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ATI has not attempted to set a quantitative standard of Alexander teacher training courses such as a certain number of hours, weeks and years of training or a specific ratio of students to teachers. Some Alexander Technique training's courses run by ATI Teaching Members have a more flexible, extended schedule for those who work full-time or an apprenticeship-like structure. Some training programs are run on the standard three-year training schedule.
Rather than regulating training courses ATI has set up a standard that relies on the qualitative recognition of a teacher's competence to teach. After all, no amount of time in training, by itself, is sufficient to become a teacher. A trainee applying to become a certified teacher must prove that he/she has reached a level of understanding and ability to adequately and safely teach the public as recognized by a head of training or another person with skill and experience.
Therefore, the sponsorship mechanism takes care of allowing everyone who has trained in an apprenticeship or other 'non-standard' approach to become an ATI Teaching Member. They simply need to work with any three ATI Sponsoring Members and from this work gain their Sponsor's written support.
To summarize, the organization is based on the membership's trust that if three of these Sponsors say they assess someone as a teacher, then the applicant is designated as a competent teacher. It is further based on the willingness of all its members to accept the standards and mechanisms of certification of the other existing societies, even if those mechanisms differ from ATI's. The members of ATI agree to extend an informed trust to all parts of the Alexander profession.
In order to be eligible for certification by Alexander Technique International, teacher-candidates should be of good character, have a clear understanding of the Alexander Technique concepts and principles, and have the basic skills to convey these concepts and principles clearly to a pupil. Candidates must be approved by three Sponsoring Members to be certified as teaching members.
Candidates must fulfill the following criteria:
I. Conduct A. Demonstrate qualities of patience, compassion, honesty, and respect in interactions with peers and students. Completion of an Alexander Technique Training process shall be considered representation by the candidate's trainer(s) that the candidate has satisfactorily demonstrated these characteristics of patience, compassion, honesty, and respect in interactions with peers and students, provided the examining teacher sees no evidence to the contrary.
II. Knowledge A. Demonstrate an understanding of the commonly used Alexander Technique concepts and principles in their own coordination and use of themselves in activity. This understanding can be observed as 1) poise of the head in relation to the body, yielding a fluid and continually adaptive response to gravity; 2) alertness, awareness, fluidity of movement, and poise; 3) and a speaking voice that is full, clear, and fluent. B. Demonstrate intellectual comprehension of and the ability to communicate effectively Alexander's ideas and the principles of the Technique. These principles include (but are not limited to) the importance of the relationship of the head to the spine in coordination ("Primary Control"); the ability to suspend acting on a habitual impulse to allow a new response to a demand for action ("Inhibition"); and the ability to direct energy to support natural coordination while carrying out an activity in accord with natural coordination, rather than habitual discoordination ("Direction"). C. Demonstrate an understanding of anatomy and physiology as these relate to human movement and behavior; be able to help pupils understand how mistaken ideas about their structure interfere with their best use, answer their basic questions about anatomy, and refer them to other sources for more detailed answers. D. Demonstrate understanding of the ATI Code of Ethics, appreciation of safety issues, and awareness of when it is appropriate to refer a pupil to another professional.
III. Teaching Skills A. Demonstrate an ability to clearly and simply communicate and demonstrate the concepts and principles of the Alexander Technique by giving clear demonstrations and verbal explanations that are appropriate to the pupil's learning in the moment; when using hands, to use their hands sensitively and appropriately. Both verbal explanations and any use of hands will allow pupils to effect a positive change in their psycho-physical coordination. B. Demonstrate an ability to observe themselves while teaching, and later articulate to an observer the choices they made with regard to using their hands, verbal explanations, and physical demonstrations.
(We are currently engaged in determining how we will implement the newly adopted ATI Criteria. The outcome will become the basis for implementation of the ATI Criteria, how Sponsors are chosen, re-approved, and how they will be required to Sponsor candidates. Criteria regarding continuing education are also currently under discussion.)
