Completing the Social Dance Teacher Training Leadership Program will allow you to inspire others to dance, enjoying a lifelong activity with many health benefits.

Program Cornerstones

• Guiding students to move successfully in rhythm
• Classroom management for parties and teaching large groups of students
• Learning verbal dance cues
• Dance methodology
• Guided teaching experiences

Program provides

Courses

• All courses are 1 credit or 20 hours, except Dance Teacher Training, which is 2 credits
• Students must earn a B or above for courses to count toward program.
• Courses can be taken for non-credit and applied toward program.

Requirements 

• Intro to Adventure Programming | KIN 230* (through the Adventure Leadership Institute)
• One of the following sequences:
  • Ballroom I | PAC 159, Ballroom II | PAC 160, & Ballroom III | PAC 161 
  • Country Western I | PAC 154, Country Western II | PAC 155, & Country Western III | PAC 156
• Any level I course in the opposite dance role (Lead or Follow)
• Dance Teacher Training | PAC 199

Electives

• Salsa I | PAC 152
• Cuban Salsa I | PAC 148
• Country Line Dance | PAC 151
• West Coast Swing I | PAC 165
• Lindy Hop I | PAC 167

One of the following

• Cuban Salsa II | PAC 149  
• Salsa II | PAC 153
• Lindy Hop II | PAC 167
• West Coast Swing II  | PAC 170

Two of the following

• Ballet I | PAC 136 
• Jazz I | PAC 140
• Modern I | PAC 145

Practicum

• PAC 199 I Dance for Instructors - Course Shadow
• PAC 299 I Dance for Instructors - Teaching Assistant 
• Dance for Instructors course can be taken after you have completed the second class of a series. It’s a prerequisite for all TA credits. All TA classes are at PAC instructor’s approval.