Here is how we hire instructors:
1) MUST BE ACE CERTIFIED AND FIRST AID CERTIFIED (or getting ACE certification but MUST have first aid cards)
2) Must be able to dance well, not tricks only and of an advanced INTERMEDIATE level
3) 1 year minimum pole experience (home pole, exotic dancer, etc)
4) MUST have taken lessons with a physical person (doesn't have to be us, but you must have class experience, if you do not, prospective instructors are REQUIRED to attend classes - they have the option of paying and taking the class as a student or not paying and watching the class - they may not take part if auditing.)
Before teaching a class instructors must be able to show us they can do a 60 minute class with 12 min warm up - cool down stretches and adapt pole moves and warm up/cool down exercises for all body types.
Must have a good personality - this is an absolute MUST. You need to keep students interested, encouraged and excited. It's not just teaching move after move - you need to be able to link things together and break that down for students.
Qualities we like but NOT required
1) home pole and continues in furthering own pole education and work
2) work ethic
3) people interested in other forms of exercise, dance or gymnastics
4) people with personal training, yoga, pilates, dance gymnastics backgrounds (not I took jazz in elementary)
5) people who want to bring out the best in OTHERS
6) pole addicts! 😁
The above isn't required but what I personally would like to see. Any of things on that list is great. Not everyone eats and breathes pole and there are a lot of amazing polers out there with no kind of background what so ever - so to make them required is silly. We also highly encourage exotic dancers to apply with us. There is an authenticity to the way an exotic dancer moves that many people really want to learn. I also like someone who is continuing to work on themselves. That doesn't mean always doing the next latest crazy move or combo but someone who really wants to learn new things - spins, spin combos, transitions, floor work. I think it's important that trainers commit to training.
For us - we take pole very seriously as a fitness regiment and believe to provide our students with the best experience our instructors need to be very knowledgeable. They need to be adaptable (i.e some can't do a split grip thumbs down - teach them split grip thumbs up.) They need to be able to provide the highest quality of customer service.
