Welcome to the Secondary Education Department
CSUN offers the California Preliminary Single-Subject Dance Credential. This credential authorizes the teaching of dance in grades K-12.
All Single Subject Credentials include an English Learner-ELAS level, which allows the holder to teach English learners in their subject-matter classrooms. For authorizations to teach in English Language Development (ELD), English as Second Language (ESL), or bilingual classrooms, please see our Bilingual Authorization and CTEL/CLAD Certificate Programs.
For more information about CSUN’s Dance Credential program, contact Julie Gainsburg at julie.gainsburg@csun.edu
Program Pathways
- Traditional Program
- Intern Program
- Accelerated Collaborative Teacher Education Program
- Dual Single-Subject/Education Specialist Credential Program
Dance Added Authorization
For holders of the Single Subject Credential in a different subject, or of the Multiple Subject Credential, an Added Authorization for Dance may be earned by meeting the Subject Matter Requirement in Dance and taking SED 525D. SED 525D will be offered starting Fall 2024. For more information, contact Julie Gainsburg at julie.gainsburg@csun.edu.
Dance Faculty
Lindsay Lindberg
Lindsay Lindberg is a dance educator, arts advocate, educational researcher, and learning scientist based in Los Angeles. She earned a PhD from UCLA’s School of Education and Information Studies in 2024 and is a graduate of NYU’s Master of Arts in Dance Education. Lindsay has been a K-12 dance educator in New York City and Los Angeles and is proud to teach the dance methods course at CSUN for the new dance credential program. Additionally, she currently serves as a lecturer at UCLA, Loyola Marymount University, and as an arts and education assessment consultant. She has helped develop and implement many arts-based K-12 education projects in schools, museums, and other professional development programs in Los Angeles. Her research uses dance-based qualitative methods and looks critically at the role of the body in education. She is currently serving as Co-President for the California Dance Education Association, and she looks forward to continuing to contribute to the creative and academic lives of students and credential candidates at CSUN.