Professional Development Days
PD Days are "in service" training
for all certificated Iyengar Teachers and all teachers are
requested to attend one every other year minimum, every year
would be preferable. This requirement will contribute to the
teachers certification mark hours.
If you are a newly qualified Introductory
teacher then you should aim to attend a day within eighteen
months of your assessment.
You should contract the organiser of the
day of your choice, at your present level of certification,
and they will in turn send you a copy of the programme for
2007. You may be requested to teach an asana on the day and
generally will be aware of this prior to the day. However,
some organisers put the names of the asanas in a hat on the
day and you draw one out and teach it! PD Days are definitely
not like assessments, they have a workshop atmosphere. The
Moderator leading the day will give you the opportunity to
ask questions, to share information and will suggest different
ways of working.
A record of all attendances will be held
by Jo Duffin for certification mark purposes.
PD days encourage teachers to go forward
in their practice and teaching. It is a fact that when we
are studying for an assessment, we work hard to ensure we
pass the exam but as time passes, it is possible that hard-earned
work is diluted and we need some input to encourage us to
maybe work for a further level of certificate. Guruji had
said "todays maximum is tomorrow's minium". PD days
are another opportunity to meet up with old friends and to
make new ones.
In 2006 we have focused on Pranayama and
I have received a lot of positive feedback. The numbers attending
have far exceded normal levels. Make sure that you book yourself
into a PD Day for 2007 when we will work on backward extensions
and in some Institutes/Centres, it may be possible to practice
with ropes (Yoga Kurunta).
You can attend PD Days anywhere in the country
so long as you attend one at your present level of certificate.
The Professional Development Days for IYA
(UK) teachers are now all listed under the Events Diary by
date. They are also listed in one place on the attached file
here. If you are a teacher and did not complete a PD day in
2007, please note that you will need to complete one in 2008
for your certification mark renewal.
Click
here for a list of PD Days
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