Welcome!
Thank you for choosing to study with Polestar® Pilates in order to obtain your Pilates Instructor qualification. Polestar is recognized world-wide for the depth and quality of training that is afforded to course participants. We welcome you to this training course and to the extended Polestar community!
At this point we would like to bring to your attention a number of things which we believe will enhance the benefit that you receive from the Polestar® training programme. Much more extensive and detailed information can be found in your Polestar Pilates Student Handbook which your host has or will pass on to you.
欢迎！
谢谢选择北极星普拉提培训学习以获得您的普拉提教练资格。北极星之所以在世界范围受到广泛认可，是因为它为课程学员提供有深度、有质量的培训。欢迎您参加我们的培训课程和加入北极星社区！
在此，我们希望提醒您注意几点，相信这些提示将使您从北极星培训课程中更加受益。更多广泛而详细的信息可以在您的《北极星普拉提学员手册》中找到，请向您的主办中心索取。
Host Centres
Polestar Pilates Asia Inc. facilitates education over a wide geographical and cultural area by presenting the core training and workshops in “Host Centres” such as the one where this training is taking place. Your Host Centre is the one that you have registered with.
The Host Centre is responsible for organizing and facilitating all aspects of your training. Stay in close touch with your Host Centre for all administrative aspects of the course and to find out things like training times, workshop and mentorship sessions/trainings scheduled, fee payment procedures, convenient accommodation if you are from out of town, the continuing education (CEC) programme. Your host centre will do everything that can be reasonably done to make your training as trouble free and productive as possible.
You can find out more about our Host Centres here.
主办中心
北极星普拉提亚洲公司通过主办中心在全球各地进行核心培训课程和研讨课程。您的主办中心是您所登记的地方。
主办中心负责组织和开展与您的培训相关的所有事务。请与您的主办中心保持密切联系，关注课程日常管理的方方面面，了解培训次数、研讨课程和师带徒课程/培训时间表、付费流程、便利住宿（如果您来自城外）、继续教育（CEC）课程等。您的主办中心将竭尽所能为您排除所有干扰，让您专注培训。
Polestar Pilates Asia Student Number
You will be allocated a Polestar student number which we will assign to you just after your first contact course module. Please use this number in all correspondence and contact with us as it will greatly facilitate our record keeping and communication. You may obtain your Polestar student number by contacting your host.
北极星普拉提亚洲学员号
您会获得一个北极星学员号，该学员号在您第一次接触课程时由我们安排给您。请在所有后续课程中及联系我们时使用该号码，这将方便我们为您记录和沟通。请联系您的主办中心，获得您的北极星学员号。
Educators
The Polestar educator conducts the actual training. He or she is responsible for primary instruction of the course curriculum and is often assisted in class by a translator (if required) and Qualified Polestar graduates who are themselves working and training to become Polestar mentors and educators. You might have a different educator for each course module or have the same educator instruct for two or more of your course modules.
[If becoming a Polestar mentor or educator is something that interests you, you may approach the educator and he or she will inform you of the process involved. Bear in mind that the training is long and requires considerable effort and commitment. Not everyone who applies is accepted on to the Polestar educator track].
培训师
在北极星普拉提教育集团，培训师负责组织实施实际训练。培训师负责基本的课程指导，会提供一名翻译（如需）和一名合格的北极星毕业生（导师、培训中的导师）为培训师的课程提供协助。每个课程模块可能会有不同的培训师进行教导，也可能由同一位培训师指导两个或更多的课程模块。
[如果有兴趣成为北极星的导师或培训师，欢迎联系您的培训师，他/她会告知具体流程。要记住，想成为导师或培训师，培训需时甚长，需要大量的汗水和付出。并不是每名申请者都能加入北极星的培训师行列]。
Extra Curriculum study activities
The contact training modules that you will participate in are the core elements of the course. Around this core it is necessary for you to develop your skills and accumulate experience as a Pilates instructor in order to pass the qualification exam and most importantly, in order to become a quality Pilates instructor who will be capable of….. ”Impacting the world through intelligent movement”…!
To this end you are required to supplement the core training modules with mandatory self mastery training, observation, assisting and teaching hours. All of these are incorporated in your Host’s Mentorship Program, details of which may be obtained from your Host. Your educator will also assist you and explain how to go about this and how to record these “extra curricula” training hours in your log sheets.
