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Becoming an RTP Associate and Trainer
Before becoming an RTP
Trainer, an educator must first become an RTP Associate, who has worked
in a school that has successfully used the RTP school discipline
process, has met the following criteria, and has been approved by RTP,
Inc.
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First, the person must be
a certified educator and must have worked in an RTP accredited school
for at least one year. This means she has worked through the
self-assessment form, has developed various performance plans, has
reviewed what she has done with her administrator, and has completed the
stages as outlined in the RTP Rubric. Note: All of the above material
can be found in the RTP Evaluation Handbook.
Second, she has a
videotape of how she would present RTP and PCT to an interested group of
educators and a written self-evaluation of her presentation. These items
along with the material she has worked through as set forth in the RTP
Evaluation Handbook, are to be sent to RTP, Inc. for review.
Third, in order to
maintain the RTP Associate status, attendance at least once every two
years at an RTP conference is required. RTP Associate accreditation must
be renewed every two years by RTP, Inc.
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RTP ASSOCIATES may speak to groups of interested parents or educators
about the process and may be used as a consultant with other schools that
are using the process.
Please Note: RTP Associates may not train others who want to use the
process nor may they interject any information into their RTP or PCT
presentations that is not approved by RTP, Inc. If any of the above is
done, they may lose their associate status.
BECOMING AN RTP TRAINER
An RTP Trainer is an accredited RTP administrator whose
school has been accredited for one or more years and has met the following
criteria and has been approved by RTP, Inc.
First, he must be accredited as an RTP Associate for at least one year.
Second, he has a videotape of how he alone has trained new teachers or
staff at his school. This video must include training on the rationale of RTP and its use plus a basic understanding of the principles of PCT. The
video along with a written self-evaluation of the presentation should be
sent to RTP, Inc. for review.
Third, in order to maintain the RTP Trainer status, he would have to
attend RTP Conferences at least once every two years. As a trainer, he
must be willing to present various aspects of RTP and PCT at the
conferences.
Fourth, RTP Trainer accreditation must be renewed every two years by
RTP, Inc.
Please Note: Any trainer who interjects any information into his RTP or
PCT training that is not approved by RTP, Inc., may lose his training
status.
Candidates Must Follow Protocol
Protocol demands that no potential trainer work in a school without the
knowledge of the RTP, Inc. Ed Ford, president of RTP, Inc. should be
contacted. Information about the school where training is being done
should include: school district name, individual school name, the school's
UPS address, including zip code, appropriate phone numbers, principal and
assistant principal's name as well as the name of the RTC teacher, number
of students and grade levels. Also, all RTP Associates and RTP Trainers
must also report information about when they visited a school and the type
of work they performed at the school, along with type of staff in
attendance (for example, whole school, educators from the district office,
visiting schools, just teachers, parents, board members, etc.)
It is extremely important that Associates and Trainers follow the
protocol set forth above. Anyone who decides to give presentations on her
own without prior knowledge of the RTP, Inc. will no longer be considered
to be part of RTP, Inc. Already, a number of people have presented
themselves as knowledgeable in RTP, have done training or presentations at
conferences. They have used material from the discipline books and have
used the name RTP. In five instances, I've had to use the services of a
copyright attorney. This may sound highly aggressive, but without this
protection, teachers and administrators would be led to believe that what
the person is presenting or publishing (as in materials or on the
internet) reflects RTP.
RTP, Inc. is a non-profit organization designed to promote the
Responsible Thinking Process, and pays for, among other things, this web
site and promotional advertising when what is being offered is free of
charge. For example, a free presentation to schools explaining RTP. For
several years, it was supported by a grant.
The grant funding has now
ended. Now that the funding is no longer, anyone setting up any kind of
program where fees are involved will be required to contribute 10% of all
fees to RTP, Inc. Since RTP, Inc. is recognized both by the Internal
Revenue Service and the State of Arizona as a non-profit entity, all such
contributions are tax deductible.
For further information on
accreditation, see our RTP
Accreditation page
Or contact Ed Ford, RTP,
Inc. president, at
edford@responsiblethinking.com
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