I am over 18 years of age.I agree to the terms and conditions as part of participation of the dance organisations below.
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I am registering a child as their parent/guardian and I agree to the terms and conditions as part of participation of the dance organisations below.
As part of my/my child's participation in Elevate Academy of Dance/Twinklesteps-any shows, events, stage, street performances or parades of which he/she is a cast member I hereby grant permission that any photograph's, still or moving may be used for promotional or advertising purposes, as deemed appropriate by the above dance organisations, to include but no exclusive to social media, newspapers, TV, radio, posters/flyers etc.

Elevate Academy of Dance code of Conduct is in place in order to help students to learn in an orderly and non-disruptive environment.
-It is imperative that all parents, dancers and teachers read and follow our code of conduct.
-We reserve the right to inform a student that he/she should seek instruction elsewhere if their behaviour or of that of a parent or a family member or a caregiver is disruptive or disrespectful in any way.
-Elevate Academy of Dance aim to create a safe and positive learning environment for all students at all levels.
-All parents should read our Covid 19 guidelines for parents and also agree to the declaration & questionnaire attached to waivers & policies section in their parent portal.
-All parents should read any other policies relating to their child attending Elevate Academy of Dance. For example, Acro class policy or PR & Marketing policy. All policies should be agreed to before entering dance class.

-Dancers, teachers and parents are expected to be kind and respectful to each other within our dance academy.
Bullying in any form will not be tolerated in our Academy.
-Elevate Academy of Dance expect all dancers to act in a respectful manner when on an outing with the Academy, for example, dance performances, competitions etc.
-Dancers must wear their dance uniform and proper dance foot wear to class at all times. Hair should be tied back. Jewellery is not permitted in dance class, except for stud earrings. No chewing gum allowed. Please see uniform requirements.
-Students must not use their mobile phone in class at any time. If you need to use your phone to call a parent, you must inform your teacher first.
-Parents should contact the dance academy if a dancer cannot make a class. Attendance is very important within Elevate dance classes.
-Parents should inform Elevate teachers if a dancer has a new or pre existing injury or illness prior to the beginning of their class.
-Elevate Academy of Dance will take photographs and video’s in a professional manner to use for PR purposes, for example, website, Facebook etc. Dancers cannot take any photographs/videos of class time without asking for permission.
-Elevate Academy of Dance will not be held responsible if dancers take photo’s/videos before or after class time.
-Elevate teachers will sometimes make a physical correction on a dancer in order to assist their dancing technique or to prevent an injury occurring.
-Dancers should arrive to dance class 5-10 minutes prior to their class time. Every dancer should bring water with them.
-Dancers are the responsibility of the teacher during class time only. If a parent is going to be late they should contact Elevate Academy of Dance or previously explain to your child that they should let the teacher know if a parent hasn't arrived to collect them
-Under 13 years of age, dancers should be collected from outside the door of the studio/building by a parent/guardian.
-If a dancer is not continuing into the next term, we please ask for the parent to inform the teacher. All dance fees should be paid on week 1 of each term. Fees are paid by the term, not by the class.
-Dancers take dance examinations or join the competition dance team at their teacher’s discretion.
-We ask parents to regularly check the bulletin board in the parent portal & check for correspondence from Elevate, as sometimes we have updates relating to each dance term.
- Elevate has a 'no refund' policy. However credit can be given to the dancers' Elevate account for other class options, Summer camps, Uniform items.
-If for some reason Elevate can not run a class dancers' will either receive a class in return or the dancers' account will be credited.
-If you would like a copy of our Child Protection Policy, please email info@elevatedance.ie otherwise teachers are happy to discuss our code of conduct in more detail or any queries parents may have regarding it.
-Elevate Academy of Dance are not enrolling students who compete with another dance school at this time.

ELEVATE ACADEMY OF DANCE PRIVACY STATEMENT

Elevate Academy of Dance is situated at Spoutwell Lane, Mullingar. Our email address is info@elevatedance.ie and our phone number is 0879851452.

We will take special care to protect the privacy and security of your information. This policy explains our information practices and the way that Elevate Academy of Dance collects and uses your information. This Privacy Policy covers the information you provide to us offline and at Elevate Academy of Dance website.

• The privacy of your personal information is very important to Elevate Academy of Dance. We will not sell, rent or trade your personal information to any third party.
• We may share your information with strategic business partners that have signed Non-Disclosure agreements for example teachers, office staff and security advisors.
• Service partners that provide services on our behalf. Examples could be Stripe or PayPal to process your payments
• We do not store or save any credit card or banking information in our systems. All financial information, including credit card numbers and bank account numbers, is stored by the merchant processor in PCI compliant facilities.
• The Garda when we are required to do so to protect Elevate Academy of Dance and its users.

HOW DOES Elevate Academy of Dance COLLECT AND USE MY INFORMATION?
When you register on our web site for classes at Elevate Academy of Dance, we collect contact information such as parents/guardian names, addresses, phone numbers, emergency contacts, e-mail address and student information such as student names, birthdays, medical conditions and past dance history. This information is needed to manage studio business and will not be used or sold for any other purpose, except as described below. All of this information is requested to help us better understand our customers and is used only as needed for studio business. This information will not be used or sold for any other purposes, except as described below.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO MY INFORMATION?
When you register, you are required to enter an e-mail address and a password. The combination of that e-mail account and password is used to ensure that only you have access to, and only you have the ability to modify, your personal information through Elevate Academy of Dance website. Elevate office personnel have access to your personal information only to manage the studio business, our teachers on a need to know basis and our software provider who is G.D.P.R. compliant.
Elevate Academy of Dance will access your personal information and/or share it with third parties only for the following purposes: (i) as needed for studio business; (ii) if required to do so by law or to comply with legal process; or (iii) to protect the rights, property, or personal safety of the public. You have the right to access your information at all times and the right to rectify or erase your information at any time.
We take our security responsibilities seriously employing the most appropriate physical and technical measures including staff awareness and we review these measures regularly. We only need to hold up to date and accurate information and we will be contacting parents by email. We do not hold any information that is not necessary or is no longer necessary. We delete all information that is no longer of use to us and we do not retain data that is no longer valid.
If you have any questions about our Privacy Policy or if you wish to update or remove any of your personal information (the right to be forgotten) please contact us at info@elevatedance.ie or phone us at 0879851452