I guess I need to state the obvious, I realize that all fields have of employment. Many people have different skill sets to offer.
There is so much that I do NOT know. Like, I did not know that those chain studios (You know which ones I mean!) had such a money hungry & bad reputation.
Is there a difference in quality of Certification? If someone were to say - Oh, I am Arthur Murray Certfied, would it be considered not as good, as An DVIDA Certification. How would DVIDA stand up against Imperial Soc. of ....... What is considered to be the best? the worst? Just kind of curious!!! Thanks, ScottyBoysDoll

There are 3 Soc. in the UK that dominate the Prof ranks.. in no special order..

ISTD.. IDTA.. UKA.
Scotland and Wales have Soc. of long standing. And again, some regional ones .

In the States, there are several that may lay claim.. again.. no special order.

NADTA.. CDTA..2 of the largest and oldest ( not by english standards ) ,and several more regional ones ...The one you mentioned is the " new " kid on the block .

The ISTD gets more " press " ,primarily because it was one of the first to venture abroad , and established its self thru medal test and prof exams, building a very large network .

Prestige wise ( tho to me, they are all equal ) ISTD gets the lions share .

The " chain" school certif. are "in house", and really speak to their syllabus. Actually , their content is much more rigorous than the Intern.style ,in some respects ( more dances.. 13 as opposed to 10 )

Can you explain the medal test & professional exams stuff? I know that like for the DVIDA, you can get cert. in each individual dance, I think it is per level. So, say you test in American Style Cha Cha, you would gain a bronze cert., a silver cert., and gold cert. I think this is correct?!? That way you can go as slow or as quick as you like, in getting certified. (I stumbled on this info. when trying to find out if one is better than the other.) Sounds like ISTD is the "Gold" standard. both here and across the pond. Thanks so much for sharing your time & knowledge!
ScottyBoysDoll