Where can I find details about the continuing training programs required by Gokhale Method?
Gokhale_Method Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
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- 7.2. Continuing Training. You must attend such additional courses, seminars and other training programs as we may reasonably require from time to time, and which will be detailed in the then current Teachers' Manual, in order to maintain your approval to teach the Approved Formats for which you have been approved. Such continuing training may include, but is not limited to, attendance at the Annual Meeting, participation in such Teacher Webinars as may be scheduled by us, peer review of teacher trainees, and involvement in Gokhale® Active. Failure to attend and participate in such continuing training programs may result in suspension of your right to teach the Gokhale System until you have completed our required continuing training and you have been re-approved. If your right to teach has been suspended, and you nonetheless offer to teach, we may terminate this Agreement immediately upon notice to you. As part of your continuing approval we may request that you submit at reasonable intervals, and you agree to submit to us within such reasonable time as we specify, audiotapes or videotapes of you teaching, and which will be detailed in the then current Teachers' Manual. We may submit such recordings to peer review by other Gokhale Method teachers, and you hereby grant us your consent for such submission.
- 7.3. Training Fee and Expenses. All training programs required by this Agreement shall be at such times and places as may be designated by us. We shall train you in the Teacher Training Immersion Week at no additional fee or other charge. You shall be responsible for any and all of your expenses incurred in connection with attending the Immersion Week, and all other such programs, including, without limitation, the costs of transportation, lodging and meals. You will be responsible for paying for all other training as per the then current fee schedule.
8. YOUR DUTIES
8.1. Operating Standards.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 34)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Gokhale Method's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, details regarding continuing training programs can be found in the then-current Teachers' Manual. The FDD specifies that franchisees must attend additional courses, seminars, and other training programs that Gokhale Method reasonably requires to maintain their approval to teach the Approved Formats. These requirements will be detailed in the Teachers' Manual.
The continuing training may include attendance at the Annual Meeting, participation in Teacher Webinars, peer review of teacher trainees, and involvement in Gokhale® Active. Failure to attend and participate in these programs may lead to suspension of the franchisee's right to teach the Gokhale System until the training is completed and re-approval is granted. If a franchisee teaches while suspended, Gokhale Method may terminate the Franchise Agreement immediately.
As part of the continuing approval process, Gokhale Method may request franchisees to submit audiotapes or videotapes of their teaching at reasonable intervals, as detailed in the Teachers' Manual. These recordings may be submitted for peer review by other Gokhale Method teachers. Franchisees are responsible for paying the regular fees for continuing training programs, including fees for the Annual Meeting, teacher webinars, and membership in Gokhale® Active (Premium), as outlined in Exhibit A and subject to change with 30 days' notice.