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Foundations of
Teaching TFT1 – "Your Personal Coaching Style" Includes work in the 4 classes to help instructors discover what they bring to their students. You will identify your personal coaching style(s), your own coachability, communication style(s) and unique strengths. TFT2 – "Ready, Set, Teach!" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach helps instructors explore hints and tips on how to provide customer service, discover breakthrough teaching that helps you build connections and trust, and fine tune your instructional approach (Who’s Really in Charge of the Learning?) TFT3 – "Build a Plan for Your Students That Makes Sense (and gets them where THEY want to be!)" During the 4 classes, learn how to build a big-picture training and teaching plan for your students, design the format for your lessons with an eye on reuse and consistency, teach to themes to build good horsemanship, and help your students help you create challenging and fun individual learning plans to keep your students learning and coming back year after year. TFT4 – "Avoiding the (Potential) Chaos of Teaching" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach guides instructors to learn how to manage the dimensions of lessons – how to balance the needs of the horse, the rider and you; determine if one-on-one or group lessons are right for you, build safety into every lesson, know when to pay attention to signals from the rider and the horse, remain flexible to find the teachable/learnable moments and what to do when you think you need eyes in the back of your head to get through the hour!
Foundations
of Coaching TFC1 – "Building Rider Motivation and Trust" Includes work in the 4 classes to help instructors discover how to energize and focus riders, teach with honesty, spirit, and build trust. TFC2 – "Ask More and Listen More" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach helps instructors explore hints and tips on how to quickly get to know your students, how to say what you mean so you get the result you want, and learn the benefit of the Positive Coaching Model to put structure, focus and results into every lesson. TFC3 – "Get Emotionally Intelligent and Remain Calm Under Pressue" In the 4 classes, learn how to not “lose it and lose students,” invest in patience. It is easy to teach calmly when all is going well and the student is getting the results you want! This course will help you get to know yourself, how you coach, communicate under pressure, and how to remain flexible and calm when things aren’t going as planned. TFC4 – "Building Rider Confidence" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach guides instructors to learn how to manage and build rider confidence. You will learn what to do when your students have confidence problems – either too much or not enough!
Foundations of
Instruction
TFI1 – "Working with Horse and Rider Combinations to Get Resul" Includes work in the 4 classes to help instructors to match horse & rider combinations to their potential, help their students overcome barriers to effective riding, look at the benefits and drawbacks of the “lesson horse” and the “master school horse," discover if taking on two – teaching the owner to train their horse is right for you. TFI2 – "Constructing Safer Lessons" As instructors, you’ve learned many hints and tips to maintain a safe lesson program. During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach helps instructors “go beyond the safety basics” to explore new hints and tips on how to build on what is already working to improve safety in your lesson programs for groups and one-on-ones. TFI3 – "Building an Equestrian Team with Vision" During the 4 classes, you will learn how to build a training and teaching plan for your equestrian team. And learn teambuilding activities to keep your team spirit! TFI4 – "Know When to Let Go and Help Them Move On" How many times have you tried to keep a student when you knew that they really needed to move on to reach their potential? How many times have you asked a student to repeat a riding technique over and over again with no result? During these 4 classes, Equi-Coach guides instructors through the sensitive topic of gracefully letting go. Selected instructor Topics
(Offered in June and December) T1 - "One Size Doesn’t Fit All!" In this class, you will learn how to work with different age groups. How do you work with customers who are children? What is different about working with teens, adults, or older adults? T2 - "Recognize and Build on Your Strengths" Identify the strengths you have as a instructor. What makes you effective? What is getting in your way of becoming a better instructor? What will make you more effective? T3 - "Motivation and Preparation to Teach" How do you show up for your lessons? What do you do to prepare? What do you really need to know to be a instructor? This class will jump-start your planning to provide more effective training for your customers. T4 - "Coaching – From Telling to Asking" What is your coaching style? How much planning do you do with your students? Are your students comfortable asking you questions? How many questions do you ask your students? This class will help you learn how to involve your students to make them better learners. (Offered in July and January) T5 - "Positive Feedback – Can You Take it, or Do You Just Dish it Out" This class will help you begin to look at improving your communication skills. Learn the list of words that make you more effective in giving feedback to your students. T6 - "Put Power Into Your Language" Do you find yourself saying the same things to your students over and over again? Learn new ways to say what you mean – shorter and more effective directions to get better results. T7 - "instructors are Leaders!" This class looks at the impact you have on your students beyond teaching them how to ride. Learn about leadership and how you can be a role model for your students. T8 - "Recognize and Build on Your Students’ Strengths" Discover what you focus on when teaching your students. Do you know their strengths or only their weaknesses? Learn how to shift your focus from teaching to students’ weaknesses to building on their strengths.
