swanprincess Posted February 15, 2016 Share Posted February 15, 2016 I just wondered, what qualifications/experience is necessary to get a job teaching vocational students, such as at Elmhurst or Rambert? Is it vital to have danced in a company? Or are teaching qualifications (ie ARAD/AIDTA), or a degree, or 3 years of vocational training, looked upon as favourably? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
balletcoach Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 It's very important that the teacher has a vocational training as a ballet dancer, then a teaching qualifications at high standards. And, of course, it's preferred that a ballet/Dance carriere on professional stage, but not necessarily a ballet/dance star or first soloist! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 If you look at the biogs of teachers at the big Vocational schools, I think most of them have had successful careers in well-known companies and then taken teaching qualifications such as the RAD's post-professional teaching course. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I agree with the others that teachers in vocational schools will have experience as a professional dancer and relevant teaching qualifications. I know teachers that have taught my DD at vocational school have had a mixture of teaching qualifications - degrees , RAD post-professional course but all have been experienced professional dancers. To clarify also - ARAD is not a teaching qualification and I'm not sure AIDTA is either. The 'A' in both cases I believe stands for 'associate' and certainly in the case of RAD, you can apply for ARAD status if you have passed Adv 2, are a full member of RAD and are over age 18. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invisiblecircus Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 To clarify also - ARAD is not a teaching qualification and I'm not sure AIDTA is either. The 'A' in both cases I believe stands for 'associate' and certainly in the case of RAD, you can apply for ARAD status if you have passed Adv 2, are a full member of RAD and are over age 18. Is it? I thought it was the first level of their teaching qualifications. has that changed or has it never been that way? As for teaching in vocational schools, you can look on the websites of most schools and see a list of staff that teach there and their professional backgrounds. It's extremely competitive and I think you'd have to also be very well connected to get that kind of job. I was a professional dancer, trained at vocational school and have a degree in dance and have been considering applying for the teachers course at Accademia la Scala, but I am not convinced I would be able to get a teaching job in a vocational school because I didn't have a high profile career. I'm still thinking about which direction to take... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate_N Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I think the other thing I've noticed about teachers whom I know teach at vocational schools is that they have that 'something special' to pass on - be it years as a soloist, or as a choreographer, or trained in various places. This is not something that the paper qualifications can always match ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2dancersmum Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 From the RAD website: ARAD is a title awarded to those who have become an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance. In order to become an Associate of the Royal Academy of Dance (ARAD) the following four requirements must be met: 1. Applicants must be 18 years of age or above at the time of application. 2. A Full Member of the Royal Academy of Dance (RAD Registered Teachers are Full Members). 3. Your membership subscription must be current. 4. You must have passed a Vocational Graded Examination at RAD Advanced 2 level (RAD Advanced level prior to September 2001). AND: ARAD is a membership award in recognition of the applicants’ achievement at RAD Advanced 2 level. It is not a qualification; the qualification is the RAD Advanced 2. My DD was told by her teacher when she passed her Adv 2 that she could apply to have ARAD after her name. I've no idea invisiblecrcus if it has changed or never been that way. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Picturesinthefirelight Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I believe that being an AISTD used to be a teaching qualification in the same way that an ABRSM was but since the introduction of the DDI & DDE that is no longer the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhodaKuc Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Just to clarify, in terms of qualification to teach with the IDTA. AIDTA (Associate)is indeed a full teaching qualification, the examination ensures the candidate is capable of teaching with technical knowledge of the syllabus throughout the Grades and up to Intermediate. There are multiple parts to the examination with both written/portfolio and practical components and the candidate is required to achieve a Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology. The Associate qualification has recently been updated to a Level 4 Diploma in Dance Teaching. LITDA (Licentiate)this qualification (written/portfolio and practical) takes the examination of teaching competency/ technical knowledge to Advanced 1 level. FIDTA (Fellowship) is the highest qualification level with the exam(written/portfolio and practical) focussing on the teaching/technical syllabus requirements up to Advanced 2. Hope this helps RK (FIDTA) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dance*is*life Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 I may well be wrong, but I believe there used to be a teaching qualification that was ARAD as well, but it meant you had passed your Advanced Teachers Certificate and not just the Advanced executant exam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pas de Quatre Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 I thought ARAD was just to show you had passed the Advanced exam and were therefore allowed to teach and enter candidates for exams. This pre-dates the Teacher training programmes. The Advanced teachers exam had a different set of letters (can't remember offhand). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna C Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 Here's the current info from the RAD website: http://www.rad.org.uk/documents/Join%20docs/arad-application-guidelines-and-form.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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