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How
to become a member of the ISTD
Student Membership
You
do not have to be in full-time education to take advantage
of this category. If you hold Intermediate, Advanced 1
or Advanced 2 in one of the Theatre Faculties, or the
‘Student Member’ qualification in one of the
Dance Sport Faculties, but you have not yet gained your
Associate status, then this is suitable for you. However,
you should not be teaching or entering candidates for
examinations in the Theatre Faculties unless you become
Pre-Registered. If you wish to become a Student Member
or you know someone who does, please email the Membership
Department membership@istd.org
for a student enrolment form.
Professional
Membership
If
you have passed your first Associate examination in any
of the ISTD Dance Sport & Theatre Faculties (and you are
not already a student member), you will automatically
be sent an enrolment form to complete and return with
the appropriate payment.
Once
enrolled as a member, you will be sent an enrolment pack,
which includes a variety of information about the ISTD.
You will also be allocated a membership number and sent
a membership card. On production of the current membership
card, you are entitled to attend ISTD courses and congresses
on payment of the appropriate entry fee. Click here for
more information about courses.
As
a member you will receive Dance magazine four times a
year. Click
here for more information about Dance.
In order to maintain your membership and continue to receive
Dance magazine with all up-to-date Faculty information,
it is essential that you pay the appropriate membership
subscription fee annually.
All subscriptions run from 1 January to 31 December each
year.
Subscription categories of professional membership:
- Non-Active:
This is available to all members holding Associate status
or above who are not actively teaching. To pay the reduced
rate, you must sign the declaration on the subscription
reminder form to state that you will not be teaching
throughout the year and that you will not advertise
your ISTD qualifications. Note: if you are not employed
when you pay your subscription, but you will be looking
for employment during the year, you must pay the full
teaching subscription.
- Full
Teaching: All members holding Associate status or above
who are actively teaching must pay the full subscription.
- Joint
Subscription: The joint subscription is made up of one
and a half times the full subscription. If you and your
partner, or spouse wish to receive only one copy of
Dance between you, then you may pay this category of
subscription.
- Life
Membership: If you are a member of the ISTD and have
held a Licentiate or Fellowship qualification for 35
years or more whilst consistently paying your membership
subscriptions during this time, you may apply to the
Membership Department for Life Membership. There is
no membership fee for this category, but you do have
to pay the annual subscription for Dance if you wish
to continue receiving it.
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Registration
Registration applies only to the Theatre Faculties. If
you wish to enter candidates for ISTD examinations, you
are required, as a member, to have some form of registration.
Registration was first introduced into the Theatre Faculties
in 1986. Prior to this date any teacher could enter candidates
for ISTD examinations regardless of their qualifications,
and even if their work was not of the correct standard.
This scheme was brought in to ensure that teachers would
complete ISTD teaching qualifications, and therefore maintain
a high standard of examination entry. There are presently
three forms of registration.
Pre-Registration
Student members can apply for Pre-Registration if you
wish to enter candidates for examinations. Pre-Registration
is a two-year period at
the end of which you must have gained Associate status
(only available until 31/08/2004. Please be aware
that after the 31st August 2004 the Associate and Associate
Diploma qualifications will no longer be offered by the
ISTD. Instead they are being replaced by the Certificate
in Dance Education and Foundation in Dance Instruction.
Accredited Prior Learning application forms will be sent
out to each new member as part of their welcome pack,
and we are advising each member to complete this and return
to our Education and Training Department to receive advice
regarding the new qualifications).
You
must also be entering candidates for examinations within
the first twelve months and regularly thereafter.
Pre-Registration
is also available to non-members who do not hold any ISTD
VGED qualifications through application to the Membership
Department. As a successful applicant, you will be required
to take the appropriate VGED exams plus the Associate
examination (only available until 31/08/2004. Please
be aware that after the 31st August 2004 the Associate
and Associate Diploma qualifications will no longer be
offered by the ISTD. Instead they are being replaced by
the Certificate in Dance Education and Foundation in Dance
Instruction. Accredited Prior Learning application forms
will be sent out to each new member as part of their welcome
pack, and we are advising each member to complete this
and return to our Education and Training Department to
receive advice regarding the new qualifications)
at the end of the two-year period. Once again, you are
expected to enter candidates for examinations within the
first twelve months and regularly thereafter.
Provisional
Registration
After successful completion of your Associate, you can
then begin work on your Associate Diploma examination
(Theatre Faculties only) if you are actively teaching
and entering candidates for examinations. This is a three-year
period at the end of which you must meet the requirements
for the Associate Diploma (only available until 31/08/2004.
Please be aware that after the 31st August 2004 the Associate
and Associate Diploma qualifications will no longer be
offered by the ISTD. Instead they are being replaced by
the Certificate in Dance Education and Foundation in Dance
Instruction. Accredited Prior Learning application forms
will be sent out to each new member as part of their welcome
pack, and we are advising each member to complete this
and return to our Education and Training Department to
receive advice regarding the new qualifications).
A
portfolio entitled ‘Record of Studies’ must
be completed by UK candidates, as well as two practical
examinations. If you become Provisionally Registered,
you will pay the Full Teaching subscription. Further information
regarding this qualification can be gained from ISTD HQ.
Full Registration
Upon successful completion of the Associate Diploma, Full
Registration is awarded. The teacher's examination entries
will continue to be monitored as outlined below.
Monitoring
There
are circumstances in which a teacher may lose their registration.
If their examination results have a high percentage of
failures, 25% or more, the examiner may bring this to
the attention of the Faculty Chairman.
The
Chairman will ask that a committee member be sent to cover
the teacher's next examination session to check the situation,
and the teacher may be encouraged to attend courses if
she or he is not up to date with the syllabus.
If the results continue to be poor despite advice and
assistance given to the teacher, the committee may consider
taking away the teacher's registration.
Council
for Dance Education & Training (CDET)
The CDET maintains a database of teachers who are fully
registered with the ISTD, as well as other examining bodies
in the dance world, who have fulfilled the criteria to
become CDET members.
The
CDET actively campaigns on behalf of all teachers of dance
to raise the profile of dance education, to ensure a consistent
standard across the examining bodies and to gain government
recognition.
It is for this reason that our registration requirements
must comply with those agreed amongst the member bodies
on the CDET.
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Subscription Information
UK & EU
The following are the appropriate fees for all
subscription categories for 2009:
£41
Student Membership
£66 Non-Active Professionals
£95 Full Teaching
£142 Joint Membership (this is
made up of one and a half times the Full Teaching subscription,
and only one copy of DANCE will be received)
£29 Life Membership (payment is
for continued receipt of DANCE magazine)
£158 Affiliated Membership (not
open to new applicants)
£112 Pre-Registered Membership
After
31st March 2009 all members who have yet to renew their
subscriptions will be required to pay the Penalty Fee
of £25.
International
(excluding EU)
Members who are attached to international branches should
send their subscription to their local organiser. For
a list of International Organisers, please click
here.
Members
in countries outside the EU which do not have a local
organiser should send their subscription in sterling direct
to the ISTD in London or pay by Mastercard or Visa.
£43
Student Membership
£69 Non-Active Professionals
£105 Full Teaching
£174 Joint Membership
£37 Life Membership
£193 Affiliated Membership
£138 Pre-Registered Membership
After
31st March 2009 all members who have yet to renew their
subscriptions will be required to pay the Penalty Fee
of £25.
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