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CHI Instructor Ranks Six Steps to Certification tells you how to become a certified instructor of the Ni Family movement arts.
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There are three ranks of Ni Family movement arts instructors: Certified Instructor, Senior Instructor, and Master Instructor.
Certified Instructor
The first rank is Certified Instructor. A new instructor starts off at the Certified Instructor rank. The Certified Instructor knows the form and has the basic tools to teach the form in classes, workshops, and private lessons. They may also help students prepare for teaching certification. However, they cannot give the Practical Exam or the required Instructor Training Intensive to Certified Instructor candidates. A person may remain at this rank for as long as they like or they may choose to seek elevation to the rank of Senior Instructor with additional training and experience. Certified Instructors are invited to join the Integral Way Society.
What can I do as a Certified Instructor?
You can …
- teach the movement art to your level of their certification
- work with students who are interested in becoming instructors
- work towards becoming a Senior Instructor if so desired
How can I generate income as a Certified Instructor?
You can …
- teach regular classes
- teach workshops
- teach private lessons
- conduct the following CHI-Approved Intensives:
- Instructor-Student Learning Intensive
- Instructor Preparation/Refinement Intensive
Senior Instructor
The second rank is Senior Instructor. Senior Instructors can do everything the Certified Instructor can do, but they can also administer the Practical Exam and offer the required Instructor Training Intensive to Certified Instructor candidates. Senior Instructors have a deeper level of knowledge regarding their movement art, more than one year’s teaching experience in their form, greater maturity in teaching and practice, and additional training in the form of having taken the required Senior Instructor Training Intensive. A person may remain at this rank for as long as they like or they may choose to seek elevation to the rank of Master Instructor with additional training and experience. Senior Instructors are required to be members of the Integral Way Society
What can I do as a Senior Instructor?
You can …
- teach the movement art to your level of certification
- work with students who are interested in becoming instructors
- examine instructor-candidates for certification as Instructors
- work towards becoming a Master Instructor if so desired
How can I generate income as a Senior Instructor?
You can …
- teach regular classes
- teach workshops
- teach private lessons
- examine Certified Instructor Candidates for certification (up to your own
certification level in the form - if the form has multiple levels)
- conduct the following CHI-Approved Intensives:
- Instructor-Student Learning Intensive
- Instructor Preparation/Refinement Intensive
- Instructor Training Intensive
How can I become a Senior Instructor?
You must …
- have at least 1 year of documented teaching activities (minimally 100 hours)
- complete the CHI-Approved Senior Instructor Training Intensive
- successfully pass the practical exam administered by a Master Instructor (or Provisional Master Instructor)
- have written confirmation from a certified Master Instructor that the Senior Instructor Training Intensive and Practical Exam have been successfully completed
- complete the application & pay the appropriate fees
- successfully pass the written exam (not currently available, so these are not yet required for elevation to Senior Instructor rank)
Master Instructor
The third and highest rank is Master Instructor. Master Instructors can do everything the Senior Instructors can do. However, Master Instructors know the entire curriculum for their movement art including all of the deeper spiritual and energetic aspects. They can offer the required Senior Instructor Training Intensive for those Certified Instructors seeking elevation to Senior Instructor rank. Prior to their elevation as Master Instructors (i.e., as Senior Instructors), they have examined at least 10 successful candidates for teaching certification. They have attained a high level of mastery and maturity in their teaching and practice and are judged by the Master of the Tradition to have attained the level of Master Instructor. They are required to be members of the Integral Way Society and Mentors of the Integral Way Tradition.
What can I do as a certified Master Instructor?
You can …
- teach the movement art to your level of certification
- work with students who are interested in becoming instructors
- examine Certified Instructor Candidates for certification
- examine Certified Instructors for elevation to Senior Instructor rank
How can I generate income as a Master Instructor?
You can …
- teach regular classes
- teach workshops
- teach private lessons
- examine Certified Instructor Candidates for certification (up to your own
certification level if the form has multiple levels)
- examine Certified Instructors for elevation to Senior Instructor rank
- conduct the following CHI-Approved Intensives:
- Instructor-Student Learning Intensive
- Instructor Preparation/Refinement Intensive
- Instructor Training Intensive
- Senior Instructor Training Intensive
How can I become certificated as a Master Instructor?
You must …
- master the full curriculum for the particular movement art form
- have examined 10 instructor candidates who have been successfully certified as Certified Instructors
- complete Master Instructor Training with the Master of Tradition (MOT)
- successfully pass the Practical Exam by the MOT
- have written confirmation by the MOT that you have sucessfully passed
the Master Instructor Training and Practical Exam
- complete the application & pay the appropriate fees
- successfully pass the written exam (currently not available, so this is not
yet required)
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See COT Directory to contact an instructor near you.