Foundations of Business
Planning TFP1 – "Creating a Business Plan" Includes work in the 4 classes to help you to beyond horses as a hobby to identify the vision, mission, goals, financial organization and insurance needs for your equestrian business. TFP2 – "Find Balance in Your Work and Life" Focuses on how to “have a life” during the 4 classes. We got into this business because we live and breathe horses. Horses are your work and your life! When and how do you balance your love for this work with having a life? The horse business is a marathon – not a sprint, learn to pace yourself so you can continue to make horses your work and your life. TFP3 – "What Makes you Special?" Also focuses on building your business and your brand during the 4 classes. Learn how to build a big-picture brand plan for your business. Identify what makes you stand out from the crowd and keeps customers coming in your barn. TFP4 – "Get Organized and Save Time" These 4 classes look at simple ways and software to help you get and stay organized. Learn hints and tips to save time and keep your business activities efficient so you can spend your time where you want to – in the barn! Foundations of Customer
Service TFS1 – "Who are your Customers?" Includes work in the 4 classes to help you focus your business direction. You will learn how to match your services to your what your customers want and can afford to pay. TFS2 – :Position your Business to WOW Your Customers" During the 4 classes you will build a 2-page marketing plan ready to try! You will learn that marketing doesn’t have to be expensive to be effective. TFS3 – "Customers are Calling, so Now What?" During the 4 classes, you will learn what to say when customers call and how to build your sales – yes, you do have to sell to get customers! What do you say to get that customer to try your services and stay? TFS4 – "Know When to Let Go and Help Them Move On" During the 4 classes, you will learn how letting go and helping your customers move on might help your business grow! How many times have you tried to keep a customer when you knew that they really needed to move on? Equi-Coach guides you through the sensitive topic of gracefully letting go and using “letting go” as a way to get new business. Foundations of Marketing TFM1 – "You Want to Grow Your Business? So Now What?" Includes work in these 4 classes to identify if you want to grow your business, how to get it done! TFM2 – "A Look at Competition" These 4 classes focus on what it takes to host a competition, prepare your customers and students for competition, and what to do when it goes well or doesn’t go well. TFM3 – "The Joys of Employees, Interns and Apprentices" During these 4 classes, you will look at choices you make when you take on employees, interns and apprentices. You will learn how to handle the additional administrative jobs, determine how much training they need, how to maintain consistency for your customers, how to set realistic standards and celebrate their good work! TFM4 – "Know When to Let Go and Help Them Move On" Again focuses on the topic of letting go during the 4 classes. How many times have you tried to keep an employee, intern or apprentice when you knew that they really needed to move on to reach their potential (or not)? How many times have you asked an employee to repeat a job over and over again with no result? Equi-Coach guides you through the sensitive topic of gracefully letting them go.