课外学习活动
您即将参加的接触训练模块是这个课程的核心要素。您必须增强您的技巧，积累普拉提教练经验，通过资格考试，成为一名合格的普拉提教练，能够“用智慧运动影响世界”！
为此，您需要用必修的自主训练、观察、辅助和教学时间来加以补充。所有这些都包含在您的主办中心提供的师带徒课程里，如需了解其中细节，请联系您的主办中心。您的培训师也会向您解释如何着手以及如何在您的记录表中记录这些课外训练时间。
Qualification Exams
In order to take the qualification exam, as mentioned above, you must have completed all Online courses, the core course training modules and the additional extra curriculum training hours. The training time required in the lead up to the exam is different for each person and also depends on how much time you have practiced, how much prior Pilates/instructing experience you have had and how “ready” you and your educator/mentor feel you are. Be guided by them. Except under very special circumstances, it is required that course participants take the exam at least 3 months (for Mat and Reformer qualification) and at least 4 months (for Studio and Rehabilitation qualification)-after completion of the final course module. Please remember also that the exam should be taken within 12 months from the date of the final contact course module.
You are encouraged after completing all core training modules to start teaching on an “Apprenticeship” basis wherever possible. The more experience that you have the better prepared you will be in attempting the exam and equally importantly, to be an effective Pilates instructor.
When you are ready to take the exam and have registered with your host centre, please remember that your examiner prior to the exam will ask you for:
- All course module attendance certificates.
- Log sheets signed off by an authorized educator or mentor.
- Confirmation of course fee payment from your host.
- Identification Document.
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If you are not successful on your first attempt at the certification exam, don’t worry.
Discuss the reasons why you were unsuccessful with the examiner and/or educator or the Polestar Asia education director, Ms. Dawnna Wayburne either at a mutually convenient meeting or by email. Usually additional effort in areas that need attention will ensure a better result at your next attempt.
资格考试
要参加上述的资格考试，您必须完成全部的线上课程，包括核心课程训练模块和额外附加课程训练。对于每个人来说，达到参考水平所需要的训练时长是不同的，这还取决于您的练习时长、培训前的普拉提/教练经验以及您和您的培训师对于您的能力的评估。在培训师的指导下，除非有非常特殊的情况，否则课程参与者按要求至少要在最终课程模块结束三个月（针对垫上动作与普拉提床教练资格）或四个月（针对工作室与康复动作的教练资格）后参加考试。请谨记，您必须在最后一次接触课程后12个月内参加考试。
在全部核心课程结束后，建议您可以尝试以“学徒”身份参与教练工作。积累经验对于考试准备很有帮助，对于成为一个出色的普拉提教练也同样重要。
请注意，当您准备参加考试并已在您的主办中心注册后，考官会在考试前要求您出示以下文件：
- 参与所有课程模块的证明；
- 由授权培训师或导师签字的日志表；
- 来自您的主办中心的课程付费证明；
- 身份证明文件。
如果您未能通过初次考试，不必担心。
请与您的考官、培训师或北极星亚洲公司教育总监Dawnna Wayburne女士面谈，或通过邮件分析失败的原因。通常情况下，针对薄弱环节多花功夫，您就能有在下次考试中取得更好的成绩。
Continuing Education
As you probably already know, the Pilates training that you will receive in this course, although extensive, is only the beginning, a springboard to a wealth of knowledge and experience that may be gained from a continued and extended association with Polestar. We look forward to this continued association with you even after you have obtained your Polestar certification. Your certification is valid for a period of 2 years and you are required during this period to complete 16 Continuing Education Credits (CEC’s) in order to maintain the validity of your certificate OR if you are or become PMA (Pilates Method Alliance) certified, a valid renewal of your PMA certification automatically entitles you to Polestar qualification renewal for an additional 2 years.
Stay in close touch with your host who will inform you of the continuing education workshops, seminars and mini courses that Polestar offers all over Asia on a continuous basis. These workshops are often presented by educators when they come to a host centre to present a core module and cover a wide range of interesting and useful topics such as Advanced Mat, Reformer, Cueing, Sports Specific and Rehabilitation Pilates and many others. Participation in these will earn you CEC’s and without doubt enhance your knowledge and skills as a Pilates instructor.
Also if you are not aware, Polestar Pilates Asia holds a Retreat every few years at some exciting and relaxing location in Asia when Polestar graduates and pupils from all over Asia and other countries, get together and participate in a range of workshops and sessions presented by Pilates and movement educators from all over the world. Besides enhancing your skills and knowledge as a Pilates instructor, lots of fun and abundant networking possibilities are available at our Retreats. Polestar graduates will also earn up to 16 CEC’s for full retreat attendance. Not to be missed if at all possible.
Polestar Pilates Asia will arrange Country Intensive Seminars in years that the Retreat is not offered. These Country Intensive Seminars held locally with local language facilities, are an extremely valuable education opportunity, provide Polestar CECs and are not to be missed if at all possible.
