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Martial Arts · Martial History & Supporting Studies

Assisting and Leading Classes: Teaching and Leadership for Apprentices

How to support the head instructor, teach movement, keep students safe and lead a class segment.

Level
Beginner
Lessons
24 lessons in 5 modules
Estimated study
About 15 hours
Format
Online, self-paced
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About this course

For apprentices and assistants who are starting to help with and lead kids and adult classes at Cloud Forest. You will learn what assistants do and do not do, how people learn movement, how to correct and cue, how to run a safe class, concussion and heat illness awareness, emergency and incident basics, teaching children, safeguarding and North Carolina's duty to report suspected child abuse, lesson planning, adapting for different students and handling disruption. The course ends with a 20-minute segment you plan, teach under the head instructor's supervision and review. It teaches how to teach, not what to teach: techniques, forms and rank requirements come from your instructors. It does not confer rank, instructor standing, or CPR or first aid certification. About 15 hours.

Course outline

What an assistant is for, how to support the head instructor before, during and after class, how to correct a student, and where your role ends.

  1. The Assistant's Place in the Class35 minFree preview
  2. Before, During and After Class35 min
  3. How to Correct a Student35 min
  4. Professional Boundaries35 min

The teaching cycle, breaking skills into parts, choosing cues, deciding how much feedback to give, and keeping every student practicing.

  1. Demonstrate, Explain, Practice, Feedback35 min
  2. Chunking and Part and Whole Practice35 min
  3. Cues and Where Attention Goes35 min
  4. How Much Feedback, and When35 min
  5. Repetitions and Keeping Everyone Moving35 min

Space and equipment checks, warm-up structure, pairing and supervision, recognizing overexertion and heat illness, concussion awareness, and what to do in an emergency.

  1. Space, Equipment and the Warm-Up35 min
  2. Pairing Students and Supervising a Group35 min
  3. Overexertion and Heat Illness35 min
  4. Concussion Awareness35 min
  5. Emergencies, First Aid and Incident Reports35 min

How children attend and play, positive behavior management, talking with parents, safeguarding rules for contact and communication, and recognizing and reporting suspected abuse in North Carolina.

  1. How Children Attend, Play and Learn in Class35 min
  2. Positive Behavior Management and Routines35 min
  3. Talking with Parents and Guardians35 min
  4. Safeguarding: Contact, Touch and Communication35 min
  5. Recognizing and Reporting Suspected Abuse35 min

Writing a lesson plan, adapting for different abilities and injuries, handling disruption, giving and receiving feedback, reflecting after class, and a capstone in which you plan, teach and review a 20-minute segment.

  1. Writing a Lesson Plan35 min
  2. Adapting for Ability and Injury, and Inclusive Language35 min
  3. Handling a Disruptive Student35 min
  4. Feedback, Example and Reflection35 min
  5. Capstone: Plan, Teach and Reflect on a 20-Minute Segment1 h 35 min

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