Terms and conditions of the 500 hour Vajrasati Teacher Training Course
Terms and conditions of the Vajrasati Yoga Course
The Vajrasati course fees include;
Once weekly training sessions and homework
setting/marking/feedback.
Once a term tutorial with course teacher and school mentors.
Special school members rates on workshops, days and half day
training events.
Once a term - teaching a class assessment and feedback
The Vajrasti training course term fees do not include:
Travel costs
Materials: study books, stationary.
Yoga equipments: students can use equipment at training
sessions but must supply their own equipment for home practice:
mats, bolsters, blocks,belts, chairs.
Extra classes: days, half days, drop-in classes, workshops that
are a requirement of the course
Additional sessions during the final term of the course (2
assessments and feedback, final assessment and written test and
feedback) a small additional fee is required to cover this cost (at
present £75 - 2013 fee)
The Vajasati school reserves the right to:
Refuse anyone graduation to anyone who has not adequately
for-filled the terms of the Conditions of Graduation document
Expel anyone from the school but only under the guidelines of
the Grievance Policy document
All missed sessions must be caught up with by the student either through
meeting up with their fellow trainees to discuss what was missed or by
booking extra private session with the course tutor if more than two
sessions are missed in a term (additional fee applies for private catch up
session with course tutor at reduced trainees rate)
Vajrasati grievance procedure
How to facilitate the Vajrasati grievance procedure
If a complaint is made about a student verbally or in writing, the complaint
should be dealt with in the following way:
If a written serious compliant is received regarding a teacher’s
ability to teach safely or with professional conduct befitting a yoga
teacher then the said student should be temporarily suspended* while
the matter is investigated.
All correspondences between the investigator/s and the
suspended teacher should be witnessed by one or more students of the
school (cc them in on emails)
Where possible witness statements should be gathered from the
teacher, the complainant and if possible one or more other
participants present during one or more of the classes where the said
‘offence/s’ were committed.
Character references from within the school and students from
classes should be gathered
Consideration should be made and if possible witness
statements should be gathered regarding other incidence of a similar
nature to that being alluded to by the complainant.
The investigator/s should use information gathered from the
above sources and their own experience of the teacher being
complained about to make an informed choice about how to proceed
with the situation.
In the case of repeated incidence of a similar ‘offence’ the
investigator should consider a ‘yellow card’ (a conditional warning
with signed agreement from the student to indicate the teachers full
awareness of the conditions that need to be complied with for their
continued membership) or a red card (expulsion- with/without
reapplication potential) which follows the breach of the conditions
stipulated with yellow card or following a ‘strong offence’.
A ‘Yellow card’ may also be offered for a one off offence of
suitable strength.
*Suspension – this is a ‘suspension’ from the right to teach using the
Vajarasti name effectively a ‘suspension therefore from teaching’, until the
matter is cleared up.
As this may have serious consequences for the teacher the process of
suspension should take no more than 2 weeks, and all parties should make
maximum effort to facilitate this turn around.
It is suggested that the teacher seeks cover for this period from within the
school and no explanation needs to be offered to the students of the teacher
other than they are having a break. It is further suggested that the teacher
offers a wage to the cover either a percentage of the takings or a fixed wage
where the cover takes up to a certain fixed (from profits taken on the night
i.e. after hall hire fees are covered) wage and no more.
Examples of Yellow card or conditional re admission
In the case of repeated incidence of a similar ‘offence’ the
investigator should consider a ‘yellow card’
In the case of a one off incidence of sufficient gravity such as
Public slandering of the school or members therein
Teaching practices not condoned by the school (pranayamas other than;
rechaka
puraka,ujjayi,viloma,bhastrika,kapalabhati,anuloma,pratiloma,surya
and Chandra bhenda,nadi sodhana and bhramari)
Teaching to a blatantly inappropriate level i.e. advanced pranayama to
beginners. –
Teaching beyond the level of your qualification i.e. teaching advanced
level courses, specialised workshops within less than a year of
graduation.
.......................the investigator should consider a ‘yellow card’
Examples of Red card or expulsion with/without reapplication potential.
A red card follows the breach of the conditions stipulated with
yellow card.
In the case of a one off incidence of sufficient gravity such as
1 Proven sexual harassment (in the case of a complaint by a student of being
sexually harassed-with witness confirmation)
2 Classroom violence-including physical violence or verbal violence (in the
case of a complaint of unsolicited gender, race, class, disabilty based
insults pitched to hurt or humiliate-with witness confirmation)
3 Blatant unremorseful disregard for the Vajrasati teaching principles.
.......................the investigator should consider a ‘red card’
If the teacher does not agree to meet up to discuss the issue
within 7 months from the first report of incident/s and the
investigator has made repeated efforts to arrange such a meeting.
.......................the investigator should consider a ‘red card’