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effectively serve the diverse youth of San Marcos. Dance classes will be offered at the Public Library's large <br />meeting room at various schedules. Ana Baer, director of Bailarl, and Diane Insley, director of the San <br />Marcos Public Library are working closely to create a schedule that attracts new and existing participants to <br />this new program. The classes will be tailored to a specific age group. The Dance Division at Texas State is <br />capable of teaching dance to students from 3-17 years old. The classes for each group will be offered once a <br />week between May 2019 and May 2020. <br />How they will measure program success: We will be basing our success on the library's attendance records <br />and the constant feedback from the director of the library and her team as well as form our community <br />members. Diane Insley and Ana Baer have scheduled regular meetings to collaboratively adapt the curricula <br />as well as to work with the schedule in order to reach the largest number of interested kids. <br />Priority Areas that this program will fulfill: A Bailar! Fulfills Priority Areas/Goals 1, 2, 3 & 4. <br />Goal 1. By providing dance classes to the younger population, we are assisting in preparing them for <br />kindergarten and early grade levels. Furthermore, dance instruction provides students with problem -solving <br />skills, assists in building physical coordination, and developing social skills. <br />Goal 2. Dance is a physical activity that has been proven to benefit mental health. More specifically, dance <br />boosts memory, improves flexibility, reduces stress, diminishes depression, improves cardiovascular system, <br />and helps with balance and muscular strength. A Bailarl offers access to high quality training that will assist <br />with the physical and mental health of all children. <br />Goal 3. A Bailar! will also fulfill Goal 3 indirectly by providing parents with the time to take career ready, work <br />force and ESL courses at the library while their kids are learning dance. <br />Goal 4. The arts compel us. Dance connects us by creating community. Dance offers a healthy social space to <br />create new friends. Dance can express that which is otherwise inexpressible. Dance celebrates all that is <br />good in us, and shines a light on that which needs to be repaired. Dance enhances our quality of life. <br />Goalsforthe program: A Bailarl will make a significant impact on San Marcos's educational system and <br />workforce by targeting several goals with the ultimate aim to empowerchildren and young adults from low- <br />income families. Research supports that students do better academically when they attend dance classes. In <br />addition to this benefit, some of the skillsthat students learn in a dance class are: problem -solving, <br />developing movement skillsand technique, building physical coordination, developing social skills, creating, <br />reflecting, and responding. They also gain agency and improve their self-esteem which helps them overcome <br />difficult circumstances. Ultimately,the skillsdeveloped during A Bailarl dance classes will include discipline, <br />creativity and better self-esteem, all of which increase their abilityto find successful jobs. <br />1. The main goal of this project isto offer children and young adults from low-income familiesaccess to <br />professional dance instruction. <br />2. To service Hispanic and other minorities in the San Marcos community <br />3. Increase circulation at the library by attracting new clients and servicing existingones, which potentially <br />could also increase the attendance in Work Force and ESL classes for the parents who bring their kids to <br />dance classes. <br />4. To create more tangible bridges between Texas State and San Marcos' community. <br />5. Develop dance instruction in the public arena best practice's manual for Texas State students. <br />6. Develop a replicable project with an ongoing schedule and train staff and volunteers. <br />Howwillthey knowthey metthesegoals: The San Marcos Public Library serves a large population; <br />accordingly, the Library will market the classes by posting the information on theirweb site and by handing <br />out marketing materials in English and Spanish. The Dance Divisionwill create colorful flyers in order to <br />