I was recently hired by a summer enrichment program for 4th-12th graders to teach several dance classes, one of them called, "DanceSport: Dance your way to Fitness." I understood this to be a dance aerobic class, which fits more with my dance background, but no-- it's a ballroom class! I have had great fun searching out resources-- I even took a private waltz lesson this week-- but am clueless about how to best structure the class. I'll have 4th-12th graders all together for an hour a day, 5 days/wk over a 3 week session. Any suggestions, however brief or informal, are coveted!

That's a tricky situation. What you'll probably find occurring is that some of the parents of the kids will have some ballroom dancing knowledge and they will figure out rather quickly that you are not qualified to teach that. But you should probably try to learn as quickly as possible the basics to the Waltz, Fox Trot and Swing, and maybe the Rumba.
You can do part of that by watching the dance step videos on this site, or ordering a couple of the DVDs.
But it won't be easy. You really need to know the best music, all of the framing and posture techniques, etc.
But again, this site can help with a lot of that. Plus, in a summer class like that, real basic stuff -- like a box step and a couple of turns -- will probably suffice.
If you don't have to stick with a true ballroom session, just ask the kids what kind of music they like, and then see if you can arrange something along the lines of a ballroom step sequence to their music ... something like that could take the better part of a week!

Good luck.

You created your own dilemma in the name you chose for your classes...

it implies exactly that.. Dance Sport .

I think you should clarify your position with the booker.

You cannot possibly answer many of the q that will arise .

Looking at videos etc, is not going to address many of the possible problems that may arise, from a technical point of view .

I'm sorry but I don't see how you can teach ballroom without ballroom experience. You need to know the dances and both the leaders' and followers' steps. One private waltz lesson probably taught you nothing more that the basic box and that just as a follower. It is hard to switch back and forth between leader and follower. Even the most experienced get confused at times. Why don't you try to change the focus of the class to dance aerobics or line dances.