Tuesday, October 13, 2009

ACENA Newsletter with Article on Conductor Training

The latest Association for Conductive Education in North America (ACENA) Newsletter has recently been mailed out.

Articles include: "President's Column", "Fundraising by Movie", "Conductive Education on Demand", and a brief summary of the Fifth Annual ACENA Conference.

Also in this issue is the following article called "Aquinas College Conductor Teacher Training Program" written by Andrea Benyovszky, CET, ACENA Director of Practice.

After a hiatus on enrollment to the Conductive Education/Physically Impaired (POHI) training program, due to Michigan Department of Education changes in standards, Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, MI, is reinstituting the only Conductor Teacher training program in North America.

The Conductive Learning Center (CLC) will be working closely with Aquinas to market and recruit students to the program. Graduates of this program will receive an elementary, K-grade 5 teacher certification, K-grade 12 physically impaired (POHI) endorsement, and a Peto certified Conductor-teacher certificate. Past graduates of the program are highly qualified in the field and have found employment very quickly upon graduation from the program.

The requirements for the degree are:
  • 165 credit hours of classes (9 semesters)
  • 10 lab school hours/week sophomore through senior year
  • 1 semester student teaching (8 weeks general ed. and 8 weeks conductive ed.)
Potential candidates for the program are encouraged to contact Aquinas College, Director of Admissions, Angie Schlosser Bacon at (616) 632-2860, Nanette Clatterbuck, Dean of the School of Education at (616) 632-2973.

Andrea Benyovszky at the Conductive Learning Center would be happy to answer questions about the lab school requirement and Peto Institute's program at (616) 575-0575.

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