VASTA Statement of Principles

The Voice And Speech Trainers Association, Inc. expects the following of its members:

1. Offer instruction, advice, and guidance based on their ongoing pursuit of the best information, thought and practices available in their respective specialization.

2. Acknowledge teachers and colleagues who have contributed to their work.

3. Present accurately the nature and duration of their training and experience.

4. Respect the right of colleagues to advocate approaches with which they may not agree and allow students freedom to choose practices which may best meet their needs.

5. Take responsibility for the emotional climate in their classrooms, fostering an atmosphere conducive to their students' optimal growth.

6. Refer a student to a specialist (physician, psychologist, speech pathologist, singing teacher, voice and/or speech teacher, body alignment expert, etc.) whenever the need arises.

7. Maintain confidentiality regarding their students, except in cases where doing so could be detrimental.

8. Give students ongoing, objective assessments, as well as informed opinions of their abilities and progress.

9. Acknowledge the primacy of the director in matters of interpretation and addressing any questions or differences with the director in private.

10. Dedicate their teaching and practice to enhancing the art of communication, nurturing individual creativity in all its differences, developing empathetic abilities as an essential component of voice teaching and going beyond facile standards of right and wrong, correct and incorrect in assessing the human voice.

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The VASTA Newsletter is a tri-annual publication of the Voice and Speech Trainers Association, Inc., an eleven-year-old organization representing a select and growing membership. Our members include voice and speech trainers in the professional theatre, radio, television, business and academia, dialecticians, singing teachers, speech therapists, acting/directing teachers, and otolaryngologists.

Advertising rates are available by contacting:

Sandra Shotwell
VASTA Newsletter Editor
University of Utah, Department of Theatre
240 S. 1500 E., PAB 206
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
801-581-6418 (w) or 801-582-0879 (h)
E-mail: shotwell@inquo.net

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