By providing a graduated series of goals for the amateur and professional dancer their instructor or trainer will be able to determine if the dancer has mastered skill levels before introducing a higher level. Working toward a specific exam provides an excellent motive to maintain a student s active involvement with lessons. Sometimes a good student will become discouraged because their perception is that they are not improving. The steady measurement of progress with the Medal Program will remedy this problem.
Examinations provide a useful teaching tool.
Students who commit to the scrutiny of an Examiner will work harder to eliminate faults and to master problem areas in their dancing. Examinations under the auspices of the United States Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing will add prestige to and help develop the image of the sponsoring studio, signifying a school that trains its teachers and students to a high standard. To be a part of such a studio gives the student an additional sense of pride and loyalty. A. Long range planning is important to the success of the Medal Test Program in your school. A minimum of three to six months is a good guideline.