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    Re: Bridging the gap from Beginner to Intermediate.

    Quote Originally Posted by ant View Post
    However a brand like Ceroc know that they have to maintain that brand in order to make money and one way I think they do this is to ensure that their teachers are up to standard.
    Which they would do anyway - the qualification itself doesn't have to mean much. In fact not all teachers who teach for Ceroc have passed the CTA.

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    Re: Bridging the gap from Beginner to Intermediate.

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    Re: Bridging the gap from Beginner to Intermediate.

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    Which they would do anyway - the qualification itself doesn't have to mean much. In fact not all teachers who teach for Ceroc have passed the CTA.
    Absolutely right. Some time ago Ceroc started using "Associate Teachers". I saw this as a way to employ less attractive teachers without compromising the strict beauty requirements of Ceroc. And then I realised my theory was rubbish - when Dan Hudson passed his audition
    Last edited by Andy McGregor; 20th-November-2008 at 12:31 PM.

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    Re: Bridging the gap from Beginner to Intermediate.

    Originally Posted by Andy McGregor
    one Modern Jive teaching qualification LeRoc Federation as part of the UKA
    My perception of the UKA is that it is an organistion run by its members for its members. For instance a member trains a candidate and has a big say on whether they pass. It seems to me that it is made up of lots of specialist sections and people are trained just for one section. This compares to say the ISDT where it appears to me that the training and assessment is far greater and more far reaching.

    Originally Posted by Andy McGregor
    Martin wrong.....as it's only a technicality. As far as I know Ceroc teachers hold no nationally recognised qualifications. However, Ceroc teachers are well trained and would, almost certainly, pass the exam if they were to take it.
    Is that not the acid test regarding a training regime. If it produces teachers that are generally fit for the purpose it is designed to do then the qualification that goes with it whether nationally recognised or not will be respected.
    Originally Posted by Andy McGregor
    Looking at the accountancy exmple .....nationally recognised exams?
    I think that there are people that are trained in house by the larger accountancy firms without a national qualification that do just as good a job in the area trained in as someone extenally trained.

    In addition there there are grades of accountancy qualification that show that a person has reached a certain standard in a particular area. Just like Ceroc and the UKA compared to the ISDT.

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by martingold View Post
    what qualifications?

    The only way you are guaranteed a qualified teacher is to go to ceroc
    All ceroc TEACHERS are qualified to teach modern jive within the ceroc style by ceroc otherwise they are not allowed to call themselves teachers or take a class in ceroc
    I maybe wrong but I do seem to recall something along the lines that a Ceroc franchisee can have someone as an associate teacher, not CTA qualified but considered to have enough experience to teach a ceroc class? Anyone know for sure?

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    Re: Bridging the gap from Beginner to Intermediate.

    Quote Originally Posted by ant View Post
    My perception of the UKA is that it is an organistion run by its members for its members. For instance a member trains a candidate and has a big say on whether they pass. It seems to me that it is made up of lots of specialist sections and people are trained just for one section. This compares to say the ISDT where it appears to me that the training and assessment is far greater and more far reaching.
    How did you gain these impressions?

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Andy McGregor View Post
    Absolutely right. Some time ago Ceroc started using "Associate Teachers".
    Quote Originally Posted by pmjd View Post
    I maybe wrong but I do seem to recall something along the lines that a Ceroc franchisee can have someone as an associate teacher,
    as you can see andy had already said something along those lines
    and we know he is a fan of ceroc so he wouldnt be biased in any way therfore i retract my post

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by martingold View Post
    as you can see andy had already said something along those lines
    and we know he is a fan of ceroc so he wouldnt be biased in any way therfore i retract my post
    hey, i said it too

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post
    hey, i said it too
    yeah but what do you know

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    On the "in house training v external/independant qualification" bit, I remember talking to a hairdresser while getting my hair done the other month.

    Apparently there's two main ways to be qualified as a hair stylist - through the colleges (externally/independant qualification) or through the big salons, your Toni and Guys etc (in house training).

    Apparently the consensus in the industry is that the college quals are effectively useless, and lots of places will not hire you if you hold them. Instead they want you to have those in house training options.

    Guess it just depends on the industry you work in. So if the quality of the CTA "qual" is good enough, it'll be rated sufficiently in the "absence" of alternatives

    (I'm of course waiting for a forumite hairdresser to come on and tell me my hair dressing example is nonsense - I'm just reciting what the girl told me. Anyway I stand by the conclusion from it )

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    Re: Bridging the gap from Beginner to Intermediate.