Polestar Education LLC and Polestar Asia post a lot of information about ongoing activities in Polestar Asia and other places around the world on websites: www.polestarpilatesasia.com and www.polestarpilates.com.
Your host will also post important information relevant to you on their website.
Make sure you check them out every so often.
Polestar Pilates Asia publishes a soft copy interactive e-newsletter: Polestar News Asia approximately 4 times a year. Our newsletter is full of the latest Polestar and Pilates news from around the world, upcoming events, focus topics as well as contributions from our Polestar Asia community concerning any aspect of their Polestar experience. We welcome your news and views!
继续教育
您将在这个课程中接受专业、深入的普拉提训练，但这仅仅是开始。您需要把这次培训视为一个跳板，继续通过北极星的其他培训获得更丰富的知识和经验。即使在您获得北极星证书之后，我们仍期待和您持续保持联系。您的证书有2年的有效期。为了令您的证书继续有效，您需要在这期间完成16个继续教育的学分；如果您已是或刚成为PMA（普拉提技术联盟）认证的一员，您的PMA证书会自动被赋予额外2年有效的北极星资格认证更新。
请与您的主办中心保持密切的联系，它将会通知您北极星在全亚洲持续提供的继续教育研讨会，讲座和迷你课程。研讨会通常由培训师在主办中心主讲核心课程，内容涵盖一系列有趣并且有用的课题，例如高级垫上动作、普拉提床、提示、专项动作、康复动作等一系列普拉提课程。参与这类活动将会增加您的继续教育学分，同时更能提升您的教练技巧和知识。
而且，北极星普拉提亚洲公司每隔几年也会在亚洲一些有趣、轻松的地方举办交流大会，此时来自全亚洲和其他国家地区的北极星毕业生和学员将汇聚一堂，参加由全世界普拉提培训师和动作培训师所讲授的研讨会和课程。除了可以提高您的教练技能和知识外，在交流大会上还有充满趣味性的活动，能拓展丰富人脉。如果参加交流大会全程，北极星的毕业生能获得最多16个继续教育学分。万勿错过！
在交流大会举办的间隙，北极星普拉提亚洲公司也会在不同国家密集召开一系列的深度专题讲座。这些专题讲座将会以各地本土语言进行，同样可以获得继续教育学分。难能可得，请勿错过。
北极星教育集团（Polestar Education LLC）和北极星亚洲公司将会在亚洲区或者全世界其他地区的官网上传有关活动的信息。亚洲区网址为：www.polestarpilatesasia.com；全球网址为：www.polestarpilates.com
您的主办中心同时也会将与您的相关的重要信息上传到中心的网站。
请时刻保持关注。
北极星普拉提亚洲公司每年会发布约4期电子杂志，名为Polestar News Asia。杂志内容包括最新的北极星和普拉提资讯、近期活动、焦点话题和来自北极星亚洲区成员的体验、分享。我们期待您能分享您的信息和想法！
Contact
We at Polestar do everything possible to make your training as beneficial and enjoyable as possible. Invariably, problems and hiccups do arise from time to time. If you do encounter a situation which you feel needs rectifying contact your host first to solve the problem. If the problem remains unsatisfactorily resolved please contact:
David Wayburne, Director-Polestar Pilates Asia Inc; david@polestarpilatesasia.com and we will do our best to find an acceptable solution.
If you change your contact details, please let your host (and us) know of your new email, tel, or address as soon as possible so that we can stay in touch with you.
I greatly look forward to meeting with you personally during the course of your training with Polestar and wish you every success in your Pilates training (and continuing education) with us and in your career as a Pilates instructor.
Warm regards,
Dawnna M. Wayburne
Education Director
联系方式
我们将竭尽所能使您在培训中有所裨益、感觉轻松愉悦。当然百密一疏，错漏在所难免。如果您遇到问题，请先联系您的主办中心。如果您仍然不满意解决方式，请联系：
David Wayburne，北极星普拉提亚洲公司总监；电子邮箱：david@polestarpilatesasia.com。我们将尽最大努力为您寻找合适的解决方案。
如果您更改了联系方式，请尽快通知您的主办中心（和北极星公司），告知您的最新邮件地址、电话号码或者住址。
我十分期待能与您在北极星的培训课程中会面，并祝愿您能与我们一起在接下来的普拉提培训课程（或继续教育课程）中取得成功，在接下来的职业生涯中成为一个合格的普拉提教练。
此致
敬礼！
Dawnna M. Wayburne
培训总监