Certified Student
Teacher Program

Certified Student Teachers are the latest addition to the SADM membership opportunities. If you are a student aged 16 or 17 actively engaged as a dance teacher or assistant teacher with at least two years of prior experience, you may be qualified to join!

Check out the benefits and advantages of becoming a Certified Student Teacher:

  • Performance opportunities at SADM conventions

  • Ability to take convention classes in either Teacher or Senior Rooms

  • Potential opportunities to assist convention faculty upon request

  • Eligibility for memorial scholarships offered by SADM

  • Exclusive meetings and events during SADM conventions

  • Specific CST T-shirts

  • Opportunity to earn voting privileges and be obligated into SADM general membership*

* NOTE: In order to receive Active Member status, a CST must be obligated within one year following his/her 18th birthday. If they do not comply, they must be re-tested for active membership.

 

To apply to be a CST, you must;

  • Be 16 or 17 years of age.

  • Complete the Membership Application and circle the CST option.

  • Pay the one-time $40 application fee.

  • Obtain sponsorship by a SADM Member, in good standing, or provide two letters of recommendation in the field of dance who will vouch for the applicant's good moral character.

  • Mail the completed form, sponsorship or recommendations & application fee to:

    Rosemary Turner, Chief Examiner

    39 Wesleyan Place

    Dallas, GA 30132

    • Pass the SADM exam in one or more of the following categories: tap, ballet, or jazz.

    If you have questions on the CST program, please get in touch with Cheyenne Dyer.

Junior Ambassador Program

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Junior Ambassadors have special meetings at each SADM convention. They also receive an exclusive t-shirt. At the summer convention, junior ambassadors have the unique honor of performing as the opening act at the convention banquet and having the opportunity to join the prestigious Dance Honor Society (DELTA ETA Pi - SADM chapter).

 

If you want to become a junior ambassador, the first thing to do is check this list :

  • Are you between 11 and 18 years old?

  • Have you previously attended at least one convention?

  • Is a current dance teacher a SADM member?

 

Good so far? Here's what you need to do next:

  • Fill out the junior ambassador program application by clicking Apply Now below.

  • Submit payment to your studio.

  • Have your teacher write a check to SADM for $30 to cover your membership fee.

Members, please mail the membership fee to:

SADM Junior Ambassador Program

c/o Allie McDaniel

3000 Collierville Arlington Rd

Eads, TN 38028