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The Apprenticeship Teacher Training
Program
Becoming a LearningMethods Teacher |
About On-going In-depth Study
Calendar and Schedule of Courses
There is an apprenticeship program available for those who wish to train
toward being able to teach this work to others. This program is directed
by David Gorman, the founder and developer of the LearningMethods work,
and is for:
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Those who have already been attending the
In-depth Study Workshops for their own
growth and who, out of their experiences with the work, now wish to
become teachers, |
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And those who are already teaching or working with
others using other methods and who wish to extend their skills and
knowledge. |
If you are new to the work you should work with your closest
LearningMethods teacher or attend some of the many workshops David gives
around the world. This will show you what the work means to you in
practice. The workshops take place at various times throughout the year in
Europe and North America. More information about
these is available from the In-Depth Study Program
and the Schedule of Workshops pages.
Structure of the Apprenticeship Training
The training to become a LearningMethods Teacher is not a formal or
full-time training. There is no specific 'course' one can enrol in with a
particular curriculum and length of study. Instead, the learning takes
place in the on-going training workshops, as well as in the normal 'open'
workshops, small groups or individual classes, with learning progressing
in a natural order for each person. This growth of understanding and skill
is built up over whatever time it takes for that person.
Nevertheless, there is a series of common and clear stages that most
people go through in becoming teachers:
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Learning for yourself:
At first someone will come to the work in order to learn for
themselves and in doing so begin to understand the process and
principles being used to facilitate learning and change. For many
people this is enough—to change their lives and liberate themselves
from their problems and to possess a set of tools to use for their
on-going learning and liberation from problems. |
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Seeing others learn:
But many also become very interested in learning—how it works and how
others learn. As they attend more workshops they begin to see similar
issues come up for other people and begin to recognize the steps in
how that person was helped to change. It is at this point that people decide they would
like to become a teacher of LearningMethods and formally become an Apprentice-Teacher. |
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Beginning to help others learn:
Then with the knowledge they have gained from their own learning,
their experience of others' learning, and with the teacher's help and
supervision, they can begin to learn, in practice, what is involved in
helping others through the process of understanding and change. There are special Teaching
Workshops to build on these skills and address the challenges and issues that arise in working with others. |
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Building the skill of helping others learn:
If their interest and enthusiasm continue, so will their own
learning and their teaching experience and they will reach a time when
they are skilled enough in working with people to be able to take students and practice in
an unsupervised setting as Senior Apprentice-Teachers, bringing their discoveries and their
difficulties back for further supervised help. There are a number of different formats for
this supervision, but all involve helping Apprentice-Teachers recognize what they still have to learn and affirming the skills
they are beginning to master. |
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Teaching others:
Eventually those that continue are able to work with the full range of
people who come to them and the full range of issues they bring. At
this point, they are formally recognized as qualified LearningMethods
teachers and gain a certification and the licence to use the
trademarked LearningMethods name. |
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And after becoming a teacher... |
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Ongoing Professional Development:
Certificated LearningMethods teachers must carry on learning and growing. Each two years
after they graduate, they are reassessed and re-licensed. It is expected from each teacher that they will
continue to research, learn, attend workshops and share discoveries and techniques with their colleagues. In
the best of worlds, learning never stops, and the best teachers are those who keep looking at what works and
what doesn't and therefore getting better and better. |
These stages up to the point of becoming a teacher take the time they take for any one individual and depend on where
they are in their own life when they begin, how often they can attend
workshops or classes and what they run into during their learning. The nature of the
apprenticeship structure makes it easy for someone to discover for
themselves at each stage just what level of involvement, commitment
and progress is
appropriate for them.
Frequency of Attendance
There is no one answer to the question, "How often and for how long do I
need to attend to be able to teach this work?" This will depend on each
person. It will certainly be a number of years even if you are able to
attend as many training workshops as possible each year. You will soon
find the frequency of attendance that works for you and your particular
situation.
It is important to remember that the main learning does not happen
in the training workshops. The workshops help provide the tools and the
clues, but the real learning takes place in the periods between workshops
as you apply these tools and make your experiments in the middle of your
daily life. This is one of the reasons why the workshops are spaced evenly
throughout the year with lots of time in between to make experiments, come
to insights and integrate changes into real life.
Costs of the Apprenticeship Training
The costs are simply the fees each time for the workshops that you attend
(contact the organizer of each event or see the course details link at the
end of each listing in the Schedule of Courses).
In addition, there may be travel costs, and in some cases, accommodation
costs - though it is often possible for those coming from out-of-town to
stay with local participants.
How do I start?
If you are new to the work, the best way is to come to one of the normal
'open' workshops - the training workshops are only open to those who are
already familiar with the work. What the LearningMethods work is all about will make
much more sense to you when you have experienced it for yourself and seen
it in process with others in front of you for a week or two. You will also meet a number of
people at various stages in their training and can ask them about how the
work has affected them and how they have managed to use it.
If you have any other questions about becoming a LearningMethods Teacher
contact David Gorman at:
or at the address below.
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