Accreditation
Our training programs follow
international guidelines and are accredited by the North American
Training and Accreditation Board (NATAB) and approved by the
Feldenkrais
Guild of North
America. (FGNA).
Graduates will receive a diploma from the Movement Educators. They
will receive a certification from the FELDENKRAIS
GUILD® of North America. This
certification allows for full Practitioner membership of
Feldenkrais
professional
associations and guilds around the world.
After successful completion of the first two years of the program
you will be authorized to teach group Awareness Through
Movement lessons, on a provisional basis. You
will be authorized to teach individual Functional
Integration lessons after successful graduation
from the full course.
About
Accredited Trainings
The
international Feldenkrais®
community has established a policy that governs the accreditation
method of professional teachers training programs. These guidelines
establish consistent policies about class size, trainee-to teacher
ratios, and so on for programs the world over. Since they define
minimal requirements, the accreditation guidelines leave room for
creativity, experimentation and development of the ways trainings
are conducted, while aiming to protect the quality of the training
and enhance the experience of the trainees. Accreditation
guarantees that the graduate of a training in one part of the world
will be recognized by, and eligible for, membership in any national
professional association worldwide.
Santa Fe 4 Feldenkrais
Training Program is fully
accredited and meets or exceeds all training guidelines.
Why
Accreditation Matters
There
are three Training Accreditation Boards in the world, the North
American Training Accreditation Board (NATAB), established by the
FELDENKRAIS GUILD® of North America, the European Training
Accreditation Board (EuroTAB) and the Australian Training &
Accreditation Board (AusTAB) for the Pacific. Together, these
boards administer the International Feldenkrais®
Training Accreditation Policy.
These guidelines have evolved from the participation of
practitioners around the world over the past 20 years. They are
community-based means of setting the standards for training in
the Feldenkrais
Method®. Many
aspects of the training process are set by these policies,
including:
• Minimum duration of training and numbers of days of training (800
hours)
• Certification standards for the faculty in trainings, including
Educational Directors, Certified Trainers, and Certified Assistant
trainers.
• Trainee-to-teacher ratio is fixed to ensure individual attention
and personal education.
• Minimum numbers of individual sessions in Functional
Integration®
each trainee must receive as part of published tuition cost of the
training, as well as the level of experience of the teachers who
give these lessons.
These standards provide important protection against the creation
of trainings that would not adequately meet the needs of their
trainees. By establishing the accreditation process, the
Feldenkrais
community has created
important consumer protection for participants in professional
training programs.
The Santa Fe 4 Feldenkrais
Training Program has
received accreditation from North American Training Accreditation
Board (NATAB). We are proud to uphold these standards. As a matter
of policy, the training meets or exceeds all accreditation
criteria.
Since this is the only accreditation for Feldenkrais
teachers accepted the world
over, it also creates a means whereby graduates of accredited
programs have access to membership and participation in the
worldwide community of Feldenkrais professional organizations and
Guilds.
Along with membership in a Feldenkrais
Guild comes the right to
use the terms Feldenkrais
Method®, Functional Integration® and Awareness Through
Movement®