Aerial Teacher Training Intensive

With Lauren Kehl and Beverly Sobelman

Have you ever thought about being an aerial coach?

Have you wondered how to start? What’s the first step?

Our Aerial Teacher Training Intensive is a great first step along your path to teaching!

This training will cover teaching basics using the beginning curriculum developed by Lauren Kehl and Beverly Sobelman for Versatile Arts. Students will learn basic skill instruction, warm ups, and cueing as well as basic injury prevention, basic rigging, and functional anatomy through a lecture by The Circus Doc, Emily Scherb.

The curriculum addressed in this training helped to establish Versatile Arts as one of the premiere recreational aerial schools in the Pacific Northwest, and we are excited to share these tried and true teaching methods with current and aspiring aerial coaches! This is your opportunity to learn from the coaches that have created the curriculum and developed the teaching methods that have helped countless students of all abilities find success in aerial arts.

If you are already teaching, this workshop will help you dial in your cueing and spotting. If you are starting your journey as a teacher, this workshop will give you a solid foundation for you to continue your training as an instructor. If you’re a current New Moon student who’s interested in becoming a TA, this is how you start!

Our teacher training intensive is a combination of lecture and hands-on learning based on our established curriculum progressions and spotting protocols, practical anatomy education, and teacher assessment tools that will better prepare instructors to work with the recreational adult population. This 4-day workshop involves over 20 hours of classroom time.

Friday, January 17: 6:00pm – 9:00 pm
Saturday, January 18: 12:00pm – 6:30 pm
Sunday, January 19: 9:00am – 3:30 pm
Monday, January 20: 10:00am – 4:30 pm

Topics include:

• General anatomy overview
• Common postural faults and how to address them
• Basic injury prevention
• Body mechanics in hanging, climbing, inverting, and balancing
• How to run a warm up
• How to demonstrate and clearly verbally instruct basic skills
• How to spot and physically assist students in execution of basic skills
• How to verbally cue students in basic skills
• How to assess students’ skill level and when to introduce the next progression of the skill
• Basic rigging and safety procedures
• Hands-on teaching experience under the supervision of your teacher training coaches

After completing the course, participants will be ready to return to existing teaching with a more thorough understanding of the principles of aerial instruction, or to begin assisting or apprenticing under a more experienced instructor.

Prerequisites: at least 2 years of aerial experience including rope/tissu, and trapeze.

Tuition:
Early bird (register before January 1st) – $700
Standard (register January 1st or later) – $770
A $100 deposit holds your spot; tuition must be paid in full 1 week prior to the start of the workshop.

Register Here

Scholarship opportunity:
The VA BIPOC Scholarship Fund is able to support two participants in this training. If you identify as BIPOC, please pay the deposit to save your space and then email beverly@versatilearts.net to apply for a teacher training scholarship. Please include your age, racial and/or ethnic identity, a brief description of your aerial background, goals for taking this training, and whether you would be able to afford the training without support. Your deposit will be refunded if you do not receive a scholarship and can’t afford the training without it.