Why do you teach pole? Defining your "why" isn't just a philosophical exercise. It impacts what skills you'll teach, how you plan your classes, who you market to, and your class structure.

Create an alluring class name and description that calls out to exactly the students that you most love teaching. We’ll show you how!

Avoid scrambling for a lesson plan right before class. Plan out a sustainable, repeatable, and exciting curriculum for your students - weeks or months in advance!

Learn exactly how much time to spend on each element of class, so your students have a fun, safe, balanced experience every time.

Here’s how to keep your students safe, no matter who shows up in your class - and how to give students the information they need to keep themselves safe before they even come to the studio.

Get prepared for the part of class your students will remember most - the cool new thing they learned! Here’s how to make sure every student in your class learns something they’re excited about and leaves feeling like they got just the right kind of challenge.

What’s the difference between a progression and a variation? What’s relational instruction and how can it change the way you teach… everything!? Learn about our methods for making your life (and your students’ lives) so much easier.

Creating a new combo for yourself or your class, and you’re not sure how to make it truly original or unique? Here’s how we invent entirely new transitions that no one has seen before.

Learn how to ground yourself in the moments before class so that you’re ready to receive your students when they open the door.

Give your students a chance to learn a little bit about each other in the first few moments of class, and plant the seeds of lasting pole friendship.

If you only remember one thing from this course, we hope it’s this lesson! We’ll cover ways to help your students feel more seen and heard in your classes, and help you keep them safe.

Learn the difference between an awesome and a lackluster warmup. We’ve got stretches you can use to paint-by-number yourself a brand new, effective warmup!

Here’s our secret for instruction that sticks. Avoid those glassy-eyed stares after you demonstrate a new skill! Here’s our instructional flow for truly effective teaching.

How you talk about a new skill is just as important as demonstrating it! Learn how to work with students’ different learning styles, and what changes when you start cuing for aerial skills.

The next-best thing to learning spotting in the studio! Here are our basic techniques that you can practice with a pole partner to keep students safe in class. Plus, learn the differences between basic and advanced spotting.

Here’s our guide to guiding effective - and even fun - pole sharing in your classes. Avoid any students feeling left out or like they got less time on the pole. Encourage collaboration! We’ll tell you how.

Take time to think about the differences between spin pole and static pole, and learn how to help students who get dizzy!

Help students integrate their lessons by taking time to reflect at the end of class. Learn how to help them see (and answer) the hidden questions in the back of their mind, like “Am I making progress?”

Group classes and private lessons are entirely different teaching experiences! Put together a plan for progress with your student, using our guide, that keeps you both on the same page and helps them feel successful.

Beyond making progress, students want to feel good about their flow! Here’s how to help them feel embodied, including prompts you can employ and simple tricks you can use in class.

What do you do when your student hits a plateau and gets frustrated at their lack of progress? It happens to us all - we’ll help you be prepared for that moment.

Freestyle doesn’t have to be so intimidating for everyone! We’ve got techniques for weaving it into all your classes, so your students develop their flow right alongside their skillset.

Adults know when your encouragement isn’t authentic! How do you encourage a frustrated student? How do you make them feel seen and celebrated even as they struggle? We’ve got ideas for you.

“My shoulder hurts a little, but I’ll be ok,” your student says at the beginning of class. How do you work with that information? We’ve got a helpful guide to keeping them safe, progressing, and engaged.

Naked students, needy students, and anyone that makes you uncomfortable - here’s how to handle it.

Beyond discomfort, how do you deal with situations in class that truly challenge you? Here’s how we recommend you tackle the most common challenging and upsetting scenarios.

What do pole instructors get paid? Do you need your own insurance? Is that contract legal? What benefits are common? We’ve got answers to your questions, plus a guide for getting hired at a new studio.

Here’s how to keep yourself from getting burned out as you take on teaching classes.

There’s always more to learn. We’ll talk about continuing education for all pole instructors, and different topics you might want to investigate that will be relevant to teaching pole!