Instructor/Trainer Development Program Committee
Mission
To promote the pursuit of excellence in dressage instruction and training.
Goals
- To provide education from the grassroots to the professional level.
- To provide access to online resources and learning modules.
- To set instructor certification standards of proficiency.
- To provide instructor certification opportunities.
- To align the education of dressage participants at every level to the standards and levels of proficiency from Training Level through Grand Prix.
Objectives
- Discuss plans for a FEI level trainers conference in 2024.
- Increase number of FEI instructor workshops and exam for 2023.
- Increase exam opportunities for Training – Fourth Level.
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Continue to evaluate workshop and pre-certification formats (education for all versus certification preparation):
- Determine ways to engage GMOs in providing general education.
- Review format to prepare instructors for certification.
- Review of current examiner criteria and increase number of active examiners.
- Continue to promote certified instructors via “Meet the Certified Instructor” columns in both the magazine and on social media.
- Continue outreach to certified instructors to provide education articles and tips for the magazine and social media.
Members
Position | Region | Name & Email | Phone | Fax |
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Co-Chair | 7 | Liselotte Fore | (707) 579-5370 | (707) 579-5780 |
Co-Chair | 8 | Sarah Geikie | (860) 208-1646 | |
Liaison | 2 | Katherine L. Robertson | (859) 271-7877 | (859) 971-7722 |
Member | 1 | Deborah Ann Bowman | (540) 661-6069 | |
Member | 1 | Bailey E Cook | (919) 967-6095 | |
Member | 2 | Kathryn Fleming-Kuhn | (217) 972-0451 | |
Member | 3 | Cathy Helen Zappe | (256) 604-9400 | |
Member | 3 | Christopher Hickey | (561) 313-1841 | (410) 658-9228 |
Member | 3 | Sarah M Martin | (720) 891-1369 | |
Member | 3 | William S Mcmullin | (561) 632-7428 | |
Member | 5 | Janet L. Hannon | (303) 919-4112 | |
Member | 5 | Katherine Simard | (303) 525-8284 | |
Member | 8 | Vicki Hammers-O'neil | (203) 213-2798 | (203) 235-5139 |
Member | 8 | Fern Z Feldman | (203) 605-4744 | |
Member | 8 | Lendon F Gray | (914) 234-4158 | (914) 234-2517 |
Member | 8 | Ann L Guptill | (860) 873-8108 | (860) 873-8108 |