    Quote Originally Posted by Andy McGregor View Post
    How did you gain these impressions?
    In part from your posts.

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Princess Fi View Post
    Apparently the consensus in the industry is that the college quals are effectively useless, and lots of places will not hire you if you hold them. Instead they want you to have those in house training options.
    To me you are spot on again, as all your posts seem to be.

    I think that what you say is right for any practical vocation, relevant training by a business at the sharp end or on the job training are nearly always going to be the most relevant.

    Thats why I think that Ceroc or UKA training works. In many respects independance is a bit of a red herring.

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by ant View Post
    To me you are spot on again, as all your posts seem to be.
    aw, shucks

    ... you're right of course

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Princess Fi View Post
    On the "in house training v external/independant qualification" bit, I remember talking to a hairdresser while getting my hair done the other month.

    Apparently there's two main ways to be qualified as a hair stylist - through the colleges (externally/independant qualification) or through the big salons, your Toni and Guys etc (in house training).

    Apparently the consensus in the industry is that the college quals are effectively useless, and lots of places will not hire you if you hold them. Instead they want you to have those in house training options.

    Guess it just depends on the industry you work in. So if the quality of the CTA "qual" is good enough, it'll be rated sufficiently in the "absence" of alternatives

    (I'm of course waiting for a forumite hairdresser to come on and tell me my hair dressing example is nonsense - I'm just reciting what the girl told me. Anyway I stand by the conclusion from it )
    My daughter is currently going through an in-house training scheme with a hairdresser - we had heard the same about college qualifications and were delighted when she chose to work train with a salon. However, that scheme is externally assessed to gain your nationlly recognised hairdressing qualifications.

    No such external evaluation exists for Ceroc training.

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by ant View Post
    Thats why I think that Ceroc or UKA training works. In many respects independance is a bit of a red herring.


    You can only be independent if you have something to be independent from. Dance schools are big or small. The smallest is not "independent" from the biggest. It's just a smaller school - it could even provide better training.

    If you consider regular schools, there is an independent sector and there is a state sector. There is no such thing with dance schools as there is no state sector in the teaching of MJ.

    There is also nothing to stop a Ceroc teacher doing the UKA exam through the LeRoc Federation. Although their contract with Ceroc might stop them teaching for any other company.

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Andy McGregor View Post
    :There is also nothing to stop a Ceroc teacher doing the UKA exam through the LeRoc Federation. Although their contract with Ceroc might stop them teaching for any other company.
    Why would they want to? I know this is lighting a HUGE touchpaper .... but none of the LeRoc instructors in the N West come anywhere near the Ceroc instructors (IMHO). Would it be fair comment to say that the CTA still havbe a real edge over the LeRoc training?

    PS: I'm NOT questioning your teaching ability Andy (I look forward to seeing you teach first hand in La Palma before I would be so bold ) ....

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Princess Fi View Post
    Apparently the consensus in the industry is that the college quals are effectively useless, and lots of places will not hire you if you hold them. Instead they want you to have those in house training options.

    Guess it just depends on the industry you work in. So if the quality of the CTA "qual" is good enough, it'll be rated sufficiently in the "absence" of alternatives
    That would be an interesting comparison if people went to Ceroc to train and then sought employment outside of Ceroc - if CTA is regarded as the best training by all of the MJ industry.

    However I don't get the impression that this is what Ceroc want to project - it seems the CTA is to train people to work for Ceroc - not train with Ceroc then go and work for someone else.

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus View Post
    Why would they want to?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn View Post
    That would be an interesting comparison if people went to Ceroc to train and then sought employment outside of Ceroc - if CTA is regarded as the best training by all of the MJ industry.
    i think this has been happening quite a lot lately

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Lynn View Post
    it seems the CTA is to train people to work for Ceroc - not train with Ceroc then go and work for someone else.
    Ceroc specifically do NOT allow you to work for someone else, whether you are a Ceroc teacher or a DJ. There may be exceptions with "permission" but i dont know

    Trampy was the first to announce this 2 years ago

    ...of course you can resign (which is a strange thing to have to do if you are effectively a "freelance" teacher - are you "delisted" as a ceroc teacher ? "banned" ?)
    Last edited by Dreadful Scathe; 20th-November-2008 at 02:41 PM.

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    Re: Dance Teacher Qualifications (again)

    Quote Originally Posted by Gus View Post
    PS: I'm NOT questioning your teaching ability Andy (I look forward to seeing you teach first hand in La Palma before I would be so bold ) ....
    Ahh, another person who is going. I'm really looking forward to this. Shall we start a "Who is going to La Palma?" thread?

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