New England Wushu · Lead & Achieve

From student to instructor.

Lead & Achieve is our instructor development program: real teaching, real responsibility and real pay, on a ladder that runs from trainee to business partner. It is work, it is coached, and it is the strongest thing a teenager can put on a college application short of the application itself.

Takes about: 10 minutes
Rungs to climb: 14
Next step: A talk and a class visit

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The program

What you get out of it

Paid teaching: Training starts unpaid, then every phase after is paid — raises and bonuses alternate as you climb.
Distinguished Instructor: A titled award for demonstrated excellence in teaching plus top-10 finishes at USAWKF Team Trials — a line that means something on any application.
Letter of recommendation: Earned, not requested: reach Phase F and 120 classes taught, and the coaches who watched you teach write it.
Partner track: Partner track: considered as a business partner for opening a new location.

The ladder

Every rung, and what it pays

This is the ladder as it runs today — the same rungs the coaches move people through.

Phase A — Instructor Trainee
4 months · Unpaid training
Shadowing and assisting while learning how we run a class.
Phase B — Assistant Instructor
6 months · $15/hr
Paid assisting with real responsibility in class.
Phase C — Associate Instructor
9 months · Raise reviewed at the end · raise up to +$3/hr
Running sections of class with a lead instructor present.
Phase D — Instructor
6 months · Bonus at the end · bonus $100–$250
Running a full class independently.
Phase E — Lead Instructor
6 months · Raise reviewed at the end · raise up to +$3/hr
Leading classes and setting the plan for the room.
Phase F — Head Instructor
6 months · Bonus at the end · bonus $100–$250
Owning a class group and guiding assistant instructors.
Phase G — Senior Instructor
6 months · Raise reviewed at the end · raise up to +$3/hr
Developing newer instructors and upholding the standard across classes.
Phase H
6 months · Bonus at the end · bonus $100–$250
Phase I
6 months · Raise reviewed at the end · raise up to +$3/hr
Phase J — Partner TrackPartner track
6 months · Bonus at the end · bonus $100–$250
Senior leadership with a view to partnership: running a program end to end while being evaluated as a business partner for opening a new location.
Phase K — PartnerPartner track
6 months · Raise reviewed at the end · raise up to +$3/hr
Business partner for a new location — co-owning the plan, the staffing and the standard for a second academy.
Phase L
6 months · Raise reviewed at the end
Phase M
6 months · Raise reviewed at the end
Phase N
6 months · Raise reviewed at the end

Part one

Who you are

If you are under 18, put a parent's email — we write to them too.

First name *Last name *

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Part two

Why you

What makes you a good leader for our program? *Write it the way you would say it. We are not looking for polish.

Part three

Three situations

There are no trick answers here — we are reading how you think about children, not how much you already know about teaching.

Patience *A six-year-old has been trying the same kick for ten minutes and still cannot get it. They are frustrated and starting to give up. What do you do?Focus on the child *Two students in your group start arguing over who goes first, and the rest of the class is waiting. How do you handle it?Resolution *A parent tells you after class that they do not think their child is improving. You only have a minute before the next class starts. What do you say?

Questions before you send? Write to info@newushu.com.

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