Create Program to Award Dance Teaching Credentials

The Dance Department is currently working with the Education Department to build the teaching credentials in dance. As of now, the State of California is on the verge of voting to approve the credentials and we would like to be ready to offer the program at Mills. We would be the first College in Northern California to offer this program and it has the potential to bring a lot of new students to the College.

Besides collaborating with the Education Department, the Dance Department is also partnering with Luna Institute, who has been deeply engaged in building the credentials. The Dance Department has been hiring the director of Luna Institute, Patricia Reedy for years; she offers a teaching seminar to Mills dance graduate students. Ms. Reedy is a graduate of Mills and she is invested in the idea of bringing the credential program to Mills.

This is a new market and we believe there is a high demand, since no one can teach in a public school without those credentials. We would like to begin offering the teaching credentials to the graduate students (adding one more year to our MA or MFA program) and eventually create a "4 + 1" for the undergraduate community. To fulfill the requirements for the credentials, we would plan to have summer courses. The Education Department is currently working with the Dance Department to build the program.

See Also

Theatre & Dance Credentialing: The Time is Now
No Dancer Left Behind: chasing the dance credential