How often is Gokhale Method training held?
Gokhale_Method Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
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 satisfaction.
We estimate that the time from the date you complete your Immersion Week until you start teaching classes to be between three to six months. If you do not complete the Initial Training within six months of attending your Immersion Week, we may terminate your franchise agreement.
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.
Immersion Week Training
| Subject | Hours of Classroom Training | Hours of On-the-Job Training | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hands-on techniques related to Gokhale® Foundations | 20 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Introduction to Gokhale Method philosophy | 4 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Demonstration of partial memorization of the Gokhale® Foundations course teaching script | 5 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Teaching skills, voice projection | 2 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Gokhale® Consultation training | 5 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Introductory Presentation training | 2 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Instruction in effective use of images | 2 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Observation and discussion of select cases for study | 2 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Review of anatomy relevant to posture | 2 | Not applicable | Location of Immersion Week Course |
| Advanced Gokhale Method techniques for self-use o |
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 FDD, training is held at various intervals throughout the year, depending on the company's need to train new franchisees. The initial training includes an Immersion Week, 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 practice students, franchisees must prepare at least six videos in which they record themselves teaching each of the six separate Gokhale Foundations lessons accompanied by self-critiques of each lesson. These recordings will be reviewed by peers, and the franchisee will be required to view recordings submitted by other trainees and to evaluate them. A video of each of the six lessons must be approved before a franchisee can become qualified to teach.
In addition to the initial training, Gokhale Method franchisees are required to attend additional training and refresher courses, including attendance at the Annual Meeting (or an approved alternative continuing education program) and participating in teacher webinars. If a franchisee does not complete all of the Initial Training and has not qualified to teach within six months of attending the Immersion Week, Gokhale Method may terminate the Franchise Agreement upon 30 days' notice and failure to cure.