The application process for seeking Moo Duk Kwan^® School Certification is detailed in the kit provided below.

A good early step is to review your personal goals and consider which of the seven common lifestyles of Soo Bahk Do^® instructors appeals to you.

Next it is prudent to evaluate your business preparedness to operate a business because entrepreneurial knowledge and business skills that you never learned as a practitioner will now be needed to run a school business.

Typically, the goals of Certified School Owners differ from those of Certified Teaching Program Leaders (CTP).

Often a principal difference is the amount of investment and responsibility that the applicant plans to undertake in growing their student enrollment and in the amount of time, energy and money that the applicant plans to invest in the recruitment of new students, training and retaining students all year round.

Certified School Owners often must generate all traffic to their school whereas Certified Teaching Program Leaders often depend on the existing traffic through the facility where they plan to teach (rec center, gym, dance school, etc.) to generate new students and often have smaller enrollment; however, some rec center programs, etc. have large enrollments.

Certified School Owners typically exercise more ownership and responsibility for the job of marketing and recruiting new student prospects for their school year round and as a result tend to have larger enrollment; however, some have small enrollment.

The amount of time, energy and money you plan to invest in your endeavor and the anticipated size of your student body enrollment also informs the business decision about whether to operate part-time or full time and whether to operate as a "hobby" or a "business."

These decisions have consequences at tax time as the Internal Revenue Service considers your "intent" in determining how your undertaking will be taxed, so careful consideration is prudent before you get started.

Being an excellent practitioner does not automatically mean you have the entrepreneurial knowledge or business acumen to run a business, so unless you already have life experience in business you will need to acquire some new business knowledge and skills to effectively manage your teaching activity so that it can be as rewarding and long-lived as possible.

Once you contemplated your personal goals for your endeavor and your business preparedness to operate a school, then complete and submit the following to Headquarters:

1. Compare benefits of Moo Duk Kwan^® school certification licenses
2. File notification of Intent
3. File Signed Letters of Notification From 2 Closest Schools
4. File Application For School Certification
5. Schedule School Inspection Visit with Regional Examiner

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Pick Your Path

1. Not yet a certified instructor, but thinking about running a Moo Duk Kwan^® Certified Teaching Program or a Certified School someday?
2. Consult your personal Instructor
3. Review Member Manual
4. Review Moo Duk Kwan^® expectations of Certified School Owners and Certified Teaching Program Leaders (LOU, etc.)
5. Review your personal goals
6. Enroll in Instructor Certification Training Program
   1. Jo Kyo Apprenticeship
   2. Kyo Sa Apprenticeship
   3. Sa Bom Apprenticeship
7. Compile a Business Plan for your endeavor
8. Consider your level of business acumen or equivalent life experience
9. Acquire new business or entrepreneurial skills if needed
10. Evaluate the location you have in mind
11. Apply For A Moo Duk Kwan^® Commercial License
    1. Certified School Application
    2. Certified Teaching Program Application (Use Application in START Program Guide)
12. Already a Moo Duk Kwan^® certified Jo Kyo instructor and thinking about starting a Moo Duk Kwan^® Certified Teaching Program or a Certified School someday?
13. Consult your personal instructor
14. Review Member Manual
15. Review Moo Duk Kwan^® expectations of Certified Teaching Program Leaders (LOU, etc.)
16. Review your personal goals
17. Enroll in Instructor Certification Training Program
    1. Kyo Sa Apprenticeship
18. Compile a Business Plan for your endeavor
19. Consider your level of business acumen or equivalent life experience
20. Acquire new business or entrepreneurial skills if needed
21. Evaluate the location you have in mind
22. Apply For A Moo Duk Kwan^® Commercial License
    1. Certified School Application
    2. Certified Teaching Program Application (Use Application in START Program Guide)
23. Already a Moo Duk Kwan^® certified Kyo Sa instructor and thinking about starting a Moo Duk Kwan^® Certified Teaching Program or a Certified School someday?
24. Consult your personal instructor
25. Review Member Manual
26. Review Moo Duk Kwan^® expectations of Certified Teaching Program Leaders (LOU, etc.)
27. Review your personal goals
28. Enroll in Instructor Certification Training Program
    1. Sa Bom Apprenticeship
29. Compile a Business Plan for your endeavor
30. Consider your level of business acumen or equivalent life experience
31. Acquire new business or entrepreneurial skills if needed
32. Evaluate the location you have in mind
33. Apply For A Moo Duk Kwan^® Commercial License
    1. Certified Teaching Program Application (Use Application in START Program Guide)
    2. Certified School Application
34. Already a Moo Duk Kwan^® certified Sa Bom instructor and thinking about starting aMoo Duk Kwan^® Certified Teaching Program or a Certified School someday?
35. Consult your personal instructor
36. Review Member Manual
37. Review Moo Duk Kwan^® expectations of Certified Teaching Program Leaders (LOU, etc.)
38. Review your personal goals
39. Compile a Business Plan for your endeavor
40. Consider your level of business acumen or equivalent life experience
41. Acquire new business or entrepreneurial skills if needed
42. Evaluate the location you have in mind
43. Apply For A Moo Duk Kwan^® Commercial License
    1. Certified Teaching Program Application (Use Application in START Program Guide)
    2. Certified School Application