ending lesson time

It seems to me that a lot of people know the students around them and acquainted with them. being a new student to the studio and not knowing who is who, would it be just a courtesy call to let the instructor know if it's okay that we are in overtime?
 
if you don't know whether or not the student is waiting for your instructor, I wouldn't speak up...professionals, IME, don;t appreciate having students assist them with their duties in an unsolicited manner.....and they should in fact be on top of that on their own...
 
it seems like the members here are familiar with their instructors or the studio they are taking lessons from. but starting to take lessons from a new studio or new instructor, it's hard to figure out what is the proper way of dealing with going overtime in a lesson. just want to be considerate of others around who I don't know and are waiting for their lesson. sorry for the confusion.
 
not a problem....but I do think it is on your instructor....I do think you can do your best to not actively ignore the end of lesson by initiating some sort of new question or whatever...but, ultimately it is their call and their issue to deal with
 
s2k said:
Hey - she's the studio owner. It's her choice. Also, we're a different breed of "typical student" - competitive amateurs with a serious work ethic. She knows we love to dance, she knows we work hard, and she's told us before that she loves working with us because of it. She's investing in our training and our partnership and my partner and I are grateful to have a coach like her.
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I was in a situation like this for some time. There was also a flip side: If my teacher needed to cancel or delay or cut short, even on short notice, I was understanding. I also provided volunteer labor for an annual event the teacher organized. Plus, we got along and were friendly (while respecting teacher/student and customer/vendor relationship boundaries). My own work ethic went a long way, too.

There's value in mutually respectful and appreciative human relationships that goes beyond strict economic accounting. Good faith is precious.
 
Both of my private instructors are excellent about ending the lesson. Ann will simply start to walk me to the front desk. Mary will ask me if I have any "last questions" when it is very close to time. But my all star group instructor Ron always runs over because he gets so involved with what he is teaching. One of us students reminds him when he is heading overtime. He usually stops there. But sometimes he keeps going anyway... as much as a half hour over his limit... his choice. Since he typically does not have a private lesson after his groups, we students get to enjoy this "bonus time." During the upcoming holidays, Ron will be well tipped for his efforts.
 
ballroomdancertoo said:
It seems to me that a lot of people know the students around them and acquainted with them. being a new student to the studio and not knowing who is who, would it be just a courtesy call to let the instructor know if it's okay that we are in overtime?
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This doesn't change my earlier answer.
 
On the flip side...does anyone say anything if the lesson is started late but still ends on time so you are shorted on time? This has happened to me before years ago with a different pro on a fairly regular basis.
 
debmc said:
On the flip side...does anyone say anything if the lesson is started late but still ends on time so you are shorted on time? This has happened to me before years ago with a different pro on a fairly regular basis.
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This does happen sometimes to us and it's really irritating. The studio offers no buffer time, and so any delay at all, all day long, means either cascading delays or some student gets shortchanged. I have not yet said anything about this, but at some point, I'll have to politely address it.
 
That's really irritating. My pro offers 50 minute lessons and gives himself 10-15 minutes of buffer time. I've never had him short change me. If he's running late he'll just tell/text people so you're not waiting for 20+ minutes.
 
LateToTheDance said:
This does happen sometimes to us and it's really irritating. The studio offers no buffer time, and so any delay at all, all day long, means either cascading delays or some student gets shortchanged. I have not yet said anything about this, but at some point, I'll have to politely address it.
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in this particular case, I would actually take it up with the owners rather than the instructor....I personally think it is awful that instructors are put in that position...I have (mercifully) always worked with instructors who had the freedom to to start a little early or run a little late but all of whom always made sure that we all got what we paid for....but I have seen these scenarios with the newer teachers where they get no time to eat or use the facilities or whatever and I have had that in one of my jobs when I taught fitness....in the end it really isn't good for business to leave the instructor with no cushion time, IMO
 
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