Mission Statement

The Texas Association of Salsa Instructors educates, promotes, and elevates the quality and quantity of Salsa Instruction in Texas, unifying the salsa community through cultural diversity, elevating the prestige of salsa, while preserving the Afro-Caribbean arts.

Purpose

To create an organization that develops training programs, workshops, and activities to educate, instruct and promote the advancements of Salsa instructors in Texas.

Goals

1.       Define, promote and support the highest standards of education, credentialing, ethical practice and professional identity of salsa instructors in Texas.

2.       Establish an organization that unifies and educates the salsa instructors in Texas.

3.       Develop a training program to certify instructors in Texas.

4.       Develop educational programs for future salsa instructors to educate, instruct and promote the advancement of such future instructors.

5.       Establish a professional organization that represents and defends the salsa instructors in Texas.

6.       Unify salsa communities through cultural diversity, while preserving Afro-Caribbean arts.

7.       Promote and support dance programs in academic institutions.

8.       Promote the art of dance as a holistic approach to obtain better physical, mental, and social health.

9.       Promote the physical aspect of dance as a way to achieve and maintain a healthier weight, reducing the risk of obesity and enhancing the quality of life. 

10.   Promote the recognition of salsa as a prestigious dance art form.

 

Benefits

Maintain high standards by:

·         Providing tools for salsa instructors to increase their level of education

·         Providing a network of salsa professionals to promote collaboration

Representation:

·         Members will be represented at the state level through their local chapters

·         Members can be eligible to be board members if they qualify

Members receive:

·         Training and certification by an international master instructor

·         An invitation to an exclusive master workshop

·         Access to TASI Member web page

·         Access to contracts, waiver templates & other legal documents

·         Inclusion on a corporate event’s roster to be circulated throughout Texas

·         Access to information to CPR certification

·         Usage of TASI Certified/Member logo for promotional purposes

·         Discount prices to participating salsa events throughout Texas 

·         Access to scholarship program to enhance professional development

 

Non Discrimination Statement

“The Texas Association of Salsa Instructors, Inc. prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, and where applicable, sex, marital status, familial status, parental status, religion, sexual orientation, genetic information, political beliefs, reprisal, or because all or a part of an individual's income. The Association also affirms its commitment to providing equal opportunities and equal access to our organization”.

For more information about the organization contact:

Houston – Jorge L. Mercado                              jmercado47@sbcglobal.net               281-935-2882

Dallas – Jessica Cepeda                                       jessicaameritemps@yahoo.com       469-446-5207

San Antonio – Angel Santiago                            angel@xibuke.com                              210-788-6945

Rio Grande Valley – Rosie Coronado                saborvallero@yahoo.com                  956-453-3907