What determines a franchisee's right to teach the Gokhale Method?
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.
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.
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.
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 right to teach the Gokhale Method is contingent upon the successful completion of the Initial Training program, as well as any additional training or refresher courses mandated by Gokhale Method. The franchisor must be satisfied with the franchisee's performance in these training programs. Failure to meet these training requirements may result in the suspension of the franchisee's right to teach specific courses or formats.
The Initial Training includes a one-week Immersion Week course at Gokhale Method's headquarters in Palo Alto, California, or other designated locations. Following the Immersion Week, franchisees must participate in at least twelve teacher webinars, engage in self-study of the Gokhale Foundations course materials, and teach the full six-lesson Gokhale Foundations course in a one-on-one setting to two separate practice students. A critical component of this practice involves recording at least six videos of the franchisee teaching each of the Gokhale Foundations lessons, accompanied by self-critiques. These videos are subject to peer review and franchisor approval, with revisions required if the lesson video is not approved.
Prospective franchisees should note that failure to complete all Initial Training requirements and become qualified to teach within six months of attending the Immersion Week may lead to the termination of the Franchise Agreement, provided Gokhale Method gives 30 days' notice and an opportunity to cure the deficiency. Additional training and refresher courses are also required, including attendance at the Annual Meeting (or an approved alternative continuing education program) and participating in teacher webinars. The cost of the Initial Training is included in the $4,000 franchise fee, but franchisees are responsible for food and lodging expenses during Immersion Week, as well as annual fees for Gokhale Active ($140) and teacher webinars ($240), and the annual teachers' meeting ($450), including food and lodging.