If I teach the Gokhale Method while suspended, can Gokhale Method terminate the agreement?
Gokhale_Method Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
- 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.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD page 34)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to the 2024 Gokhale Method Franchise Disclosure Document, if your right to teach has been suspended and you still offer to teach, Gokhale Method has the right to terminate the agreement with immediate notice.
Maintaining approval to teach the Approved Formats requires franchisees to attend additional courses, seminars, and other training programs that Gokhale Method may reasonably require. These requirements will be detailed in the then-current Teachers' Manual. Failure to attend and participate in these continuing training programs may result in the suspension of your right to teach the Gokhale System until you have completed the required continuing training and have been re-approved.
This policy underscores the importance Gokhale Method places on maintaining consistent quality and adherence to their teaching standards. For a prospective franchisee, this means understanding that continuous learning and compliance with training requirements are not merely suggestions but mandatory obligations that directly impact their ability to operate the franchise and maintain the franchise agreement.