Program title:

Professional Teacher Training in the Alexander Technique

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Les amis de l'école ETAPP

Espace Coréen 108 avenue de Fontainebleau 94270 Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France

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1. Training Objectives

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This program is designed to train future teachers of the Alexander Technique.

It aims to enable trainees to:

Develop a refined awareness of their Psychophysical coordination

Improve the use of the self in everyday and artistic activities

Integrate the fundamental principles of the Alexander Technique

Acquire the teaching skills required to transmit the Technique

Develop the ability to observe, analyse and support students in their learning process

2. Group Target

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The program is intended for adults wishing to undertake an in-depth course of study in the Alexander Technique, particularly those seeking to become qualified teachers.

3. Organisation of the program

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Rolling admissions throughout the year

Individualised training pathway

4. Duration

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Total duration: a minimum of 1,600 hours of training

5. Teaching Methods

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The program combines practical, experiential and reflective approaches, including:

Individual and group practical work

Exploration of the fundamental principles of the Alexander Technique

Observation and analysis of movement and coordination

Pedagogical and theoretical discussions

Study of texts and reference materials related to the Alexander Technique

Supervised teaching practice

Trainees gradually gain practical teaching experience through:

Working with participants from outside the training program

upervised teaching sessions

Feedback and analysis with the teaching team.

6. Teaching and Supervision

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The program is delivered by a teaching team composed of experienced Alexander Technique teachers.

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7. Assessment Methods

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Assessment is continuous and qualitative, and is based on:

The development of the trainee’s personal practice

The ability to understand and integrate the fundamental principles of the Alexander Technique

The development of teaching skills

ractical teaching experience.

Two structured assessments take place during the program:

An intermediate assessment is held approximately halfway through the training program in the presence of an invited external teacher. It includes

practical teaching exercise

An oral discussion assessing the trainee’s understanding of the fundamental principles of the Alexander Technique.

This assessment provides an opportunity to review the trainee’s progress and offer guidance for the remainder of the program

Cette étape constitue un temps de bilan et d’orientation pour la suite de la formation

A final assessment takes place at the end of the program and includes

A practical teaching exercise;

An oral interview with the teaching team

The purpose of this assessment is to support the trainee’s transition into professional teaching by identifying their strengths and areas for further development.

In addition, trainees are required to write a personal paper of between 20 and 30 pages reflecting on their training journey, experiences and understanding of the Alexander Technique.

The purpose of this written work is to help trainees structure and deepen their reflection. It may be shared with the teaching team and, if the trainee wishes, with the other participants.

8. Location

Classes take place at:

Espace Coréen

108 avenue de Fontainebleau

94270 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France

9. Schedule

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Monday to Thursday, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., excluding French school holidays.

• HISTORY  

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• The life of Alexander and its discoveries

• The development of the Technique and teaching

• The writings of Alexander : The Constructive Conscious Control of the Individual, The Universal Constant in Living, The Supreme Inheritage of Man,The Use the Self.

• Reading and analysis of selected writings on the Technique and other refering books close to the Technique. 

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• PRINCIPLES AND CONCEPTS

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• Use and functionning

• The recognition of the force of habits

• The Non reliable sensory appreciation

• Inhibition

• To do and not to do

• The end gaining versus the means whereby

• The directions, the active thinking

• The Primary Control and the dynamics of head, neck and back

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• SKILLS TO ACQUIRE

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• A good Use of the Self

• The awareness to react to a stimulus and the ability to inhibit that reaction. 

• The constant improvement of one’s own use : mental, physical and emotional.

• To develop that improved Use and the capacity to hold on to it while teaching.

• To maintain one’s directions while teaching, talking and developing one’s touch. The Touch quality : quality of the hands, of the intention; of doing and non-doing to be always renewed.

• Practice and maintenance of the Inhibition with the student in motion, guiding him or her  through various procedures, and through simple and complex moves.

• The ability to lead owing to the letting go.

• Some basics of anatomy. 

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• PROCEDURES

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• Working on a chair, a stool or on the table

• Hands on the back of a chair

• Position of mechanical advantage (Monkey position)

• To squat

• Yoyo

• The Dart procedures : crawling on four and getting up

• The back against the wall, hands on the wall

• The table work and the floor work

• The whispered Ah

• The voice work

• working on your sight with Bates

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• EXPLORING MOVEMENT

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• Study, discussions, experimental work on walking backwards and forward,Through dance, music, voice and sight, through yoga, Qi gong and Taichi.

