Subject: Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. VIII
Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. VIII
February 25th, 2016 at 7:53 am CDTFriend, Alright, it's time to wrap this series up with a discussion on curriculum and training your new hire to follow it. So what's the big deal about curriculum? I mean, you pretty much know what a student needs to learn to get to black belt (or th ...
Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. VII
February 24th, 2016 at 7:54 am CDTFriend, Lesson plans... Who needs 'em, amirite? Heh, everybody - that's who. Today, we're going to talk about the importance of having lesson plans prepared for every single class. And, we're going to discuss the importance of training your staff to ...
Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. VI
February 23rd, 2016 at 8:23 am CDTFriend, So yesterday we talked about basic pedagogy and how it relates to training new assistant instructors. Today we're going to talk about using motivational psychology in our teaching methods, and how we're going to pass those methods on to our s ...
Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. V
February 22nd, 2016 at 7:24 am CDTFriend, Last week we discussed training your new hire on the topics of:KinesiologyInjury Preventionand SafetyNow, let's move on to the next of the training topics... Teaching Pedagogy Pedagogy literally means the method and practice of teaching... so ...
Master Ken is on The Martial Arts Business Podcast...
February 19th, 2016 at 2:59 pm CDTFriend, As promised, the latest edition of the Martial Arts Business Podcast featuring Matt Page from Enter the Dojo is live and online. This was a really fun interview to do, and Matt is just as funny IRL as he is playing Master Ken on Enter the Doj ...
Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. IV
February 18th, 2016 at 6:19 am CDTFriend, Alright, let's talk Injury Prevention and Safety. This is a broad topic that covers a number of separate but interrelated subjects. So, I'll break them down one at a time and explain how I think you should approach training your teaching assi ...
Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. III
February 17th, 2016 at 6:41 am CDTFriend, It's time to break in your new instructor trainee... but first you have to educate them so they can run a class without getting you sued. So today we're going to start with the first of several topics that I've found to be crucial to trainin ...
Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. II
February 16th, 2016 at 6:06 am CDTFriend, So what's the first thing you should train your teaching staff to do? Well, after you take them through a thorough orientation (policy manual, signing paperwork, etc.) and after you've done a thorough background check (should include driving ...
Training Teaching Staff for Your Dojo, Pt. I
February 15th, 2016 at 6:48 am CDTFriend, Alrighty, so it's time to talk about training teaching staff for your dojo. Piece of cake, right? I mean, all you have to do is find someone who is a black belt, and then BAM! instant instructor. Er... not quite. Sure, you can hire someone f ...
This MA Video Is Fun To Watch...
February 12th, 2016 at 8:05 am CDTFriend, Well, the podcast isn't quite ready yet... So, I'm sending this video link out to you instead. Normally I like to send out something funny on Fridays, but this time I'm sending you a clip that is simply fun to watch. Check it out: https://you ...