spot checks!

I made a major move in my training. Let me give some background first. There are three levels to this apprenticeship. First is Class B (B is for beginner). In class B you are generally in the playroom once to twice a week, increasing from 15 minutes to 1 or occasionally 1.5 hours. You are videotaped for 15 minutes of both of your times in the playroom, and have 2 feedback classes a week based on getting feedback on those tapes.
After about 6 months you move up to Class I (that's I for intermediate). Class I is in the room a minimum of twice a week, for a minimum of an hour. You will generally go into the room for up to 4 hours a week, in total. Class I is videotaped for 15 minutes of only one of their sessions and has just one feedback class per week, based on that video. For one other session in a week, Class I gets what is called spot checks. For a spot check a teacher or teacher trainee will observe you in the room in person (we have an observation room with a huge two-way mirror attached to every playroom that we observe through). Your observer gives you written feedback that includes the areas that you were most and least effective in, but there is no class or official discussion (of course you are always free to go to your spot checker and ask questions etc). Toward the end of Class I you begin to work to get four video tapes that are considered senior apprentice level. When you get four, you move up to Class A. That usually happens at around a year.
Next is Class A (for advanced) which is also known as Senior Apprentice. These people don't have feedback class any more; their feedback is all from spot checks. When the teachers decide you are ready, you begin to work on tapes again. You are video taped in the playroom at random, at least once a week. The teachers then watch the tapes and decide whether you are at the level of a certifiable Child Facilitator. You have to get four tapes in a row (that's four weeks in a row). Three of the four must be excellent and one can be fair. If your tape for a week isn't certifiable quality, you start over at tape number one. After your four tapes, you are back on spot checks. This time one of the two senior teachers (that's Kate and William) will spot check you at random once a week. When you get four certifiable spot checks in a row (again, that's four weeks in a row) its just a matter of waiting for them to tell you you are truly certified.
OK, so after all that, here's the very cool news: I just moved up to Class I!