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The Teacher Training Programme is designed to be innovative, challenging, and enjoyable, while being structured as a course of intensive study. Assessment is ongoing throughout the course, & students are expected to complete/undertake independent study, practice and reading. Each intensive course day will include practice, formal practical study/lecture time, unsupervised study/reading time, discussion time, & ‘silent time’. Homework and essays will be assigned. A minimum number of non-contact hours are stipulated in the course curriculum, while to successfully graduate, all students will be required to pass all areas of the course, write 2 essays (one A&P, one Philosophy), produce a Thesis (elected subject), sit a Multiple Choice A&P questionnaire, produce required Class Plans, a Teacher’s Manual, & teach 3 planned classes & make small group presentations while being “assessed”.
The first assessed taught class is within the residential intensives. The second & third assessments to be arranged by each student, with a mutually agreed teacher assessor, in the final 6 months of the course period. Students are responsible for any ‘assessor’ fees that may be applicable for the second & third assessments.
Throughout the duration of the course, as part of the ongoing assessment process each student will be required to assist/observe classes with Simon Low, Simone Hernandez, Sue Delf & other Yoga Academy teachers &/or approved teachers. In addition, appointments as class assistants may be arranged with approved teachers and schools outside of the course residential periods. Teachers will be provided with assessment forms to sign. Hours spent assisting are added to your non-contact hours total.
Simon has scheduled this course to be as user-friendly as possible for students still in full time employment or parenting, while maximizing the effectiveness of ‘intensive’ study. Venues are of the highest quality & comfort available for yoga residential purposes. The teachers are of the highest calibre available in the UK.
You will be entering a study & practice ‘community’ that will exist long after the course has been completed. Come prepared to participate fully & become an informed, safe, & skilled teacher of yoga, with a network of support & on-going study.
On registration you will be given a detailed curriculum, a reading list including essential pre-course reading, and pre-course study and practice requirements.
Where possible it is recommended that each student teacher attends workshops and courses before during and after The Yoga Academy Teacher Training Course. Simon will highlight courses and workshops that occur over the course period, which he considers to be particularly appropriate. All students are required to complete a basic first aid course, (at their own expense), before graduating from the Teacher Training Programme. While the ongoing and final assessment and guidance process will be rigourous and demanding it is designed to maximise your benefit from this Teacher Training Course and guide you toward a successful graduation.
The Yoga Academy course offers contact & non-contact hours well in excess of Yoga Alliance certification requirements, & fully meets the requirements of the British Wheel of Yoga.
Where possible course students & graduates of The Yoga Academy will be offered opportunities to assist & occasionally teach on Simon Low’s residential yoga weekend retreats & workshops in the UK or his yoga holidays abroad. Students will be charged accommodation & meal expenses only, for the residential weekends. Expenses for foreign trips are variable and will be advised.
Course Schedule, Residential Venues and Fees
2008
March 31 – April 7 Commonwork Farm, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent
July 18 – 25 Commonwork Farm, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent
October 20 – 24 Commonwork Farm, Nr Sevenoaks, Kent
2009
In addition to the course residential periods above there will follow 2 non-residential full-day workshops. These will take place in London. Dates TBC.
May A final one-day workshop will include the Graduation ceremony.
Simon has selected venues that he knows well, through teaching yoga weekends & teacher training courses, & which work very well as study venues being ideal environments for a focused and enhanced learning experience & are also very comfortable residential sites with excellent food, within easy reach of London. Where possible Christophe Reissfelder & Katia Narain proprietors of the renowned ‘Little Earth Café’ in London’s Primrose Hill will be catering, providing very healthy & nutritious meals, enhancing participants energy, clarity & nutritional awareness.
COURSE FEE: £3750
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FEE INCLUDES:
Tuition & mentoring
All Residential Accommodation
All meals & hot drinks on residential weeks.
Tutoring & facility fees on London day workshops
Printed Course materials for your Teacher’s Manual
BWY support materials
Certificate
FEE DOES NOT INCLUDE:
Books on the pre-course reading list (4 Books)
Essential course books (5 Books)
Essential yoga props
Travel expenses
Writing materials
BWY Student Teacher Membership (this includes student insurance & is currently £47 or £25 if you are already a BWY member)
BWY course registration fee (currently £55)
Cost of Basic First Aid Course
2nd & 3rd teaching assessment fees that may be applicable
Please Note: Our course price is as competitive as possible & is all-inclusive (no additional costs, other than those listed above & any books you choose to purchase for your personal library). To keep book costs to a minimum we have a library-sharing scheme for books on the recommended ‘Course Reference Book List’. This will be given to you on registration.
BWY Student Teacher Membership, BWY Course Registration & Basic First Aid Course are compulsory.
If you are offered a place on this course we will ask you to confirm acceptance by completing The Yoga Academy Registration Form which should be returned to us with your registration payment.
Payments Schedule:
To be advised for 2008/9 course start
Register your interest in 2008/2009 course starting autumn 2008
Application Details
Places on this course will be offered in response to applications made in writing. Listed below are details of specific information required in the application and suggestions to help you with your application, which may be written in ‘essay style’ if you wish.
• Name, date of birth, full contact details including email address.
• Next of Kin with contact details.
• Occupation.
• Summary of education/further education listing all qualifications achieved.
• Current hobbies/interests.
YOGA EXPERIENCE
All applicants need to have practised yoga consistently for a minimum of two years.
Describe your yoga practice, stating how long you have been studying and where you currently practice. Please describe your established self-practice. What styles of yoga do you practice? Do you have a preference for any particular style? Give reasons. Are you currently teaching yoga or have you ever taught yoga? Give details.
How many classes a week do you attend? Name your current teacher/teachers and any others that you have worked with consistently over an extended period. Give details of any retreats/workshops/ courses of one weeks duration or more that you have attended. Include details, if relevant of any weekend workshops that you have attended.
State why you would like to become a yoga teacher, and what special qualities you think a good yoga teacher requires. Why do you think you would make a good teacher? Why do you choose to undertake training with The Yoga Academy?
TWO LETTERS OF REFERENCE with your application:
Your referees should have a good knowledge of your practice and be able to comment on your standard or be able to give an assessment of your suitability for the course with a brief character reference.
FIRST REFEREE:
Yoga teacher [Compulsory unless you are a regular student of Simon Low, Sue Delf or Simona Hernandez]
SECOND REFEREE:
May be selected from the following suggested sources:
• Colleague/friend who is a practicing yoga student.
• Recent college/course tutor.
• Holistic Health Practitioner.
• Employer.
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