Teacher Training Manual for Certification and Licensure

By its nature, Dalcroze education embraces flexibility, adaptation, and student-centered mentoring; it also fosters embodied musicality, profound listening, and, above all, joyful learning! These are qualities that are not possible to capture in text or video. They must be experienced. This document does not attempt to substitute for those qualities in any way. Dalcroze education must always be learned from qualified instructors through discovery and experiential means. What this document does attempt to do is offer structure, clarity, and, ultimately, accessibility.

The certification and licensure processes are designed to last over the course of two to three years at a minimum for certification and two to three years at a minimum for licensure. This can result in dynamic changes to one’s musicianship, pedagogy, and even philosophy. The Professional Development Committee (PDC) asks that students remain open and patient during the training process, refer to this document often to keep moving forward, and keep in close contact with teacher trainers here in the United States when questions or concerns arise.

This document is divided into several chapters. Here is a brief description of each:

1. Chapter I: An overview of Dalcroze education. It shows the nuts and bolts of what make up Dalcroze education.
2. Chapter II: The Dalcroze credentials that culminate in the Dalcroze Professional Certificate (level 3) and the Dalcroze License (level 5).
3. Chapter III: Contains the Teacher Training (T2) Manual
4. Chapter IV: The standards and guidelines necessary for teacher-training program accreditation by the Dalcroze Society of America.
5. Chapter V: This chapter serves several functions:
   1. It outlines the nature of the Professional Development Committee and its role within the DSA.
   2. It describes the conditions of the PDC T2 Program.
   3. It designates procedures for all participants in the PDC T2 Program.
   4. It details the application process for licentiates who wish to instruct courses within the PDC T2 Program.
6. Chapter VI: This chapter outlines ideas for further consideration by the PDC.
7. Appendix: The appendix contains detailed examples of the types of exercises that are offered in chapter III.