Teaching Certifications
Certifications: Are They Worth It?
There are a number of ballet-specific certifications out there. Their requirements may differ but in essence, they can all have a positive impact on your career as a ballet teacher.
Certifications can be helpful to you as a ballet teacher in that they serve as a way for you to continue learning. Whatever process is required, you’ll learn tools for your trade from mentors and experts in the field. You’ll also meet other teachers like yourself (whether in person or online). Let’s face it, being a ballet teacher can be isolating in a way. We spend most of our time with our students, not other ballet teachers. Earning a certification can give you opportunities to network and meet other motivated and knowledgeable teachers like yourself.
Now, this is more for dance studio owners: certifications can be helpful when marketing. When parents are looking for ballet classes to sign their child up in, they’re re looking for something that sets your studio apart. When your teachers have any kind of certification, that shows they have expertise in what they do and can attract students.
Likewise, if you're a ballet teacher, certifications can give you an edge when looking for a job. They show you take initiative, you’re knowledgeable and have passed some sort of standard.
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Ashley Hartford
Founder + Owner, Once Upon a Ballet
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What We’re All About
At Once Upon a Ballet, we want to help you teach dance in a way that sparks your students’ imaginations, keeps their attention, and has them leaving class excited for what’s next.
DANCE CURRICULUMS
Our complete curriculums for toddler and preschool dance and children’s ballet give you a full year of lesson plans for each age group. Our lesson plans are rooted in child development and teach dance through imagination and play. We strongly emphasize correct, age-appropriate ballet techniques for young children, as well as building self-esteem, creativity, problem-solving, and classroom skills.
CERTIFIED TEACHERS
If you teach toddler or preschool dance, our teacher certification course gives you the tools to better connect with your littlest students, keep their attention, and have better classroom behavior.
LICENSED STUDIOS
For our licensed studios, we provide branding and marketing support to help them grow their classes that use our curriculums.