accreditation
of prior experiential learning (V.A.E)

Obtain the National Higher Professional Diploma in Dance through the accreditation of prior experiential learning.

The accreditation of prior experiential learning is defined in law L-2002-73 of January 17, 2002, which grants “every person engaged in active life the right to have their experience, particularly professional experience, validated in order to obtain a diploma, a professional qualification title, or a certificate of qualification (…) registered in the directory of professional certifications…”

• You can initiate a process of accreditation of prior experiential learning with the PNSD to obtain the National Higher Professional Diploma in Dance. 
• The PNSD does not offer the VAE for obtaining the State Diploma for dance teachers. More information
  

A national reform of the accreditation of prior experiential learning (VAE) procedure for all professions is underway. A unified space, France VAE, bringing together candidates and VAE professionals around a new modernized, simplified, and legally secured framework (law n°2022-1598 of December 21, 2022) is now available. Due to its gradual rollout, not all diplomas are yet covered by France VAE.
Learn more : https://vae.gouv.fr/

The diplomas that are not yet integrated, including the National Higher Professional Diploma in Dance from the Ministry of Culture, will continue to be processed by institutions at least until December 2024.

The PNSD Rosella Hightower is opening a new VAE procedure for the 2024-25 academic year.

What is VAE?

Who can initiate a VAE process?

This process allows individuals to obtain all or part of a certification based on professional experience as an employee, self-employed, volunteer (union, association...), and/or through voluntary work. The candidate must demonstrate that their experience has enabled them to develop and master the skills required for the targeted diploma.

The National Higher Professional Diploma in Dance can thus be obtained through initial and continuing education or via VAE, as stipulated in the decree of December 23, 2008, concerning the National Higher Professional Diploma in Dance and setting the conditions for the accreditation of higher education institutions to award this diploma.

Anyone, regardless of age, nationality, status, or level of education, who can demonstrate acquired skills through continuous or non-continuous engagement in salaried, self-employed, volunteer, or community service activities, in alignment with the activities and skills defined by the reference framework in the relevant discipline, field, and option.

- Employees, regardless of their status: permanent contracts (CDI), fixed-term contracts (CDD), temporary workers
- Self-employed individuals: members of a liberal profession, agricultural operators, artisans, merchants, independent workers
- Public agents, whether permanent or non-permanent
- Job seekers, whether receiving benefits or not
- Volunteers with experience in associations or unions

The procedure for validating acquired experience and the evaluation methods are outlined in Article R6412-1, Version en vigueur depuis le 29 décembre 2023, Modifié par Décret n°2023-1275 du 27 décembre 2023 - art. 2

Which diploma?

The PNSD Rosella Hightower offers a VAE procedure leading to the National Higher Professional Diploma in Dance for the disciplines for which it is accredited: classical and contemporary.