Katie I had Danielle Stead Blanton create my employee contract. It’s a legal document so it’s good to have someone like her create your contacts. My workers compensation insurance company gave me a lot of resources for my employee handbook. I also referred to my state’s labor laws for employers. They usually have requirements about what needs to be posted for employees

I do an onboarding process with my new teachers. They are on a 90 day probation in which they are observing how we teach at the studio. Over the 90 days I slowly integrate them into teaching. Depending on the teachers experience they might be on a shorter probation term. Its all laid out in my contract with them. I found this helps them learn about our studio environment and helps me prepare them to teach. I get a lot of new teachers coming out of teacher training and they can be very green so I want to make sure they are a good fit for our community.

Alexa C. | @alexagrowmybusiness I would love to get the connection for these! Super cute!

Rachel Olivia You’re welcome! Danielle Stead helped me set it up so if you need the legal contracts drafted, reach out to her!

Lauren Schoenfeld Tavi (33 Threads) is now doing screen printing on their clothing and bags and the minimum order is like 12 items which is not bad. You just send them your logo or design. I haven’t ordered anything yet but it’s in my to do list.

Rachel Olivia Have you checked out Balance Body’s Contrology line? It’s all classical equipment- as close to Joe’s original dimensions for stuff too. Jay Grimes, Sandy Shimoda and Karen Frischman all weighed in on their design and approval. I have a Contrology reformer/tower combo, Cadillac, Wunda chair, ladder barrel, Arm chair, and Soine corrector and they are hands down the best. Fairly fast delivery too (for most things). I still have a BB wood studio reformer/tower and a BB combo chair and we call those our “rehab pieces” because the springs are very different than classical springs.

Rachel Olivia My studio used to be a renter studio before I made my instructors employees. They had a weekly fee and it was based on how many sessions they taught. For example, if they taught between 1-5 sessions in a week (Monday- Saturday) they had to pay me $130 for that week. I believe I charged them $210 for 6-10 sessions and $280 for 10-15 sessions. This was only for privates and Semi-private sessions. They did not rent space for group classes. This rent fee structure encouraged them to teach more so they’d make more money for themselves but then I also was guaranteed money each week as long as they were teaching. My 24 hour late cancellation policy applied to them as well (the session was not taken off their total). I billed them biweekly. So if you’re trying to fill your schedule the flat rate for a range of sessions works well.