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TRAINING REQUIRED TO TEACH THE ALEXANDER TECHNIQUE Certified teachers of
the Alexander Technique have completed a teacher
training program of 1600 hours of class instruction over a minimum of
three academic years with a student/teacher ratio no greater than five-to-one. AmSAT (American Society for the Alexander Technique) maintains the nation's highest standards for teacher training, certification and membership and maintains affiliations with similar credentialling bodies worldwide. There are over 600 AmSAT certified teachers nationwide. Board-approved AmSAT teacher training courses meet the requirements of the Training Approval Committee which periodically reevaluates each of AmSAT's teacher training programs and its directors. In the US there are 23 AmSAT-approved teacher-training programs in 11 states. Internationally there are dozens of programs certified by affiliated societies in countries around the world. |
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ORGANIZATIONS OF CERTIFIED TEACHERS There are seventeen international affiliated societies of certified teachers of the Alexander Technique with 3000 members across the world. STAT, the Society of Teachers of the Alexander
Technique,
is the oldest professional
association of teachers of the Alexander Technique. Formed in London in
1958, it has several hundred members in England and thirty six other
countries. STAT acts as an advisory body for
the formation of similar organizations which maintain the same professional standards. Alexander Technique Worldwide is the organization of these affiliated societies. |
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American
Society for
the Alexander Technique
AmSAT (formerly NASTAT: North American Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique), is the largest professional organization for teachers of the AT in the US. Founded in 1987, AmSAT is an educational non-profit organization. Its mission is to define, maintain and promote the Alexander Technique at its highest standard of professional practice and conduct. In
addition to maintaining certification standards for teachers and
teacher training courses in the US, AmSAT provides public education and
membership services. Its annual meetings are held in different parts of
the country each year and take place over four or more days. Members
conduct business, further their education with classes led by
senior teachers and exchange work and ideas formally and informally.
Featured speakers at recent AGMs have been: Dr. Joseph LeDoux,
Professor of Science at the Center for Neural Science, New York
University and Dr. Tim Cacciatore who spoke about his research in
Postural Control. |
All AmSAT certified teachers have satisfactorily completed the Society’s requirements for teacher certification. To request a list of teachers certified by AmSAT or information about the organization: phone: 800 473 0620
email: info@amsat.ws
Newsletter AmSAT
News is the newsletter for the organization and typically
contains over 30 pages of organizational
news, educational material and announcements. |
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To
facilitate the exchange of ideas and information on a global scale,
seven international congresses
have taken place to date. These congresses are a forum for workshops and presentations and bring teachers together from around the world to exchange work, knowledge and experiences of the Technique. Collections of papers presented at these congresses have been published and are available from STAT. |
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Jill Geiger, AmSAT, STAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique Newton, MA 617-527-7373 jill@ATinstruction.com |