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Re: Class ratios
Posted By: Shawn Baker In Response To: Class ratios (Pamela)
Date: Wednesday, 28 May 2003, at 12:57 p.m.
That's a great insight, Pamela.
Having a student in class once, they learn a lot for their money, but they don't get it all committed to memory or instinct.
Taking the class again for fee, though, is costly, and the cost-benefit ratio is low.
Having them audit the class is a great idea. We can learn a lot ourselves by having to learn the skill well enough to share with another. They get the small bits they missed the first time, all the while helping the instructor.
If class fees were waived and even if they bought their own food, I could see it being an enticing offer for past students. We did this with our 3-hour rough water rescue class last year at R2K2. Past students got to come for free..they did some rescues they may not have been comfortable doing out by themselves, but didn't require much effort on the part of the leaders. They were an additional set of eyes and ears for the students. (As well as teabags!)
At the end of the class, I told the students to come back the next year for free.
But I don't teach to make a living, either. This part makes for a conundrum to some!
Shawn
: One thing that struck me about the riding program I taught was the
: staff/student ratio -- which was part of the discussion on David's
: incident. We had a senior instructor, an assistant instructor and two
: volunteers with horse experience in the ring at all times, for a class of
: six. The three beginners had a knowledgeable person walking or riding
: beside them all the time to teach basic skills when the senior instructor
: was working with the more advanced riders.: Using volunteers gets around the problems of economics that come with any
: outdoor program. The facility recruits volunteers and gives them free
: lessons and meals for the weekend.: Pamela
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