Become an Instructor

On-Site Workshop & Certification

NARHA Registered Level OSWC

CTRC is always delighted to open up our facility and share our excellent staff and therapy herd with up and coming NARAH Instructors. We proudly support members of the therapeutic industry and strive to provide comprehensive education and training.

Look for upcoming OSWC's in 2011

Have questions or need more information?
If you are interested in attending and/or have questions about the upcoming OSWC at CTRC please contact Sharon Van Boven, Office Manager, at sharon@ctrcinc.org or call her at 303.652.9131.
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FEES:

WORKSHOP:
The two and one half day workshop is open to anyone in search of knowledge necessary to gain or improve skills as a Therapeutic Riding Instructor. One can attend as a learning opportunity into the field of therapeutic riding or as an Instructor-in-Training to meet the pre-requisite for the Phase Two NARHA Registered Instructor Application.

This comprehensive workshop focuses on topics such as disabilities, teaching theories, methodology, techniques, rider posture, horse analysis, tack fitting, volunteer management, skills progression, lesson plan development and much more.

CERTIFICATION:
The Certification is open to candidates who have meet Phase One requirements and are on their way to completing the required components of Phase Two by the CTRC OSWC registration deadline (the deadline does not apply to the Workshop component if you are planning to attend the Workshop in this offering).

To register for the Certification portion of the OSWC you need to submit the Registration Form along with a copy of your NARHA confirmation of Instructor-In-Training status letter. Once registered the Phase Two Packet will be sent to you. In order to attend the Certification you must complete and return to CTRC  the Phase Two Packet (instructor resume, personal reference, professional reference and essay question as well as the documentation of teaching hours form).

After the conclusion of the Workshop, Certification candidates will be given their riding tests - so come prepared to ride. Weekend teaching assignments are also handed out so candidates can review files and develop lesson plans for the teaching portion of the certification to be conducted, depending on the number of candidates. On certification day, candidates will be required to teach a class of two disabled riders who have mild physical and/or cognitive disabilities for 20 minutes. The riding exam will be scheduled after registration deadline. Come prepared to ride.

The Certification exam can be taken in conjunction with the NARHA on-site Workshop (which must be taken in order to become a Registered Instructor) OR the Workshop can be taken first and candidates can then take their Certification exam up to one year following the Workshop.
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CTRC offers a NARAH conducted OSWC for Registered Level Instructors two times per year. If the timing for our current OSWC isn't right for you please check back with us for future scheduled OSWC's.