REQUIREMENTS

Attendance
This is a professional level course, and we cover a lot of material at a fairly fast pace. Missing class is not advised, as you can easily fall behind. If you do have to miss a class, you can generally arrange to work with one of the other students to help you catch up. You can also schedule private lessons with either Jillian or Melanie (for an additional private lesson fee) to make up any work you miss.

Class Times & Exam Schedule
Class meets Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6pm to 8pm. Exams are scheduled to be held during regular class times. If you miss an exam, you may schedule a make-up
exam with Melanie or Jillian (for an additional private lesson fee).

Practice
The class meets a total of 4 hours a week. Most trainees spend quite a bit of time every week studying the material and practicing what they have learned. Though the amount of outside time varies greatly from trainee to trainee, please expect to commit one hour of study time for every hour you spend in class (about four hours of study time per week). Becoming a dance teacher takes dedication and practice.

Materials
The DVIDA Manuals (please see Course Schedule page for which manual is required for each session) and NCBTC Binder are required textbooks for the course. The accompanying DVIDA videos are recommended, but optional. The DVIDA Bronze Manuals and videos are available from Dance Vision, and may be ordered online by clicking the banner below. The NCBTC Binder is provided in class at a cost of $85 + tax. The binder will be used in all 4 sessions of the college so it is a one time only purchase.

Tuition
Tuition for each semester is $1980 per semester (payable in 4 monthly payments of $495.00). Trainees who make a late tuition payment will be charged a $20 late fee. Tuition may be paid by cash, check or online via PayPal.

Shoes
All students will be expected to have proper dance shoes by the second class meeting. This is not an arbitrary aesthetic or fashion consideration. To teach dance, you need the "right tool for the job", and proper dance shoes are literally the foundation for your dancing !

There are different styles of dance shoes for different styles of dancing, but most trainees wear a basic "practice shoe", a practical and durable suede-soled dancing shoe that is made to be comfortable and wearable for long periods. Some students wear flashier shoes or high-heeled dance shoes, but this is a matter of personal comfort.

You can purchase dance shoes at A Step to Gold International for a 15% discount for the college students. See Janet for help in determining your shoe needs.

Presentations
Because this is a teaching college, there is a strong emphasis on presentation. You will be expected to present material to the class on a regular basis. You may be asked to demonstrate a figure or to present a brief history of a specific dance. Don't worry, we hand out our assignments in advance, so you will have plenty of time to prepare!

Dancing Both Roles
In order to teach a specific dance or figure, you need to be able to articulate and demonstrate both the leader's and follower's parts. We spend equal time in class working on both parts, and every student is expected to dance with every other student as both leader and follower, regardless of gender. This is standard practice for professional dance instruction.