Does the Gokhale Method offer an alternative to the Annual Meeting?
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, attendance at the Annual Meeting is part of the continuing training required to maintain approval to teach the Gokhale System. While the FDD mentions other forms of continuing training, it does not explicitly state that these are alternatives to the Annual Meeting.
The continuing training programs 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 the continuing training programs may result in suspension of the franchisee's right to teach the Gokhale System until the training is completed and the franchisee is re-approved.
Prospective franchisees should clarify with Gokhale Method whether there are any circumstances under which attendance at the Annual Meeting can be waived or substituted with other training options. Understanding the mandatory nature of the Annual Meeting and any associated costs is crucial for financial and time planning.