The ABT® Affiliate Teacher

The ABT® Affiliate Teacher is a level of distinction for ABT® Certified Teachers that successfully present their students for examinations.

All ABT® Certified Teachers are eligible to present their students for examination at the end of the academic school year. Once a teacher presents his/her students, and 75% of his/her students pass, the teacher then becomes an ABT® Affiliate Teacher. ABT Affiliate Teachers must present a minimum of 12 students biannually for examination to maintain their status.

To have an adjudicator visit your school, you must be prepared to present a minimum of 3 classes, totaling at least 36 students (approximately 12 students per class), in any level. It is possible to present less than 3 classes of students by scheduling an examination to take place at ABT’s headquarters in New York. An adjudicator will observe and evaluate the students in a class that is prepared in advance, and taught, by their ABT® Certified Teacher. Affiliate examination Guidelines and Class Plans will be provided to ABT® Certified Teachers upon request.

Students can pass successfully on 3 levels: pass, pass with honors, pass with high honors. This process will be reevaluated/ revised on an ongoing basis. Students must wear Capezio Academy Wear line at the exam.

To set up an examination for your students, please contact Jenna Bitterman, National Training Curriculum Coordinator at 212-477-3030. X1169.

Please be aware that this program is in the pilot phase, and examination scheduling is subject to the availability of the adjudicators.

For more information on how to become an ABT® Certified Teacher, click here.