I am looking to become a dance teacher

As a worldwide examinations board, the ISTD provides teaching qualifications to ensure ISTD teachers are fully trained and supported in their teaching vocation from a teaching, health and safety, psychological and dance genre specific perspective.

Depending on where you live in the world and what genre you would like to become qualified to teach, the ISTD has the route for you. For details of these routes, click here. This will take you to our main website and show the routes available to you wherever you are and whatever genres you wish to teach.

Once you have decided which the right qualification for you is, please select it from the list below and complete the remaining criteria to be given a list of the relevant teachers or Approved Dance Centres for your requirements.

If you have any questions regarding which is the correct route for you, or the qualifications themselves, please contact the Professional Development Officer in the Education and Training Department on the following email