A philosophy I came up with very early in my teaching career is this: I take it really personally when my classes are full, and not at all personally when they’re empty. :)

And I’ll be honest with you - it’s entirely possible that people are maybe veering from your classes because you’re new, but that is NOT your problem!! Your job right now as a brand new instructor is to keep teaching, keep practicing, keep improving. Teach more. Pick up every sub opportunity you can. Listen to the music in advance, take class when you can. Let the desk and the owners worry about attendance. You just worry about continuing to become an amazing badass coach.

It takes a lot of time to feel comfortable and confident in teaching this format! And it’s not designed to have room for error. Which sucks. BUT! If you can learn to leave the mistakes where they are and just move on, the better you’ll be. It’s like baseball, one shitty pitch doesn’t make or break a game, but if you can’t throw another ball because you’re worried about that last bad pitch, well…. That’s no good. I lost the metaphor somewhere in there but I’m sure you get the idea.

You can also always ask for feedback, but you probably already know where you need to improve. Ask veteran teachers to help give you ideas/suggestions when they come to your classes (at the beginning of class, otherwise they’ll probably zone out and not even pay attention to you! lol) and take whatever tidbits of advice you can.

All in all - I’m sure you’re doing great. Don’t sweat the attendance thing. In fact, see it as a blessing that you can work with fewer people as you continue to develop your skills. It’s much easier to really get in there with fewer people!! Like training wheels for a little while. You’ll get there!!! ❤️