Get The
Most Out Of Every Ride RFR1 – “What Do You Really Need to Know to be a Rider?" Discover your riding approach and learning style to learn what you bring to riding and what more you might like to learn. Do you have a instructor? Do you need a instructor? Do you want a instructor? These 4 classes help you focus your riding. RFR2 – “Ready, Set, Ride" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach helps you with hints and tips on how to discover breakthrough learning that helps you build connections and trust with your instructor (if you have one) and with your horse. You will explore your motivation to ride and how to stay alert and “still breathing” as you confront barriers that get in your way, and answer the question “Who’s Really in Charge of this Ride?” RFR3 – “Your Personal Learning and Riding Styles" During the 4 classes, you will identify your personal coaching style(s), communication style(s), unique strengths, and how all these contribute to how you approach your riding whether you ride with or without a instructor. RFR4 – “Avoiding the (Potential) Chaos of Riding" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach guides you to learn how to manage the dimensions of lessons – how to balance the needs of the horse, the instructor (if you have one) and you; determine if one-on-one or group lessons are right for you, build safety into every lesson, know when to pay attention to signals from the instructor and the horse, remain flexible to find your learnable moments and what to do when you think you need eyes in the back of your head to get through the hour! Setting Goals For Your
Riding RFG1 – “Building Rider Confidence, Motivation and Trust" In the 4 classes, you will discover how to energize and focus your riding, face your riding challenges with bravery, firmness, honesty and trust. Discover your confidence level – do you have too little confidence or too much? Learn to ride with spirit! RFG2 – “Ask More and Listen More" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach helps you explore hints and tips on how to quickly get to know your instructor, how to say what you mean so you get the result you want, and learn the benefit of asking questions to put structure, focus and results into every lesson. RFG3 – “Get Emotionally Intelligent and Peak Under
Pressure" During the 4 classes, learn how to not “lose it and
lose respect,” invest in patience. It is easy to ride calmly when all is
going well and your getting the results you want! This course will help
you get to know yourself, how you want to be coached and how you
communicate and ride under pressure. RFG4 – “Building on Your Strengths" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach guides you to learn how to identify and build on your strengths. Create a plan and set goals to ride to your strengths. Creating
Focus For Your Riding RFF1 – “Finding and Working with the Right
instructor" Work in the 4
classes will help you identify what you need in a instructor, how to find
a good instructor and how to work with the right instructor. Do you need
one-on-one training or group lessons. Look at the benefits and
RFF2 – “Positive Feedback for Learning" During the 4 classes, Equi-Coach helps you explore hints and tips on how to receive feedback about your riding based on your communication style. You will learn how to accept feedback and how to request feedback so you can improve your riding faster! . RFF3 – “Building a Vision for Your Riding" During the 4 classes. learn how to build a big-picture plan for your riding to create focus. Learn to let go and ride in the zone! RFF4 – “Know When to Move On" How many times have you stayed with a instructor when you knew that you really needed to move on to reach your potential? How many times have you asked your instructor to explain a riding technique over and over again with no result? During these 4 classes, Equi-Coach guides you through the sensitive topic of gracefully moving on. Selected Rider Topics (Offered in June and December) R1 - "Recognize and Build on Your Strengths" Identify the strengths you have as a rider. What makes you effective? What is getting in your way of becoming a better rider? What will make you more effective? R2 - "Motivation and Preparation to Ride" How do you show up for your lessons? What do you do to prepare? What do you really need to know to be a rider? This class will jump-start your planning to become a more effective rider. R3 - "Coaching – From Telling to Asking" What is your coaching style? How much planning do you do with your instructor (if you have one?) How much planning do you do before you ride (if you don’t have a instructor?) Are you comfortable asking questions? This class will help you learn how to ask the right questions at the right time. R4 - "Special Topic for Parents: Help! My Child is in Love With Horses!" You’ve known it for a long time, thought they would grow out of it, or maybe it would just go away. Didn’t happen. How to take the horse lover plunge with your child when you don’t have a clue! (Offered in July and January) R5 - "Positive Feedback – Can You Take it, or Do You Just Dish it Out?" This class will help you begin to look at improving your communication skills. Learn the list of words that make you more effective in taking and using feedback about your riding to make you a better rider. And learn how to safely give feedback to your instructor. R6 - "Put Power Into Your Language" Do you find yourself saying the same things to your instructor over and over again? Learn new ways to say what you mean – shorter and more effective statements to get better results. R7 - "Recognize and Build on Your Strengths" Discover what you focus on when you ride. Do you know your strengths or only your weaknesses? Learn how to shift your focus from building up your weaknesses to building on your strengths. R8 - "Special Topic for Parents: Help! My Child is in Love With Horses!" You’ve known it for a long time, thought they would grow out of it, or maybe it would just go away. Didn’t happen. How to take the horse lover plunge with your child when you don’t have a clue!
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