WHEN: 1.5 day clinic- Friday, August 30 from 3:00-6:30 PM and Saturday, August 31 from 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM

WHERE: LIVE on Zoom

INVESTMENT: $350 $65 (15% discount for IIC members)

Intuitive Instructor Club MEMBERS: Visit the IIC Video Library Page to get your 15% off discount code BEFORE you check out.

The Art of Training Instructors is back by popular demand! This clinic was offered in 2021, 2022 and sold out both years! Register now and see what all the buzz was about 🙂 BONUS for 2024: This clinic will be taught by TWO lead instructors!

Come grow, refine, and strengthen your mentoring/instructor training abilities and techniques!

Although training new adaptive/therapeutic riding instructors can be a very fun and rewarding experience it also comes with a lot of responsibility, the potential for stress and frustration, and often feels like recipe for success is hard to find.

That’s where this clinic comes into play:

This clinic equips and empowers fellow mentors/instructor trainers with the tools and techniques they need to train and progress instructors in-training.

Practice and refine the art of taking an instructor in-training from being “green” in the arena to competent and confident…ready to tackle and manage lessons on their own.

This clinic has been custom designed to provide mentors (those training new or established instructors) with the tools, techniques, and confidence they need to set not only their mentees but also themselves up for a positive and rewarding learning and development experience.

What’s in this clinic?

• Tried and true methods to “teach the teacher” that enhance learning and progression
• Fundamentals of lesson evaluation
  • Participants will practice and refine their skill using REAL teaching videos*
• Progressing instructors in-training without creating overload/frustration
• How to creating thinking instructors that prioritize safety
• Working through common “sticking points” in instructor training
• Best practices and tips for communicating with instructors in-training

*NOTE: Participants (YOU) will be asked to bring a short 5-15 minute video of you or your mentee/instructor in-training teaching. These videos will be used during the practical application and practice time of this clinic. The content/videos in this workshop will remain confidential and will not leave this workshop group (it will not be made available in The Intuitive Instructor Club). Don’t stress too much about this! Videos can be recorded on your phone and can be private or group format. More details and instructions on recording videos will be given after registration.

Who? When? Where? Investment?

• WHO Should Attend?: Adaptive/therapeutic riding instructor trainers/mentors
  • This clinic is suitable for instructors responsible for training and mentoring/coaching adaptive/therapeutic riding instructors in-training. This clinic has also been designed to benefit mentors/instructor trainers of various experience levels…from brand new to seasoned. If you are looking to grow, refine, and strengthen your mentoring/instructor training abilities and process…this clinic is for you!
• WHEN is this Clinic?: This workshop is online and will be held over 1.5 days in a more traditional workshop format (as requested by followers of HF&F educational content). Don’t worry! We will work in break, snack, and lunch times! The live workshop will be recorded. Registrants will have 6 months access to the replay and supporting documents.
  • 1.5 day Workshop: Friday, August 30 from 3:00-6:30 PM Pacific and Saturday, August 31 from 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM Pacific
• WHERE Will the Clinic Happen?: LIVE over Zoom and communications through email and our private Group (think classroom) on the HF&F learning platform.
  • The live workshop will be recorded. Registrants will have 6 months bonus access to the replay and supporting documents.
• COST of this Workshop?: $65/person (15% discount for current members of The Intuitive Instructor Club)
  • Intuitive Instructor Club MEMBERS: Visit the IIC Video Library Page to get your 15% off discount code BEFORE you check out.
  • This clinic is valued at over $350 but offered at a budget friendly price. Why? I’m on a mission to make education and development affordable and accessible to fellow instructors!

How to Register:

• CLICK HERE – This button will redirect you to the Membership & Online Course/Clinic checkout page.
• Select the August 2024 Art of Training event and check out!
• You will then get a confirmation email with more information and links to the private group and course for the August event.
• Each participant must check out individually for this event (Programs- if you are paying for one of your instructors to attend, they will need to fill out the user information and/or log in and then you can enter payment information. Repeat this for each instructor.)

