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The Bookends indicates the 15-minutes immediately before and after class. Within those
15-minutes, you have a tremendous opportunity to influence your student’s perception and affect how your students feel.

You see, a class doesn’t begin when you start teaching, and it doesn’t end when you stop teaching. Your impression on your students begins the moment your first student arrives and continues until your last student leaves.

Students will not...

Effective Teaching | Part 2

Part 2 of 2 of Effective Teaching as a Barre Eclipse instructor. Please see Part 1 to get acquainted.

At Barre Eclipse, every ingredient we add into the mixture utilizes the concepts introduced beforehand. Now that we have the basics down, we can layer in a bit more complexity.

These next few concepts are nuanced and specific to our method, and benefits from learning how to teach the way we do. We truly believe that...

Teaching with The Playlist 101

Here are the basics to ensure your class is smooth when working with a Playlist as closely as we do:

1. Charge your device entirely, or plug it in during class. A dead battery is like getting caught with your pants down.
2. Turn off "auto-lock" so you can see your music the entire time. Having to fidget with unlocking your phone while you teach is entirely avoidable. This need to keep your phone on is why we recommen...