TFH Instructor Requirements

How to Become a TFH Instructor

Pre requisites to become a TFH instructor

  1. The first requirement is to complete the TFH 1 – 4 training with a certified instructor.
  2. Next you’ll need to complete 20 case studies, which are basically 5 outside practices written up for each level of TFH. These balances are recorded in the TFH Workbook which also has review exercises for the TFH curriculum and is required to be completed prior to the Proficiency Workshop.
  3. To best prepare you to take the (Instructor) Training Workshop and pass the pre exam, there is a two day Proficiency Skills Workshop given by the TFH faculty or Proficiency Instructor  usually four or five times a year in different locations that will help you fine tune your TFH 1 – 4 skills.
  4. You can then take the Pre exam, a written and practical open book exam (60 multiple choice questions). Arrangements for that are made with one of the Proficiency instructor and can be taken at the end of the Proficiency Skills update. Fee for pre exam is $50.
  5. The Instructor Training Workshop (Advanced Training Workshop) given by an IKC Faculty member is a minimum 60 hour training that will equip you with the necessary skills to teach TFH, and receive an international certification. There are written, oral and practical exams during the training for competency assessment.
  6. Once you complete/pass your TFH Training Workshop (ITW), you will need to have a contract, resume on file at the TFH Assn. office and pay yearly membership dues.

 

How to maintain Certification as an Instructor

  1. Once you complete all the above requirements and become a TFH instructor, you will be certified for three years. At the end of your third year (or before) you will need to complete a two day Instructor Update/Proficiency Skills class.
  2. After your first Instructor Update class, and if you are teaching a minimum of 15 students in the next three year period and maintaining your membership, you will have the option of taking either other approved classes for Update credit*, or attendance at two TFH Annual Conferences as a way to recertify. If you have not taught 15 students then you will need to recertify with the two day Proficiency Skills Update again.
  3. Instructors who do not recertify within a five year period will have to recertify with a full ITW (at half price) instead of just a two day update.

* For a detailed listing of classes and credits approved for Instructor Re-certification click here