Who currently conducts the Gokhale Method training?
Gokhale_Method Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
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The following summarizes the training:
Training is held during various intervals during the year depending on our need to train new franchisees. The instructional material may consist of our Teachers Manual or Policy Statements, scripts, images, checklists, demonstrations, practice and quizzes. Currently Esther Gokhale conducts the training; she has been teaching postural methods for health improvement since at least 1992. The cost of Initial Training is included in the $4,000 franchise fee. You must pay food and lodging expenses in connection with attendance at Immersion Week. The Gokhale® Active (Premium) fee of $140 must be paid yearly from the time of acceptance to the program. Gokhale Active helps prepare accepted candidates for the Immersion Week. Upon completion of Teacher Training Immersion Week, you must pay $240 a year for teacher 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 sat
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, Esther Gokhale currently conducts the training. The document specifies that she has been teaching postural methods for health improvement since at least 1992.
The initial training is held at various intervals throughout the year, depending on the need to train new franchisees. The training includes the Teacher Training Immersion Week. The instructional material may consist of the Teacher's Manual or Policy Statements, scripts, images, checklists, demonstrations, practice, and quizzes.
Prospective franchisees should note that the cost of the Initial Training is included in the $4,000 franchise fee. However, franchisees are responsible for covering their own food and lodging expenses while attending the Immersion Week. Additionally, there are ongoing fees, such as the $140 annual Gokhale® Active (Premium) fee, $240 per year for teacher webinars, and $450 annually for the required teachers' meeting, which also involves separate costs for food and lodging.