What is the Annual Meeting for Gokhale Method franchisees?
Gokhale_Method Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
webinars. Once a year you must pay $450 for the annual teachers' meeting, for which you will also pay food and lodging. This is a required fee and attendance is mandatory. We do not at the present time have any further continuing education requirements, but we reserve the right to add them if we add new approved formats or new continuing education. All franchisees must attend training and complete it to the franchisor's satisfaction.
We estimate that the time from the date you complete your Immersion Week until you start teaching classes to be between three to six months.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS, AND TRAINING (FDD pages 18–23)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to the 2024 Gokhale Method FDD, franchisees are required to attend an annual teachers' meeting. The cost for this meeting is $450 per year, in addition to covering the costs for food and lodging. Attendance at the annual teachers' meeting is mandatory.
Gokhale Method also provides ongoing training through teacher webinars, and may offer alternative continuing education options to the annual meeting. The FDD states that Gokhale Method reserves the right to add new approved formats or new continuing education requirements in the future.
Additional training and refresher courses are required, including attendance at the Annual Meeting (or an approved alternative continuing education program) and participating in teacher webinars. This suggests that while the annual meeting is the standard requirement, there might be alternative ways to fulfill the continuing education requirement, subject to Gokhale Method's approval.