Small Group Lessons
Instructors can offer Small Group Lessons, where each student registers and pays individually, similar to a typical small class or clinic.
Previously, instructors could host up to four students per group lesson or Lesson Pack, but one student had to pay for everyone. This setup only worked for groups of students who already knew each other.
The goal of Small Group Lessons is to:
Provide a more affordable entry point for students who don’t already have a group.
Help instructors build a client base of private lesson students.
To propose a Small Group Lesson:
Complete the Small Group Lesson proposal form.
Choose the city in which you will be teaching.
Instructor options for posting Small Group Lesson Packs
| Instructor Options |
Student Capacity | Capacity of 2, 3, or 4 students |
Number of Sessions | Must be 4 total sessions |
Scheduling of Sessions | Any day of the week, meeting once or twice weekly |
Pricing | Any price per student joining |
Minimum enrollment to run the class | Minimum of 1, 2, 3, or 4 students enrolled |
Category of the Lesson | Adult Lesson or Youth Lesson |
Posting and Marketing Schedule
Because it is uncertain whether a Small Group Lesson will fill before the first session, these lessons follow a more advanced marketing schedule.
The goals of this schedule are to:
Ensure each lesson has a chance to be marketed.
Provide enough time to cancel or remove the lesson if it is under-filled.
| Marketing Stage |
Open for new submissions from instructors | 8 or more weeks before the start date of the first session |
New submissions posted | 6-8 weeks before the start of the first session |
Marketing period | 3-6 weeks before the start of the first session |
Lessons confirmed or canceled based on fill rate | 3 or fewer weeks before the lesson starts it will will be cancelled if under-filled |
Example Scenario – Fred Posts a Small Group Lesson
Fred is an instructor in San Francisco who wants to post a 4-person Small Group Lesson at Buena Vista Park, scheduled 9 weeks from now.
Steps Fred takes:
Submit the form:
Fred fills out the form 9 weeks in advance (before the 8-week cutoff).
Lesson details:
Up to 4 students can join
Meets Tuesdays, 4:00–5:00 PM, once per week
$30 per person
Adult lesson
Rec reviews and posts the lesson:
Rec confirms the dates and times are available.
Rec posts the Small Group Lesson.
Marketing the lesson:
Rec markets the lesson through regular emails to students and to students who have requested to join a group lesson.
Fred markets the lesson to his personal network of students.
Lesson confirmation:
By three weeks before the lesson, 3 out of 4 spots are filled.
The lesson is now confirmed to run.
The posting remains active in case the fourth spot is filled.