What is the consequence for Gokhale Method franchisees who do not complete training to the franchisor's satisfaction?
Gokhale_Method Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
Your rights to teach the Gokhale Method depend upon your completion to our satisfaction of not only your Initial Training but also such other and further training classes or refresher courses as we may authorize or direct from time to time. We may suspend your right to teach one or more courses or formats if you have not completed to our satisfaction all required training or refresher requirements, programs or courses.
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, a franchisee's rights to teach the Gokhale Method are contingent upon satisfactory completion of the initial training, as well as any additional training or refresher courses that Gokhale Method may authorize or direct. Gokhale Method may suspend a franchisee's right to teach specific courses or formats if they have not satisfactorily completed all required training, refresher programs, or courses.
Before opening a franchised business, franchisees must successfully complete the initial training to Gokhale Method's satisfaction. This includes memorizing and reciting provided scripts. The initial training consists of a one-week Immersion Week, participation in at least twelve teacher webinars, 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. Franchisees must also prepare at least six videos of themselves teaching each of the six Gokhale Foundations lessons, accompanied by self-critiques. These recordings will be reviewed by peers, and the franchisee will be required to evaluate recordings submitted by other trainees. Each lesson must be approved before the franchisee can become qualified to teach.
If a Gokhale Method franchisee does not complete all of the Initial Training and has not qualified to teach within six months of attending the Immersion Week, Gokhale Method may terminate the Franchise Agreement. This termination would occur after providing 30 days' notice and an opportunity to rectify the situation. This underscores the importance of fully committing to and completing the training program within the specified timeframe to maintain the franchise agreement.