He has taught for every major dance organization throughout the United States and Canada including Joffrey Ballet Midwest and Bermuda Union of Teachers. Honored for his contributions to dance and establishment of educational standards for dance, he is the recipient of CNADM’s Artistic Achievement Award and Adele Artinian Awards; the prestigious Ivy Hall Foundation Award, first awarded to Gene Kelly, and presented to him by DMA; twice awarded the Angel Award by Jazz Dance World Congress; the recipient of the first College of Arts and Sciences Award for Excellence in Teaching in the area of Arts at UB; and in 2006, he was awarded the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. DMA has established an educational scholarship in the name of Thomas P. Ralabate.