General Information

The classes are taught in a large studio with plenty of light and space for movement, and even a grand piano. They're located at Rudramandir, A Center for Spirituality and Healing, 830 Bancroft Way (at 6th Street) Room #113 Berkeley, CA 94710, email: gro.euqinhcetrednaxela@ofni. The Alexander Educational Center is an AmSAT approved Teacher Training Course.

Staff

The Directors of the training program, Giora Pinkas and John A. Baron, have over 65 years of full-time teaching experience between them and have helped trained over 200 students to become teachers of the Alexander Technique. Additionally, the Alexander Educational Center includes guest teachers and graduate teaching assistants, many of them graduates of our program, as well as internationally recognized teachers and trainers, like Bob Btitton and Yehuda Kuperman.

One student working on another

Schedule

The training program meets from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM Monday through Friday and is in session 36 weeks a year. The School operates on a trimester system consisting of 12 week trimesters. The total training consists of nine 12 week trimesters.

TRAINING-CLASS CALENDAR for 2009

NATIONAL HOLIDAYS and BREAKS:

January 19th
February 16th
November 23rd to November 27th

Tuition Costs

Enrollment Deposit $500
Trimester Tuition $2400
Final Trimester: Trimester Tuition less $500
Current Total Tuition $21,600

The fees will not be increased by more than 10% ( if at all ) during the course of a student’s training. There will be no increase during the student’s first year of training.

The total tuition fees of $21,600 to be paid in nine installments over the three-year training period and are to be paid in full on or before the first day of each trimester.

Course Material

Though it is presented in a group setting, the training is individual. Scheduling is determined by the individual level of each trainee; therefore, we do not present a Monday through Friday hour by hour schedule for the scope of the program.

The following is a list of the topics covered in the course of each individual’s training:

Daily personal instruction in the Alexander Technique
Observation and diagnosis of postural “mis-use”
Understanding the “use of the self” at rest and in movement
Approaching the new pupil
Pupil/teacher communication
Self awareness
Applying the Alexander Technique to present skills, activities and situations
The "use of the voice" applied to oneself, pupils and professional voice users
Individual consultations
Guest teacher seminars
Professional ethics instruction
Business development instruction
Basic anatomy and physiology instruction
Ongoing study and discussion of literature about the Alexander Technique
Ongoing study and discussion of F.M. Alexander’s writings

Certificate of Completion

After completion of the minimum 1600 hours training and the satisfaction of the Directors that the student has attained the satisfactory level of proficiency, a Certificate of Completion will be awarded at a special honors ceremony.

1st TERM	January 12th	to March 27th
2nd TERM	April 23th	to July 3rd
3rd TERM	September 8th	to December 11th