______________________________________________________
There are three ranks of Ni Family movement arts instructors: Certified Instructor, Senior Instructor, and Master Instructor.
Certified Instructor
The first rank is Certified Instructor. A new instructor starts off at the Certified Instructor rank. The Certified Instructor knows the form and has the basic tools to teach the form in classes, workshops, and private lessons. They may also help students prepare for teaching certification. However, they cannot give the Practical Exam or the required Instructor Training Intensive to Certified Instructor candidates. A person may remain at this rank for as long as they like or they may choose to seek elevation to the rank of Senior Instructor with additional training and experience. Certified Instructors are invited to join the Integral Way Society.
What can I do as a Certified Instructor?
You can …
- teach the movement art to your level of their certification
- work with students who are interested in becoming instructors
- work towards becoming a Senior Instructor if so desired
How can I generate income as a Certified Instructor?
You can …
- teach regular classes
- teach workshops
- teach private lessons
- conduct the following CHI-Approved Intensives:
- Instructor-Student Learning Intensive
- Instructor Preparation/Refinement Intensive
Senior Instructor
The second rank is Senior Instructor. Senior Instructors can do everything the Certified Instructor can do, but they can also administer the Practical Exam and offer the required Instructor Training Intensive to Certified Instructor candidates. Senior Instructors have a deeper level of knowledge regarding their movement art, more than one year’s teaching experience in their form, greater maturity in teaching and practice, and additional training in the form of having taken the required Senior Instructor Training Intensive. A person may remain at this rank for as long as they like or they may choose to seek elevation to the rank of Master Instructor with additional training and experience. Senior Instructors are required to be members of the Integral Way Society
What can I do as a Senior Instructor?
You can …
- teach the movement art to your level of certification
- work with students who are interested in becoming instructors
- examine instructor-candidates for certification as Instructors
- work towards becoming a Master Instructor if so desired
How can I generate income as a Senior Instructor?
You can …
- teach regular classes
- teach workshops
- teach private lessons
- examine Certified Instructor Candidates for certification (up to your own
certification level in the form - if the form has multiple levels)
- conduct the following CHI-Approved Intensives:
- Instructor-Student Learning Intensive
- Instructor Preparation/Refinement Intensive
- Instructor Training Intensive
How can I become a Senior Instructor?
You must …
- have at least 1 year of documented teaching activities (minimally 100 hours)
- complete the CHI-Approved Senior Instructor Training Intensive
- successfully pass the practical exam administered by a Master Instructor (or Provisional Master Instructor)
- have written confirmation from a certified Master Instructor that the Senior Instructor Training Intensive and Practical Exam have been successfully completed
- complete the application & pay the appropriate fees
- successfully pass the written exam (not currently available, so these are not yet required for elevation to Senior Instructor rank)
Master Instructor
The third and highest rank is Master Instructor. Master Instructors can do everything the Senior Instructors can do. However, Master Instructors know the entire curriculum for their movement art including all of the deeper spiritual and energetic aspects. They can offer the required Senior Instructor Training Intensive for those Certified Instructors seeking elevation to Senior Instructor rank. Prior to their elevation as Master Instructors (i.e., as Senior Instructors), they have examined at least 10 successful candidates for teaching certification. They have attained a high level of mastery and maturity in their teaching and practice and are judged by the Master of the Tradition to have attained the level of Master Instructor. They are required to be members of the Integral Way Society and Mentors of the Integral Way Tradition.
What can I do as a certified Master Instructor?
You can …
- teach the movement art to your level of certification
- work with students who are interested in becoming instructors
- examine Certified Instructor Candidates for certification
- examine Certified Instructors for elevation to Senior Instructor rank
How can I generate income as a Master Instructor?
You can …
- teach regular classes
- teach workshops
- teach private lessons
- examine Certified Instructor Candidates for certification (up to your own
certification level if the form has multiple levels)
- examine Certified Instructors for elevation to Senior Instructor rank
- conduct the following CHI-Approved Intensives:
- Instructor-Student Learning Intensive
- Instructor Preparation/Refinement Intensive
- Instructor Training Intensive
- Senior Instructor Training Intensive
How can I become certificated as a Master Instructor?
You must …
- master the full curriculum for the particular movement art form
- have examined 10 instructor candidates who have been successfully certified as Certified Instructors
- complete Master Instructor Training with the Master of Tradition (MOT)
- successfully pass the Practical Exam by the MOT
- have written confirmation by the MOT that you have sucessfully passed
the Master Instructor Training and Practical Exam
- complete the application & pay the appropriate fees
- successfully pass the written exam (currently not available, so this is not
yet required)
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See COT Directory to contact an instructor near you.
