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TEACHER TRAINING

Interactive Drawing Therapy Limited (IDT) is a private training establishment operating throughout Australia and New Zealand, and enjoying strong demand for IDT training to be available in overseas countries.† To optimise this opportunity, we are pleased to offer a rare professional career opportunity to join a select group of senior IDT practitioners that enjoy being paid to teach IDT. Accredited teachers will (with suitable contracts) have the option of initiating their own workshops in overseas countries, or offering their services to a licensed IDT course provider. The 2011 teacher training programme is being hosted at Lake Taupo (New Zealand) and Brisbane (Australia), commencing straight after the Easter break, and concluding mid-October.

If IDT inspires you, and you think you would make a great IDT teacher, then we invite you to read on.

 

 

 

  

 

 

Benefits of becoming an IDT Teacher

 

• You can contract to any IDT licensee throughout the world and teach IDT
• Acquire new skills that will allow you to generate an income
• You will gain and in depth knowledge of IDT which will assist you as a practitioner
• Be publicly listed on the IDT website as an accredited IDT Teacher and Supervisor
• Become part of an expanding team of professional teachers that train others in the use of this exciting and pioneering modality
• You will be kept up to date with all developments in IDT research, publications, teaching charts and IDT Manuals
• You will be encouraged, and supported to present IDT at national and international conferences
• You will be eligible for on-going teacher support
• You will have the opportunity to advance your training to teach other IDT courses
• You can quickly recoup the training costs

Exclusive Offer

If you enrol in the 2011 programme and pay before 31 January, you will receive a $500 Early-Bird discount on your fees. Please note there are limited spaces available in both New Zealand and Australia. IDT teacher training is not offered every year and it is unlikely that the programme will be offered in 2012 in New Zealand and Australia, so to secure your current opportunity we encourage you to enrol now.

 

Programme Summary 2011

 

The six-month 2011 Teacher-training programme runs from late-April to mid-October, with separate (but interchangeable) trainings available in New Zealand and Australia. The programme consists of four x 3-day intensive group training sessions, interspersed with five x four-day live Foundation Courses (1 x guided observation; 1 x apprentice teaching under an established teacher; two x co-teaching with another trainee; and one x solo-teaching). Participation in a 2-day IDT Supervision workshop and a 3-day Masterís Class is also required at one of the scheduled course options during the year. To minimise the time away from work, most Teacher-training sessions and Foundation Courses sessions lap into the Saturday, - however the Foundation Courses scheduled prior and post the Teacher-training leave weekends free.

Participants are expected to have clients, be a full member of an appropriate professional association, be mature and experienced practitioners, be suited to teaching, and attend regular 1:1 supervision. Please refer to the Application Form for more detail.

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

 

5 steps to becoming an IDT teacher

 

Step 1            DECEMBER 2010

Discuss your readiness with your Supervisor, then contact the office and register your interest. - An Application Form will be sent to you

 

 

Step 2            DECEMBER - JANUARY 2011

Return the Application Form and attend a phone or ëskypeí interview in early February.
Sign and return the 'Non-disclosure document'.

 

Step 3            MARCH - APRIL 2011

Completion of both the IDT Foundation and Advanced Courses is a pre-requisite to enrolling in the IDT Teacher-training programme, so a fast-track opportunity to attend these two preliminary courses has been scheduled from March to mid-April for teacher aspirants who have not yet completed these.

Please note:

• If you have already completed the Advanced Course you can go straight into the Teacher training programme after the Easter break
• If you have already completed the Foundation Course (but not the Advanced Course) you can still enrol in our March-April Advanced Course in time for the 2011 teacher-training programme.
• If you have heard about the benefits of IDT but not yet started any training, then you have the opportunity to enrol in the March IDT Foundation Course and following Advanced course in time for you to make an informed choice before Easter about entering the Teacher-training programme.

 

 

Step 4            APRIL – MAY 2011

Commence Teacher-training programme after the Easter break.

Please note that in addition to the four main training sessions in the following schedule, participants need to participate in five Foundation Courses - offered over a range of locations between May and September (inclusive) ñ refer Teacher Training Prospectus for full calendar.

 

 

 

 

Step 5           NOVEMBER 2011 – EARLY 2012

A graduation ceremony and accreditation contract will be offered to successful Teacher trainees, enabling them to then market themselves and enter into teaching contracts with appropriate Licensees for the delivery of Foundation Course training.

 

Learning Approach

The course is designed as an integrated learning approach of self study, home-based peer practice sessions, assignments, whole group training workshops (that are a mix of didactic input and experiential training), and progressive immersion into live teaching. Besides learning how to teach other professionals about IDT, the programme is deeply therapeutic and participants can expect significant personal and professional growth. The course has been designed to contribute to an education Diploma level 5.

 

 

 

 

Assessments

During the period of the course each participant will be involved in self, peer and tutor assessments, along with progress reports from your supervisor.

 

Teaching Options

 

Upon graduation, accredited IDT teachers have two options for teaching:

1. As an independent contract teacher they become eligible to teach IDT Foundation Courses organised by a licensed IDT operator - who has exclusive rights to organise IDT training within a defined area.
2. As a free-lance accredited IDT teacher they can organise and teach their own courses in an (as yet) unlicensed area. This option is only available as part of a coordinated strategy to enter new markets.

 

Different contracts, responsibilities and remunerations apply to each of these options.

 

 

 

Fees

On successful graduation from the Teacher-training programme and accreditation as an IDT teacher, new teachers can consolidate their teaching skills and recoup a substantial proportion of their training fees in their first paid contract.  

Please note that no fees are paid to trainee teachers for presenting at the Apprenticed, Co-taught and Solo-taught courses. The IDT Office will pay for the direct costs of those courses (- venue hire, course handouts, all teaching materials and refreshments), but teacher trainees will need to pay for their own travel, accommodation, meals and other personal costs.

 

STANDARD FEE for full IDT Foundation Course Teacher training programme  $4,800 

-       To be paid by 31 March

 

EARLY-BIRD FEE ( $500 saving) $4,300

-       If paid by 31 January

• Please note that fees for the Teacher-training programme exclude GST, exclude fees for any Foundation or Advanced Course training required prior to commencing the Teacher training programme, and  excludes fees for the Masters Class and Supervision Module.

• Please note that this teacher-training programme only covers training to teach the IDT Foundation Course, and graduates will eventually need to enrol in further training if they subsequently wish to teach the IDT Advanced Course, Professional Development Workshops, Masters Class, etc.  

 

 

Enrolments

 

Early-Bird Enrolments close 31 January 2011

Standard Enrolments close 31 March 2011

 

Please refer to the 2011 IDT Teacher Training Prospectus for the

- Application Form

- Terms and Conditions of enrolment

 

 

 

For further information please contact the IDT Office