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Daily timetable and term dates
Training to be a teacher of the Alexander Technique takes three years. Each year is divided into three terms of 13 weeks (with exceptions), with the midterm week off. Students can join at the beginning of each term.
The practical work consists of
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| Turns: |
short, individual work. Students receive a minimum of two turns a day.
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| Small groups: |
guided hands-on teaching procedures for chair, table, saddle and voice work as well as activities such as standing, walking, running, etc. The groups are supervised by a teacher. Students have about three hands-on groups every week. |
| Games: |
individual guidance through a particular movement or a series of movements exploring the primary control in motion. There is a game every day.
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| The course runs daily, Monday to Friday, from 8:45 to 12:15, with private lessons 12:15 - 12:45. |
| The daily schedule is: |
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Turns
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8:45 - 9:15 a.m. |
| Groups |
9:15 - 9:45 |
| Games |
9:45 - 10:15 |
| Tea break |
10:15 - 10:45 |
| Lecture |
10:45 - 11:15 |
| Projects and turns |
11:15 - 12:15 |
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The lectures consists primarily of readings from Alexander’s books and work by other authors on the Technique as well as relevant studies of anatomy and physiology. (See Purpose of anatomy and physiology.)
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| Each student has a half-hour private lesson every week during the first two years and every fortnight in the last year of training. In addition, each student has one lesson with Karen Wentworth every term. |
| In aggregate the course consists of more than 1620 hours over three years. |
We have normally about 12 students. The teacher-student ratio will not exceed 1:4. It is frequently 1:3.
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Term dates 2008 through 2008
SPRING TERM 2008
2 January – 20 March (11 weeks)
Midterm break 11–15 February
SUMMER TERM 2008
14 April – 18 July (13 weeks)
Bank holidays 5 and 26 May
Midterm break 2–6 June
AUTUMN TERM 2008
15 September – 12 December
Midterm break 27–31 October
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| Term dates available in iCal Calendar for Mac users. |
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