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• INVESTIGATION

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• Opening to other teachers, other techniques

• Giving an introduction to a group

• Giving a first lesson

• Feed back and follow-up (internal and external moderation)

• Giving a worshop to a specific group (psychotherapists, musicians, actors, dancers, riders).

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• PROJECTS AND INDEPENDANT STUDIES

• ​The brief (memoir), studies and research

• Presentation from a student chosing a subject

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• A LIST OF BOOKS TO READ

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• A list is proposed at the beginning of the year.

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• Premier trimestre

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• Peter Ribeaux, notre superviseur vient de Londres.

• ​Claire de Obaldia un mercredi sur deux pour la lecture des livres d'Alexander avec discussions: les 09/09, 16/09, 23/09, 30/09, 07/10, 14/10, 04/11, 18/11, 25/11, 02/12, 09/12 et 16/12.

• ​Odyssée Gaveau tous les jours, parfois avec Jae Youn.

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• Emploi du temps : tous les jours de 9h à 13h du lundi au jeudi : 07/09/2026 au 04/01/2027

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• Vacances de la Toussaint : du 16/10/2026 au 01/11/2026

• ​Vacances de Noël : du 18/12/2026 au 04/01/2027

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• Deuxième trimestre

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• Claire de Obaldia un mercredi sur deux.​

• Odyssée Gaveau tous les jours.

• Jae Youn voix et musique.

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• Emploi du temps : tous les jours du lundi au jeudi : 04/01/2027 au 31/03/2027

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• Vacances de février : 05/02/2027 au 21/02/2027

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• Troisième trimestre

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• Claire de Obaldia un mercredi sur deux.

• ​Odyssée Gaveau tous les jours.`

• ​Jae Youn voix et musique.

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• Vacances de Pâques : du 02/04/2027 au 18/04/2027

• Reprise : le 19/04/2027 jusqu'au 30/06/2027 fin des cours.

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• Emploi du temps : tous les jours du lundi au jeudi : 01/04/2027 au 30/06/2027

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• Cet emploi du temps est susceptible d'évoluer en fonction des séjours proposés en France ou à l’étranger et des visites de professeurs de l’étranger.

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• Un séjour annuel de rencontre est organisé à Bröllin en Allemagne au mois de Juin, l’occasion de rencontrer d’autres écoles et professeurs d’Europe et d’ailleurs.

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• Échanges internationaux : France, Danemark, Allemagne, Israël.

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• Bröllin en juin 2027​

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• Le calendrier est ajusté en permanence en fonction des jours fériés et des contraintes de nos professeurs invités.

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• The teaching is practical and individual. In order to protect the student rhythm, the work required of him, her, is determined by his, her personal development. There is a teacher for five students and they all share the same space in order to develop their observation skills. Our programm will last three years. Evaluation is constant and daily. It is completed under the supervision of an external examiner, half way through the course and at the end of the course. That examiner is coming to visit us every term.

• At the end of the third year, the student is able to give private lessons to selected pupils under a teacher supervision. In order to get his diploma, the student must demonstrate practical skills and write an essay.

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• Because of a worldwide reputation, ETAPP prepares its students to interfere in various areas :

• The world of sport and health

• The art community : music, singing, dance, theater and painting

• The teaching, the industry and services

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• In three years you will learn at ETAPP with handworks and words to develop a quality of being and express yourself which will be unique.
   

• A few visits to the school are required before an interview with the head of the school and her assistants.

• In order to test the student motivation, around 30 lessons are required before training. Or you need a reference letter from a recognized teacher ( by STAT or APTA)

• A meeting and a lesson with each permanent teacher are requested in order to assess the cultural level, openness and balance of the candidate, necessary qualities to make a good teacher.

• Signature of a contract between the student and the school

• Must be a member of APTA, Association des Professeurs de la Technique FMAlexander.

• Most of the future students are already teachers or professionals in the medical field, languages, music, dance, theater, sport where one finds physio-therapists, osteopaths, nurses, o genders, actors or doctors.

• All professions are represented there in so far as back problems and depression are commonplace in our society.

The year learning costs...................................................7000 €  

The moderator..................................................................... 80 €

APTA membership...............................................................50 €

Books. …...........................................................................160 €