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Kinetic Awareness® Teacher
Training Program
October
2010
GENERAL NOTES:
The trainer is the certified teacher
teaching the
training program.
The advisor/mentor is the
certified teacher who
advises the student throughout their learning and teaching process, and
this
could be the same person as the trainer, or it could be a different
person.
If it is a different person, the trainer and advisor/mentor will be in
contact
frequently during the training process regarding the trainee’s progress.
All
requirements can be fulfilled with prior
life experience, at the discretion of the trainer.
Prerequisites
1. Bachelor’s degree
from any university in any
subject or equivalent
(a
BA
in
progress
OK) Exceptions can be
made at the discretion of the trainer.
2. Prior experience in
teaching, cultural or
community volunteer work
(minimum
6
months,
1 day/week)
3. Kinetic Awareness® study:
10 hours minimum with a certified teacher
(private or class)
4. Documents to
be submitted to 3 members of
the training committee:
a) Written
recommendation by a certified Kinetic Awareness®
teacher
b) Letter from
candidate stating:
1)
Completion of prerequisites
2)
Name of Kinetic Awareness®
teacher who will write recommendation
3)
Reasons for wanting to join the program
4)
Resume
5. Conference with an
advisor/mentor (who must
be a certified teacher)
which includes a discussion
of the candidate’s
prerequisites and goals for teaching
Kinetic Awareness®, the
principles of Kinetic Awareness®
and an overview of the
program,
and
the
responsibilities
of the student.
6. Sign a simple
contract stating mutual
responsibilities.
The Program
I. Kinetic Awareness study:
Total time: 32 hours
A. The Introductory
Course (20 hours)
OR 20 private sessions with a
certified
teacher who will structure it so that these
sessions
cover
the material of introductory course.
B. Intensives: 2
days minimum, 6 hours each (12 hours total)
II. Foundations:
Total
time: 12 hours
Lectures with
discussion; this section could be taught
as one weekend course,
with the elements combined at the discretion of
each trainer.
A.
Overview of
the Course
B. The
principles of Kinetic Awareness®
C. Components of
body language, perceptual modes, learning styles
D. Teaching
skills: structuring sessions,
communication skills
E. Touch
F. Legal,
ethical
and
administrative
responsibilities
III. Reading
the
Body: Total time: 18 hours, 3 hours each
Review
relevant experiential anatomy.
Kinetic Awareness® techniques for each
body part.
How to look at
students and determine what
to do with them.
Common injuries and
structural imbalances for
each
area.
Body areas
1. Spine
(lumbar,
thoracic)
2.
Breathing
3. Head,
neck, face, and shoulders-pt 1
4.
Shoulders-pt 2, arms and hands
5. Abdomen
and
pelvis
(includes
hip joints)
6. Legs and feet
IV. Psychological Foundations: Total time: 4
hours
A.
Client-student
issues
(2 hrs) :
agenda, memories, personal space,
touch, PTSD, personality
types
B. Teacher issues (2 hrs)
:
creating a safe space, group dynamics, agenda,
transference,
counter-transference,
boundaries, borderline personalities/narcissistic,
disclosure,
ego
needs
V. Curriculum
to
be
pursued
outside
the program:
Total time: 38
hours without therapy category, 98 hours with
therapy included.
A
report of each section is submitted to trainer and the advisor/mentor.
A. Anatomy / kinesiology -
one semester at
college level or 20 hour intensive course or
equivalent study
B. Child
development: must include motor and
cognitive development
12-20 hours
C. Psychotherapy (any
time in life)
1. Individual
sessions - 30 sessions
2.
Group therapy - 30 sessions
D. Resource lectures or
DVD’s:
Presentations by experts in any field whose
work
has
a bearing on Kinetic Awareness theory/practice.
6 total, pre-approved by
the
trainer.
Trainee writes a 1 page abstract of each.
(Strengthening
your learning/teaching style, broadening your knowledge.)
E. Reading List:
Includes both books and
articles.
Trainer may suggest or require
a
particular
book
for
a particular trainee.
VI. Observation and
Supervision: Total time:
39 hours
A. Observe /
assist one introductory course taught by any certified teacher.
B. Observe 12
hours of intensive work in total, could be several short ones or one
long
one, taught by any certified teacher.
C. Observe at
least three different certified teachers conduct private sessions,
4
sessions
total.
D. Be
observed
teaching 2 private sessions.
E. The
trainer
observes the candidate teaching a
group of at least 4 students
for
at
least one hour. Setting
and topic by mutual agreement.
Note:
Each
observation
is followed by a discussion period with the certified teacher.
Immediately
after
the
session, there is a reflective and subjective time to honor the
emotional flow of what occurred,
including non-verbal cues.
Other
points
of discussion to be mutually determined
by the candidate and the
certified teacher, such as:
What was the rapport like
between the teacher
and the student?
What was the
content of the session?
How did the
student(s) react to what was done
in the session?
What
follow-up would be appropriate?
VII. Electives: Total time: 24 hours
Definition: The student explores
the ways in which Kinetic Awareness®
underlies specific areas
of interest such as dance, creative
writing, music, psychological issues,
the
research process,
anatomy,
biomechanical aspects of therapeutics and pain
management.
This
course is intended to enrich the student’s
practice and specialization, and can
be designed, or selected
from public
courses that are available, with
pre-arrangement with the trainer.
Workshops
in
relevant topics apply.
Hours: 12 hours for each of
two
distinct electives, 24 hours total.
Candidate writes a 3-5 page
paper explaining how this work intersects with Kinetic
Awareness®. This requirement may
be
fulfilled by prior life experience or a
performance
project at the discretion of the trainer.
VIII. Administrative
Work: Total time: 20
hours
Teachers-in-training learn
administrative skills by volunteering for a minimum of 20
hours of administrative work for the
Center such as: helping with the
newsletter,
research, mailings, bookkeeping,
advertising, etc.
Details
can be worked
out with the trainer.
IX. Final
Work: Total time: variable
A. Summary / documentation of
all requirements specified above.
(Note:
start keeping records at the beginning of the program)
B. Personal statement of Kinetic
Awareness®
experience: between 500 - 1500 words
C. Final project, with prior
approval of topic by the trainer.
This
project can draw on the candidate’s individual skills
and experience, and does not have
to be written
work. If the project is not in text form, a
written description of how it
relates to
Kinetic Awareness® is required.
Examples: Videos, publications, writing about Kinetic
Awareness®, performance
project,
Kinetic Awareness®
curriculum design, case study.
This project includes 3
hours of
paid consultation/coaching with the trainer.
Total hours:
200.
Of this, 125 is
directly with
staff, 75 is pursued independently.
Not included: therapy
(60 hours) reading (variable) and final project (variable).
Total price:
approximately
$2000,
not including
prerequisites, electives or therapy costs.
Evaluation
and Completion
1. Confirmation that all requirements
have been completed.
2. Two
master
teachers
(MCKA, one can
be the trainer) read the papers and give final approval.
A written certificate is awarded
on successful completion of the program.
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