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS about this clinic:

How is “The Art of Training A/T Riding Instructors” different from “Mentor Boot Camp (replay available in The Intuitive Instructor Club)? Think of The Art of Training Instructors as Mentor Boot Camp-Part 2! What we will be digging into during this new clinic was inspired and requested by the participants of the 2020 Mentor Boot Camp….they wanted to learn MORE about HOW to train, evaluate, and give feedback to instructors in-training.
The Art of Training Instructors gets into the details of lesson evaluation, feedback, and progression of instructors when you are actively training. During The Art of Training Instructors we will quickly review a suggested screening method and mentee progression flow (that was covered in great detail during the Mentor Boot Camp) but will spend the bulk of the time practicing lesson evaluation. We will actively practice reviewing lessons using real-life classes then take what we see and break the information down into prioritized information that helps support and progress the instructors we are training without causing information overload.
To refresh your memory if you attended Mentor Boot Camp or recently watched it in the IIC: we went into detail on how to define and refine who/what you want to mentor, your screening and application process, setting expectations for those attending your training, sample training progression, working through common mentoring challenges, etc. Several sample documents, evaluation templates, progression flows, and more were also given. The Art of Training Instructors digs deeper into the art and techniques of evaluating your mentees riding and teaching so you feel better equipped to screen and train them.
Will we be talking about the CTRI certification during The Art of Training Instructors? All of the techniques and methods shared with you are things that Dionne and I personally use when training our mentees (both those just wanting to grow as instructors and those working towards certification), coaching certification candidates during video reviews for the CTRI process, and when evaluating at a CHA-IRD certification event. However….we will not be talking only about things as they apply to the PATH Intl. CTRI process. What I will be sharing are tried and true methods for instructor training in general….And for those of you looking to help your instructors in training be successful in upcoming certifications, I promise that it will directly apply to success during the certification process for PATH Intl. CTRI, CHA-IRD, and other certifying organizations in the USA, Canada, and internationally! Why? Because creating a strong, thinking instructor makes for a solid candidate for certification! 

Meet Your Instructors

Saebra Pipoly

PATH Intl: ATRI, CTRI, ESMHL & recognized Mentor, CTRI Evaluator/Faculty /// CHA-IRD: Master Instructor, IRD Certifier

Saebra lives in Arizona and owns and operates Hoof Falls & Footfalls, LLC, where she not only operates an in-person inclusive program (traditional, adaptive, and EAL lessons) but also specializes in providing resources and education to adaptive/therapeutic riding instructors. She grew up living and breathing everything horse and has spent her career dedicated to the EAS industry. Saebra has a passion for building up other instructors to be the best they can be so they can go out and impact countless lives by teaching their
students and mentoring other instructors. Her focus is to pass on “how” and “why” instructors implement solid teaching techniques in every lesson. Saebra also emphasizes prioritizing the wellbeing of the equines in each lesson and the importance of instructors understanding horse and human mechanics, psychology, and learning theory. All these pieces come together to equip and empower instructors to provide quality, safe, and engaging lessons that challenge students to progress towards the most independences possible.

Dionne Newton

PATH Intl: ATRI, CTRI, ESMHL & recognized Mentor /// CHA-IRD: Certified Instructor

Dionne began volunteering in EAS in 2007. As a life-long equestrian with a degree in education, she quickly discovered that EAS was the perfect way to combine her love of
teaching and horses. She jumped right in and obtained her PATH Intl. Registered Instructor Certification six months later and immediately began teaching adaptive riding
lessons. Over the years she has added PATH Intl. Advanced Instructor, Mentor,
ESMHL, and CHA-IRD to her credentials and held nearly every possible position in the
EAS industry. She is passionate about mentoring others pursuing certification as well as those looking
to increase their knowledge and become better instructors. She offers online and in-
person mentoring services through Ability Centered Horsemanship. She truly believes,
“When one teaches, two learn”.

Other Important Information:

• Once purchased, registration is final and is non-refundable. If you are no longer able to attend you are welcome to transfer the clinic registration to another individual. Please allow HF&F 24-48 hours to process your request.
• If you miss the live workshop you can still watch the replay and get access to the supporting information during the bonus week of extended access. If you also miss the bonus extended access week you will only be able to watch a replay if you are a paying IIC member.
• A meeting reminder email will be sent TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS associated with your account/registration. It is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to check this email address for more information regarding the live meeting.