A thriving student medal program can be the cornerstone of your ballroom dance studio. Medal exams are a wonderful opportunity for your students and instructors to push their dancing to new heights. Preparing for the exams provides a structure and focus to private lessons, a sense of community among Medal candidates, and increases the level of seriousness, dedication, and professionalism of your instructors.

Students who successfully complete Medal exams have a tremendous sense of self-confidence that comes from having risen to meet the challenge. Additionally, Medal exams can be a tremendous source of revenue for your studio. Your existing students will be motivated to purchase Medal exams, and your studio’s reputation for its Medal program will attract new, serious students who are motivated to work seriously on their dancing. Most importantly, Medal exams are fun! Students will have the opportunity to dance in front of other people in a warm and supportive environment where they compete only against themselves.

Still, we understand that creating a Medal program can be a daunting process. There are so many questions to be answered: How do I schedule an exam? What figures should the students dance? How do I prepare my instructors? How much should I charge students? How do I advertise the Medal program? How do I run a Medal Ball?

We will show you everything you need to know about establishing a student Medal program at your studio. We will teach you how to schedule exams, provide you with routines for every level, give you pricing guidelines, and help you run your Medal Ball so that it is fun, profitable, and joyous celebration for all involved.

Follow our step-by-step guidelines, and at the end of the year, you will have a thriving Medal program up and running in your studio. Your students and your instructors will thank you for this wonderful opportunity.

Here is an outline of our step-by-step plan:
1. Step One: Schedule the Examiner.
2. Step Two: Establish the Budget and Pricing for the Exams.
3. Step Three: Prepare Your Promotional Materials.
4. Step Four: Prepare Your Staff to Teach the Medal Routines and Sell The Medal Program.
5. Step Five: Advertise The Medal Program.
6. Step Six: Students Prepare for the Medal Exams.
7. Step Seven (eight weeks before the day of the examinations): Plan the Examination Day and Medal Ball.
8. Step Eight: Students Dance Their Routines For A Practice Examiner and iron out any problems.
9. Step Nine: The Big Day! Hold Medal Exams and Medal Ball (that night or at a later date).
10. Step 10: Give Students Examiner’s Evaluation and Award Medal Certificates.

For pricing or to learn more about the DVIDA Student Medal Program , call us at 800-851-2813 or email us at Dance Vision.