Job fair for Dance/Drill Directors
This online service is intended to help professional dance/drill team directors who are actively seeking a new directing position.
Please use this site to:
Be sure to
re-visit this site when you have accepted a teaching position or when the
teaching position has been filled so that we can remove your entry.
The Job Fair is conducted
by Joyce Pennington from American Drill Team School each year at the Dance/Drill
Team Directors of America National Convention in Austin. This web site will
be kept up to date year round and will be regulary updated as a complimentary
service by American
Drill Team School and DanceUSA.com.
The service really works! Here
is one of the testimonials of the people that it worked for:
Dear Mrs. Pennington,
I just wanted to thank
you for all the helpful advice you sent me about interviewing for a director's position. Recently, Michelle Brekelbaum, the current director for the C.E. Byrd Highsteppers dance/drill team in Shreveport, Louisiana, saw my resume posted at DTDA's Job Fair, and interviewed me for a replacement director's position (she is stepping down as director in order to pursue her dance studio work more fully). Using your interview tips and advice, I spent an afternoon talking with her about her team, had lunch with both her and the team's current captain, and got to attend a team practice. Immediately after the practice, Mrs. Brekelbaum let me know that I was hired! We are in the process of moving to Shreveport (it's about a two hour commute and my husband recently got a new job there as well, so it'll be so much simpler to move there), and of course all the holidays are coming up right now. But after Thanksgiving, I will begin attending practices as Mrs. Brekelbaum's assistant for the rest of this year, learning the ropes and team traditions while taking over some of the afternoon practices. Next year, I will begin the school year as the new team director of a 32 member award-winning team! I have to admit that I am both excited, thrilled, and just a little nervous. What big shoes to fill! Mainly though, I wrote this email to send a very heartfelt and sincere THANKS for the DTDA Job Fair and your thoughtful advice and help. Without both, I'm quite sure I never would have found out about this opportunity (especially since Mrs. Brekelbaum wasn't advertising for a replacement and just happened to discover me on the job fair while looking up dance camps on the internet). Thank you so much! I now have the job of my dreams and get to work with great students at a magnet school. If ever the Job Fair needs some testimonials, be sure to let me know. I'd be very willing to send a testimonial to use on the site or at the DTDA Conventions. Also, I hope that I will get to meet you at the upcoming national convention so I can say thanks with a big hug in person!
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