Top Tips For Teaching Yoga In Schools - Tip #5: Go Time!
Hi again, and welcome back to the blog!
I never thought blogging would be something I enjoy, but three weeks in, I’m really loving sharing these tips with you. If you’re enjoying the blog so far, please feel free to leave a comment or two.
Is there a top tip for teaching yoga in schools I haven’t addressed that you’d like me to cover? Let me know, and I’ll do my best to make it happen.
This week, I’m going to focus on a few key steps to take to find schools that may be interested in bringing yoga to their students, and how to find that information.
Enjoy!
Tip #5: Go Time!
You’ve gotten clear on your vision, laid your foundation, gathered your data….and now, it’s go time!
It’s time for you to start reaching sharing your dream, using your connections, and researching schools that you might be interested in working with.
But how, exactly, do you find the needle in the haystack?
Connections.
Your biggest asset is your connections. Start telling people about your dream. Ask them if they know anyone (chances are they do) working in schools, or already teaching yoga in schools. Follow-up on those connections. Ask a lot of questions.
Research.
Look up schools in your area, and check their job openings for full-time and part-time positions. If they have openings for a music, PE or dance teacher, throw your hat in the ring. This is ultimately how I landed my dream job. My school had an opening for an enrichment class after the Spanish teacher left, and my principal cared more about our students having that enrichment class in whatever form it took, and less about replacing that class with another foreign language. He was open to it being dance, or music, or drama or…yoga and mindfulness.
Why pursue these roles? Because just like with my principal, this shows they’re looking for enrichment opportunities for their kids, and may not be wedded to it looking or being the same as it was before.
Tip Takeaway: Share your vision with at least 2 people you know. Begin researching schools in your area, and noting the job openings they have, application deadlines, and more in a spreadsheet that’s easy for you to come back to. Note that this step is probably the most time-consuming, but also the most-rewarding.