tutor
I have emailed the AOR and waiting a response.... her website still says she is teaching
An update.
Apparently she is no longer teaching and now the AOR said that the college is not AOR accredited despite giving that impression on their website... :confused:
Sorry guys - I thought healthypages would e-mail me when a PM came though (like they do when someone posts on the forum). I now know they dont 😮 . It must look like I'd gone very quiet!
Ccole - I've now got your PM and have spoken with the AoR. I have PM'd you back with some preliminary information - the main jist of which is that the school you mention isn't an AoR accredited centre - so they couldn't offer AoR training anyway. There is some more information to come - just wanting to get my facts straight before I post anything publicly.
I'll hopefully be posting the rest of the information soon.
Hello All,
Oh deary me,
Heres my two pence worth,
I have been studying complementary therapy for almost five years and i would never say its the qualifactions that makes a good teacher?! Ive had good and not so good tutors over the years. I have also been offered to become a teacher/tutor, however for me i felt that i hadnt had enough experience. It takes alot to get up and teach, but if someone wonts to have a go...then why not?
Who are we to say who should be a teacher or not? Are we all not teachers in our own right?
What about life experiences? Does that not count for anything?
Love and sunshine,
Rachel
PS. Im VTCT Refexology trained and won a Bronze medal in the uk skills challenge 🙂
I'm not a reflexologist so have no axe to grind here, but I don't see the logic in Hallos' post above. Never mind if the person is a good teacher per se, the concern is that having qualified such a short time ago she will have very little practical experience. With any newly learned discipline, it takes a while (surely?) before one becomes totally accustomed to putting it into practice.
Hello Sunanda,
Logic..No... perhaps Not.... just my two pence worth. Again it should be down to the college and the person becoming the teacher? Who is to say this person would not be a good teacher? I guess people having very little going on in there life if they have to worry about who should be teaching and who shouldnt?
Deary me people.....get a grip!!
Hi Hallos
Interesting points you have made. There is a popular idea that a teacher is someone who cannot do. I reply that someone who cannot do becomes a manager, and that's includes crap teachers :rolleyes: :D, lol.
From my own teaching experience, a teacher cannot be made, it's something that is deep down within. The wish/desire to switch the "lights on" in someone and guide them through the process of learning.
There is an old Chinese saying: hard to find a good teacher, even harder to find a good student.
Talking about therapy teachers. I'm more concerned that state-funded colleges are reducing their course choice, than AoR this and VTCT that. Boring :sleep:!
While I'm my :soapbox:, an example of whether the exam body important or not. When I was doing my AoR many years ago, the tutor was teaching ITEC reflex at another college, with the exactly the same material and techniques. At the end of the day she taught what was needed and got the students through the exam.
Best Wishes
RP
I guess people having very little going on in there life if they have to worry about who should be teaching and who shouldnt?
Deary me people.....get a grip!!
That's just a tad patronising IMHO. We're just chatting here on HP which is a discussion forum. The thread starter wanted to know how people would feel about being taught reflexology by a very recently qualified tutor. Personally I would prefer someone with a good lengthy knowledge of the subject, like yourself!;)
Where's the need to get a grip?
Hi Hallos
Anyone can teach almost anything within our industry without even actually undertaking training in the subject. Buyer beware.
But the Professional Associations have a responsibility to ensure that Instructors within their organisation meet the needs of the students and that minimum standards are set in relation to experience, training and teaching qualifications. I can't think of any other way that Professional Associations can ensure that their Instructors are 'fit for purpose'.
If the discussion had just been about an Instructor, who wasn't inferring that they were AoR accredited, then the posts would have probably been completely different.
Typical
It's more than the PA, it's also the exam boards criteria for the teacher, both in terms of teaching qual and experience. AoR/ABC demand 5 years practitioner experience.
Just to add, I agree with 5 years. It should be the same for other therapies and exam boards.
Hello Again,
Thankyou Sunanda,
I wasnt trying to be patronising.....I guess this post hit a cord with me because.....people views and actions and words can have such an impact on ones outcome? Hasnt the result of this post...now seen this teacher no longer working?
I always try and see the good in each situation:
1)Yes perhaps a few would have not been happy...being taught from a nearly qualified teacher?
2) Who should this be down to... who should decide? a) college b) people c)Awarding bodies?
Well i guess for now this teacher/tutor has been stopped in her tracks....and for what we ask?
I think sometimes we just forget about the important things...Not qualifications,...or x y and z.
We are all Human people......just trying to make there way in life.
Love and sunshine
Rachelx
Hello Reiki Pixie,
Thankyou for your reply. Yes being a teacher to me is a great privilege...and i would only wont to pass on my passion for such subjects that i have learnt over the years in a way that would empower the students......just holding the space in a safe, secure environment so to speak.
Love and sunshine,
Rachelx
" I guess people having very little going on in there life if they have to worry about who should be teaching and who shouldnt?
Deary me people.....get a grip!!"
Hallos, I feel really offended by your comment and it is patronizing :mad:. I do worry about who is teaching because if it is a teacher who does not have enough experience to practice let alone teach the subject what can the students get out of it. What experience can the 'teacher' reach to when she has not got any? What about ethics for the students and expectations that paying students expect a teacher to be experienced and qualified for the job as per professional regulations? How about professional responsibility?:confused:
This is not about 'me' 😡 ..... this is about the profession or don't you care? If you don't care perhaps you should seriously think whether you should be teaching too.... I can teach in my midwife role but would not dream teaching reflexology to reflexology students until I had gained enough clinical experience to back it up. You cant do this in 3 months post qualifying with only the odd client!
You say teaching is a privilidge.... yes it is, one that is earned..... and this takes TIME!!!
Thankyou... Ccole for your reply,
Im sorry you feel my statement may be Patronizing and would appear to have made you mad, this was not my attention. As i said ...I am Not a teacher, however....throughout my learning journey i have Never worried about what or if the teacher is good enough, as i felt i was not in a position to pass judgement.
I understand the need for regulations and standards, but i just feel i could not stand up and make a ripple effect by my actions for something that had nothing to do with me.!!
Much love and light to you,
Rachel