How to Teach It

Description Whether you’re a quilter looking to build your stash with a little extra cash or an established professional crafter hoping to teach at international conventions, this class will help polish your pedagogical approach. You’ll learn how to develop a craft class with your particular audience in mind, establish your class rates and fees, choose a class project and communicate clearly with your students. Gwen, a Craft Yarn Council Certified Teacher, also offers valuable tips and techniques on how to market your class and build solid business relationships with craft stores. Her passion for instruction will help guide you through the practical considerations of becoming an instructor on the local, regional and national levels. She also offers advice to retail craft shops wanting to attract more customers by offering in-store crafting classes.

• Class Preview
• Meet Gwen Bortner
• The Business of Teaching
• Class Development
• Project Development
• Marketing
• Teaching Logistics
• Personal Best Practices
• Best Practices in the Classroom
• Going National
• Tips for Shop Owners