Aquarian Trainer Academy

The Aquarian Trainer Academy provides the system, tools, resources and support for the development and qualification of Level One Trainers. The purpose of the Academy is to cultivate and fully realize the talents and attributes of each individual who is called to be a Teacher Trainer, while maintaining quality and consistency in training. For more information, please open the Academy Overview tab below.

To apply for Entry into the Academy, or to apply for your next trainer level:

→ Go to the tab below for the level to which you wish to apply.
→ Entry and Associate application forms are provided for downloading and submitting via email.
→ For Professional and Lead applications, click on the link provided for submitting online.

Entry into the Academy as an Intern

A trainer applicant enters the Academy through an application and approval process. To begin, a prospective applicant is responsible for finding a Training Program and Mentoring Lead Trainer who accepts them for mentoring. For more information first read the document titled Applicant Instructions and follow the guidelines.

→ Applicant Instructions
→ Application Form
→ Competency Evaluation Form
→ Applicant Payment Form
→ Code of Excellence (formerly known as Code of Ethics)
→ Level 2 Extension Request

Development Tools

→ Individual Development Plan (IDP)
→ Units of Study – Content Credit Tool
→ Units of Study – Content Credit Tool Instructions
→ Intern Role Description

Once your application has been received IN FULL, KRI will schedule an interview with you by phone or SKYPE. Due to our summer travel and other summer events, interviews for applications received by KRI during the late spring or summer may not be scheduled until the fall. If you are a candidate who will require a translator we may schedule your interview during Summer Solstice or the European Yoga Festival.

Associate Trainer Candidate

The Associate Trainer maintains his or her mentoring relationship with their Lead Trainer but is eligible to teach up to 25% of a program without direct supervision. There is no established Associate training period.

→ Associate Applicant Instructions
→ Associate Application Form
→ Competency Evaluation Form
→ Candidate Payment Form

Mentoring Lead Trainer Evaluation Form

→ Associate Candidate Lead Trainer's Evaluation Form

Development Tools

→ Individual Development Plan (IDP)
→ Units of Study – Content Credit Tool
→ Units of Study Credit Tool Instructions
→ Associate Role Description

Professional Trainer Candidate Application

As a Professional Trainer, you will be eligible to deliver 50% of the curriculum you have qualified for in content credits. The Professional can teach as part of a team under the supervision of a Lead Trainer. When an Associate Trainer and the mentoring Lead Trainer agree that the candidate is ready to become a Professional Trainer, a formal application is submitted to KRI. The candidate meets with a review board of qualified Trainers at Summer Solstice or the European Yoga Festival.

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for submission of your full application is April 15th for a Summer Solstice or European Yoga Festival interview. Any application received later than this deadline will not be scheduled for that event.

To submit Application

→ Professional Candidate Application Process (PDF attached)

Click here to access your Professional Level Academy application form ata-application.kriteachings.org

KRI is in the process of upgrading the Trainer Portal. The work is still in progress, but this link will take you to a limited version of the improved Portal showing your current Academy status and your online Professional application. The application will be integrated into your Trainer records when the Portal update is launched in Spring 2017. To access the limited Portal you will be instructed to:

1. Log in using your Library of Teachings (LOT) account, or
2. Create an LOT account if not already registered.

Click here to get started ata-application.kriteachings.org

Development Tools

These two forms are ones you are expected to have already been working with. The new online application will provide a function to upload your completed copies. If you need new blank forms, download them here.

→ Individual Development Plan (IDP)
→ Units of Study - Content Credit Tool

Supportive Materials

→ Units of Study - Content Credit Tool Instructions
→ Professional Role Description

Lead Trainer Candidate

The Lead Trainer is the engine of a program, leading a Training Team and licensing a Level One Training Program with KRI. The Lead Trainer is proficient in all aspects of course content and may teach up to 80% of the program. The candidate will meet with a review board of qualified Trainers at Summer Solstice or the European Yoga Festival in order to enter the process of becoming a Lead Trainer.

PLEASE NOTE: The deadline for submission of your full application is April 15th for a Summer Solstice or a European Yoga Festival interview. Any application received later than this deadline will not be scheduled for that event.

To submit Application

→ Lead Application and Practicum Process (PDF attached)

Click here to access your Lead Level Academy application form ata-application.kriteachings.org

KRI is in the process of upgrading the Trainer Portal. The work is still in progress, but this link will take you to a limited version of the improved Portal showing your current Academy status and your online Lead application. The application will be integrated into your Trainer records when the Portal update is launched in Spring 2017. To access the limited Portal you will be instructed to:

1. Log in using your Library of Teachings (LOT) account, or
2. Create an LOT account if not already registered.

Click here to get started ata-application.kriteachings.org

Initial and Follow Up Interview Oral Reports

→ LT INITIAL Report Outline
→ LT FOLLOW Up Report Outline

Evaluation Forms:

→ Lead Candidate Practicum Classroom Evaluation
→ Lead Candidate Practicum Program Evaluation
→ Lead Candidate Practicum Team Member Evaluation

Development Tools

→ Individual Development Plan (IDP)
→ Units of Study - Content Credit Tool

Supportive Materials

→ Units of Study Instructions
→ Lead Role Description

Academy Overview

Aquarian Trainer Academy (ATA): The purpose of the Academy is to cultivate and fully utilize the talents and attribute of each individual who is called to be a Teacher Trainer, while maintaining quality and consistency in training. Through the structure of the Trainer Academy, we are striving to create coherence and credibility in the continued transmission of the teachings of the Master. This insures that future Trainers will have the necessary skill and caliber to deliver the teachings. The Aquarian Trainer Academy is dedicated to the realization of the fullest potential and contribution of each Trainer. Toward this end, we have created an orderly, yet flexible system of classification and developmental process. Each step in this process carries a specific set of qualifications, teaching roles, program roles, skills, attributes and annual licensing appropriate to that level. Please review the documents below.

→ Roles & Primary Responsibilities - Grid Format
→ Map for Moving through the Academy
→ Competency Standards by Level

One of the first things an interested applicant needs to do is to find a Mentoring Lead Trainer who will act as their mentor.

How to locate a Mentoring Lead Trainer

The Mentoring Lead is the teacher trainer who will develop trainers-in-training (TNTs) from Intern through Professional level. It is important to know that Mentoring Leads are under no obligation to accept you. Not all Lead Trainers are approved to mentor TNTs. Please ask your proposed mentor if they are a qualified Mentoring Lead Trainer. Once a Lead Trainer has agreed to mentor you, talk about your goals and go over practical details with them. The documents below will provide guidelines for this first step and open the dialogue between Mentor and Mentee regarding expectations, financial agreement, time frame, concerns and other pertinent topics. Once you have acceptance from a Mentoring Lead Trainer, follow the steps described under Entry into the Academy tab.

→ Mentor Mentee Operating Agreement
→ Qualities of a Mentoring Lead