CSET: Dance case studies
CSET: Dance · Put your knowledge to work in context.
CSET: Dance is one of the California Subject Examinations for Teachers listed on the California Educator Credentialing Examinations site, which is run for the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and covers assessment information, registration, preparation, and results for the CSET program. Candidates typically take a CSET single subject examination to demonstrate subject-matter competence for a teaching credential in that subject area, and Dance appears in the CSET test-selection list alongside Art, Music, and Theatre. The CSET: Dance case studies are 5 cases and about 4,741 words.
1Knees Caving on Landing: Restructuring a Jump Unit Mid-Unit
You teach intermediate modern technique to 26 students in grades 9–12, meeting twice weekly for 90 minutes. The unit's culminating sequence is a traveling jump phrase - pas de bourrée, sauté in second, assemblé, and a two-foot landing held for two counts.
978 words, about 5 min2Four Dancers, Three Rehearsals, No Ending
Four students in grades 10–11 are midway through a six-week composition unit. Their assignment is a 2:30 group piece on a social theme, assessed on motif development, spatial variety, structural clarity, and performance quality.
954 words, about 5 min3A World Dance Unit You Are Not Trained to Teach
The seventh-grade team teaches a six-week "Dance Around the World" unit to five classes of 32 students. The inherited curriculum covers three forms: West African dance to live djembe rhythms, Bharatanatyam, and Mexican folklórico.
923 words, about 5 min4A Rubric, a Wheelchair, an IEP, and Two Raters
Thirty students in a mixed-grade dance elective complete a summative composition project worth 30 percent of the semester grade. Your four-criterion, four-point rubric scores motif clarity, development, spatial design, and performance presence.
917 words, about 5 min5Programming the Winter Concert: Eleven Submissions, Eight Slots
You direct the winter dance concert at a comprehensive high school. Eleven student-choreographed works were submitted; the program holds eight pieces in 45 minutes including transitions.
969 words, about 5 min