Besides Immersion Week, what else does the Gokhale Method Initial Training consist of?
Gokhale_Method Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
Before opening your Franchised Business, you must successfully complete the Initial Training to our satisfaction, including memorization and recitation of scripts that we will provide. The Initial Training consists of one week of training in the Gokhale Method at our headquarters in Palo Alto, California or at other designated locations (the "Immersion Week"), followed by participation in at least twelve teacher webinars (live or pre-recorded), self-study of the Gokhale Foundations course script and materials, and teaching the full six-lesson Gokhale Foundations course in a one-on-one setting to two separate practice students. As part of teaching your practice students, you must prepare at least six videos in which you record yourself teaching each one of the six separate Gokhale Foundations lessons accompanied by self-critiques of each lesson. These recordings will be reviewed by your peers, and you will be required to view recordings submitted by other trainees and to evaluate them. Once reviewed, each lesson will be submitted for approval. If a lesson video is not approved, you will be required to submit another video of the same lesson. A video of each of the six lessons must be approved before you can become qualified to teach.
If you do not complete all of the Initial Training and have not qualified to teach within six months of attending the Immersion Week, we may terminate the Franchise Agreement upon 30 days' notice and your failure to cure.
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 Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training includes more than just the Immersion Week. After the one-week Immersion Week, franchisees must participate in at least twelve teacher webinars, which can be live or pre-recorded. Franchisees must also engage in self-study using the Gokhale Foundations course script and materials.
Another component of the Gokhale Method's initial training involves teaching the full six-lesson Gokhale Foundations course in a one-on-one setting to two separate practice students. As part of this practical teaching experience, franchisees are required to create at least six videos, each recording themselves teaching one of the six Gokhale Foundations lessons. These videos must include self-critiques for each lesson.
Furthermore, these recordings are subject to peer review, where franchisees will evaluate videos submitted by other trainees. Each lesson video must then be submitted for approval, and if a video is not approved, the franchisee must submit another video of the same lesson until it meets the required standards. Qualification to teach depends on the approval of a video for each of the six lessons. The FDD states that failure to complete all initial training requirements within six months of Immersion Week may result in the termination of the Franchise Agreement.