follow the owner’s sharing plan and the current membership or licensing terms before printing, emailing, branding, or distributing curriculum material. A browser viewer or print button does not by itself establish distribution rights.
Do not add dancer names, assessment results, health details, or private family information to a general take-home copy. Discuss individual matters privately through the studio’s approved process and keep records in its own system. Do not send completed assessments or individual results to Levels support, even anonymized.
Set realistic expectations
Practice is for reinforcement and encouragement, not a guarantee of mastery, advancement, or retention. Purposeful repetition can improve understanding and control. Do not promise that every dancer will achieve the same result on the same date.
Watch the existing Parent Corner guide
The existing Parent Corner + Retention: How to Keep Families Engaged video plays in the portal through Start here → Open full video guide. The video-library alternative requires your own eligible Levels account. Older screens may differ; follow the current written steps above. This remains part of the existing 13-video series, not the planned replacement recordings.