24/11/2025
I have been an educator for 26 years! A tutor, a dance teacher, a secondary science teacher, a dance school owner, a workplace facilitator, a leadership trainer and a Pilates & barre instructor. And with the range of educating roles there are common themes, my 3 most important things:
1. Know your people. You need to know who you are working with in order to achieve the best results. Don’t rush through learning about your people to get “to the learning”…this is part of the learning!
2. Know your outcomes. What do you want them to leave your course, your workshop, your class with? Break it down, use verbs to write out your outcomes - what do you want them to do.
3 know yourself. I recommend to all educators to sit with yourself and work out your style. What do you like in a class, a session etc. simple things like do you like music on, do you like discovery learning, do you demonstrate a few reps, how much do you talk, where do you stand? Be comfortable with who you are and own it!
I could honestly talk for AGES about being an educator, but these are my top 3. Thoughts?
