Where are the requirements for continuing training defined for Gokhale Method franchisees?
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 Gokhale Method's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the requirements for continuing training are detailed in section 7.2, titled "Continuing Training." This section specifies that franchisees must attend additional courses, seminars, and other training programs that Gokhale Method may reasonably require. The specifics of these programs will be found in the then-current Teacher's Manual.
The FDD specifies that 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 participate in these programs may lead to suspension of the franchisee's right to teach the Gokhale Method until the training is completed and re-approval is granted. If a franchisee teaches while suspended, Gokhale Method can terminate the Franchise Agreement immediately.
As part of the continuing approval process, Gokhale Method may request franchisees to submit audio or video recordings of their teaching at reasonable intervals, as detailed in the Teacher's Manual. These recordings may be submitted for peer review by other Gokhale Method teachers.
In practical terms, this means that franchisees need to stay updated with the Teacher's Manual and Policy Statements to understand the current requirements for continuing education. They also need to budget for the costs associated with these training programs, as all continuing training is at the franchisee's expense.