dNc Scouts and Guides
Honor Society for Diasporic Indian Arts
dNc Scouts and Guides
Institutional Membership
dNc honors critical difference in movement and youth voice. Towards that mission, it wants to provide a social and cultural infrastructure to the dance teachers. Institutions with an identified Academic Lead, also known as dNc Guide, affiliate to the dNc Honor Society by working with the dNc Convenor and completing the preliminary paperwork. Together, they create academic protocol that are specific to the chapter’s needs and strengths. This is not just an issue of compliance but rather an opportunity to simultaneously grow the individual chapter as well as dNc Honor society as it adjusts and remains flexible for diasporic needs and differences.
dNc Induction
Project-Based Assessment
dNc Convenor works with Academic Lead to determine the project-based 10-week assessment initiative. Students enter into the following grade levels:
Grade Gold Standard
Pre-K Tots
K Tots Plus
I Wakers
II Dreamers
III Deep Sea Movers
IV Turiya Stars
V Juniors
VI Intermediate [NHSDA Eligible]
VII Proficient [NHSDA Eligible]
VIII Exemplary [NHSDA Eligible]
IX Accomplished [NHSDA Eligible]
X Apprentice [NHSDA Eligible]
XI Scholar [NHSDA Eligible]
XII Professional [NHSDA Eligible]
Opportunities:
1. Scouts and Guides are able to participate in UNC Charlotte Department of Dance events that are subsidized for diasporic outreach and research initiates. There are three events every academic year (Fall, Spring, Summer).
2. Scouts and Guides can take advantage of a larger network of students and teachers working in the field of Indian arts.
3. Scouts can find a pathway to academic career and professional success in the mainstream arts contexts.
dNc Annual Evaluation
Once a student is eligible to be inducted in dNc, they go through annual evaluations to gain proficiency standards.
Opportunities:
1. Scouts are able to participate in leadership roles for new inductees.
2. Scouts can gain credit for volunteering activites.
3. Scouts can participate in ongoing dNc research in Indian arts and gain research experience in working with leading experts in the field of South Asian Studies.
National Honor Society
Exceptional Scouts in middle and high school programs are eligible to apply for National Honor Society for Dance Arts (NHSDA) Induction affiliated to the National Dance Education Organization (NDEO). Academic Lead will be educated about the point tracking system. Scouts can take advantage of a scholarships open for NHSDA inductees. A student pays the induction fee at each level of induction (e.g. both for induction into the Junior Program in grade 6 and the Secondary Program in grade 9). Students will receive an induction pin from NDEO.
Honor Society
