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10/05/2019
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CIMSPA recruits for Pilates Instructor PDC

CIMSPA invites you to take part in the Pilates Instructor Professional Development Committee

CIMSPA are pleased to announce that we are assembling a Professional Development Committee (PDC) for Pilates Instructor Professional Standard. We want to hear from experienced instructors, practitioners and organisations about what they think that Pilates Instructor Professional Standard should contain.

Our intention is to form a PDC that looks to examine two main areas:

  • The development of Professional Standards for the Pilates industry; including reviewing the currency of the National Occupational Standards for Mat based Pilates. (SKAEF 21 & 22)
  • To explore the opportunity to utilise the Royal Charter to create a profession that everyone wants to be part of, creating greater recognition and public confidence.


We are proposing forming the Professional Development Committee to meet in the summer of 2019. In line with CIMSPA’s governance structure the committee will be:

  • Open to any individual or organisation who wants to be involved in the development of the standards.
  • Employer led with representation from large, medium, small and micro employers and supported by technical experts including those with expertise in assessment from awarding organisations and higher education and in delivery from training providers.


All members of the committee will be asked to sign an agreement which requires them to work in line with the CIMSPA sub-committee code of conduct. Any individual or organisation found not to be working within the code will be excluded from development and decision making.

A typical PDC holds 1 or 2 face-to-face meeting per year, with the remainder of the work being completed via emails, surveys and online meeting.

The committee will be meeting 10:30am - 3:30pm on Weds 10 July at SportPark, Loughborough University.

If you are interested in being part of this PDC then please complete the form by Friday 24 May.

PLEASE NOTE: there are a limited number of places available on this PDC and they will be allocated on a first-come first-served basis.