| Country | Sponsor Name and Address | Telephone |
| AUSTRALIA | Alan Capel, 29 Nareen Parade, N. Narrabeen, NSW 2101, Australia | 02-9913-2480 |
| Greg Holdaway, PO Box 192, Blue Mountains, Katoomba, NSW 2780 Australia | 02-4757-3999 02-4757-3988 |
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| AUSTRIA | Melissa Matson, Schubertstrasse 46, Linz, 4020, Austria | 0732-605 849 |
| Livia Pisok , Str.4-6 / 7 / 89 A, Vienna-Donau City, 1220 Austria | 43-19220497 43-69919220497 |
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| FRANCE | Robert Bral, 5, rue du Plateau, 75019 Paris, France | 01-42-41-46-60 |
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Gilles Estran, 80 Avenue Aubert, 94300 Vincennes, France |
01-43-65-57-41 | |
| Christine Hardy, 10 Rue Froidevaux, 75014 Paris, France | 01-43-35-10-48 | |
| Marie-Françoise Le Foll, 99 Rue de Vaugirard 75006 Paris, France | 01-42-22-99-90 | |
| HUNGARY | Anna Magyari Beck, Zsolna u. 12/A, Budapest 1125, Hungary | 36-1-2258581 |
| Zita Lenkefi , Piap u.4. Fsz/2, Budapest 1093, Hungary | ||
| Csilla Szabo , Zsolna u.12/A, Budapest, 1125 Hungary | 36-1-2258581 | |
| IRELAND | Richard Brennan, Kirkullen Lodge, Toreeny, Moycullen, Co Galway, Ireland | 091-555 800 |
| ISRAEL | Yehezkel Ein-Shay, Jabutinski St #1/4, Givatayim 53360, Israel | 3-731-6358 |
| JAPAN | Jeremy Chance, Hieidaira3-chome 38-15, Otsu-shi, Shiga-Ken, 520-0016, Japan | 077-529-2881 |
| Yehezkel Ein-Shay, Green Peace House 14-1 Shibamoto-Cho, Sakyo-Ku, Matsugasaki, Kyoto 606, Japan | 75-712-7054 | |
| NORWAY | Nigel Hornby , Huitfeldts Gate 8B, Oslo, 0253 Norway | 47-22 436383 |
| SWITZERLAND | Rosa-Luisa Rossi, Im Theodorshof 13, Rheinfelden, Switzerland | 061-831-5119 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | Graham Elliott, 28 Marshal's Drive, St. Albans, Herts. AL1 4RQ United Kingdom | 44-(0)1727-760067 |
| Peter Nobes , South Bank Alexander Centre, Christ Church, 27a Blackfriars Road, London, SE1 8NY United Kingdom | 44-020-7928-6378 |
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| Don White, 2A Cultra Station Road, Holywood, County Down, BT18 0AU United Kingdom | 44-028-9042-1425 |
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| UNITED STATES | Meade Andrews, Florida Atlantic University, Theatre Dept. 777 Glades Road, PO Box 3091, Boca Raton, USA | 561-338-4871 |
| Jan Baty, 807 Kenyon Lane, Newark, DE, 19711, USA | 302-368-5141 | |
| Michael D. Frederick, P.O. Box 408, Ojai, CA 93024, USA | 800-260-5133 | |
| Robin Gilmore, 1204 Oak Hill Place, #2C, Annapolis, MD 21403, USA | 410-268-2841 | |
| Martha Hansen, 605 W. Phil-Ellena St., Philadelphia, PA, 19119, USA | 215-844-0670 | |
| Joel Kendall, 225 W. 86th St. #303, New York, NY 10024, USA | 212-362-4330 | |
| Robert Lada, 169 Auburn Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA | 617-868-3427 | |
| Catherine Madden, 11042 27th Avenue NE, Seattle, WA, 98125, USA | 206-368-8544 | |
| Melissa Matson, 82 Ravens Ridge Road, Santa Fe, NM 87505, USA | 505-992-8986 | |
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David Mills, 6836 21st Ave. NE, Seattle, WA 98115, USA |
206-522-3584 | |
| Melinda Murphy, DBA Alexander Feldenkrais Center - 1038 Harrison Avenue, Columbus, OH 43201, USA | 614-299-3661 | |
| Sherry Oliver, 3560 Las Pasas Way, Sacramento, CA 95816, USA | 916-488-3010 | |
| Tommy Thompson, 1692 Massachusetts Avenue, 3rd Floor, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA | 617-497-2242 | |
| Bill Walsh, 22 Birch Trail, RR#5, NY 10512, USA | 914-225-0662 | |
| Chloe Wing, 60 E. 4th Street #15, New York, NY, 10003, USA | 212-598-9434 |
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