Pro Certification
The Pietra Fitness Pro Certification is an advanced training program designed for certified Pietra Fitness Instructors seeking to elevate their knowledge and skills. This comprehensive certification includes a blend of workshops, exercises, and activities aimed at deepening your understanding of the Pietra Fitness apostolate and refining your teaching techniques.
Program Highlights:
- Three-Stage Process:
- Module work completed at home, including buddy sessions with another participant
- Required virtual/in-person training
- Post-training assignments to be completed at home
- Extensive Resources: Course manual, Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Philippe, training videos, and review worksheets
- Flexible Learning: One year to complete the course at your own pace
- Continuing Education: Earn 6.0 physical and 4.0 spiritual CECs upon completion
Course Content:
- Choreographing a balanced and safe Pietra Fitness class
- Understanding the deeper meaning of the Pietra Fitness apostolate
- Goal-setting techniques for long-term success as an instructor
- Advanced health and wellness principles
- Detailed knowledge of body movement and pose refinement
- Effective cueing techniques
- Living the Pietra Fitness Lifestyle
- Successfully taping a class for the online studio
Prerequisites:
- Certified Pietra Fitness Instructor for at least 1 year
- Actively teaching classes and participating in the instructor community
Certification Process:
- Complete all coursework and review worksheets
- Pass final exam and practical assessment (85% required)
- Receive official certification upon successful completion
The Pro Certification is held once a year, contingent on participant interest. Dates and registration details will be announced in advance. This program equips instructors with advanced skills and knowledge, ensuring they can confidently lead Pietra Fitness classes and contribute to the community's mission.
Pro Certification
Pietra Fitness Pro Certification was designed for instructors looking to expand their knowledge and skill set to an advanced level. Through various workshops, exercises, and activities, we will assist the instructor in breaking open the deeper meaning of the Pietra Fitness apostolate and help to focus the Pro Cert instructor on their mission within Pietra Fitness. We use goal setting techniques, as well as review health and wellness principles to assist in longevity as an instructor.
Pro Certification is a three-stage process:
- Module work that you do at home. This includes time that you will buddy up with another participant.
- The required virtual/in-person training.
- Work done at home after the training.
We hold one pro certification per year as long as we have enough participants. We will announce the dates, and send out a registration form to gauge the interest.
Pre-requisite: Must be a certified Pietra Fitness Instructor for at least 1 year, and actively teaching classes and participating in the instructor community.
Pro Certification includes:
- All Course materials: manual, Searching for and Maintaining Peace by Fr. Jacques Philippe, and training videos,
- Review Worksheets
- A "buddy": someone also going through the training
- Final Exam and practical (85% is required to pass - a $75.00 retest fee will apply.)
- Upon passing, you will receive a certificate as well as 6.0 physical and 4.0 spiritual CECs
What you will learn:
How to choreograph a Pietra Fitness Class using appropriate transitions, what it takes to make a class balanced, safe choreography, five questions to consider when choreographing a class, a deeper knowledge of the way the body moves, a deeper knowledge of the poses, refining your cueing, what it means to live the Pietra Fitness Lifestyle, and how to successfully tape a class for the online studio.
You must be a certified Pietra Fitness Instructor for at least 1 year, and actively teaching classes and participating in the instructor community in order to take the Pro Certification.
