You get both of these!

Check out on this page to get both at once.

If you coach (or self-coach) 5-30 hours a week and want to...

  • Level up your pedagogical approach

  • Move your theoretical understandings and values into practical applications

  • Get facetime with a group of like-minded professionals to hash out practical applications

What the cohort is...

  • THREE 1hr live discussions

  • Two ONE-on-ONE sessions scheduled at your convenience

  • SIX assignments with video explanations

  • A group chat thread on Instagram

  • A totally transformative experience for you and your students

Schedule and details

Three LIVE group meetings: a welcome meet, a mid-point check-in, and a wrap up.



All these meetings are at 4pm Eastern time, and I highly recommend you plan to attend them! 

Obviously, you can watch the recordings if you have to, but the accountability and cohesion of a live meeting really improves the experience.

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FAQs

  • What's the cost?

    Pay-what-you-can centered on $400. Don’t skip out because you can’t afford it, or because you’re interested but not that interested. There are also some payment plan options available in the drop-down!

  • What if I haven't taken the pre-req class?

    You have to take it before we start! You can sign up before you've finished it though. Since everything is pay-what-you-can, just pay for the class (Innovative Alternatives to Traditional Movement Teaching) and then sign up for this cohort.

  • I'm already a great teacher/coach that does all these things.

    Then you should be in the room to add your POV to the discussions! The one-on-one thread is also a great chance to build language and become familiar with research which supports your practices.

  • What if I don't want to be in the instagram group thread or I'm not on Insta??

    I'm experimenting with this format, and I'm excited about it! That said, you'll also receive everything over email. You'll miss out on the group discussions, but you'll still have a private thread with me.

  • Will everything be available afterwards?

    Yep! All the materials will be yours to keep.

  • What if I don't teach regularly, but am curious as a student?

    Honestly, this cohort IS geared towards teachers. I've had students take it before and find it valuable, but I think it takes a special kind of nerdy student to enjoy it.

    If you don't teach but ARE interested, go ahead and sign up...just maybe only pay $150 and see how it goes.

  • What if I can't make the live meetings?

    That's up to you! There will be a group chat, and the meeting recordings will be available...but my experience tells me that the accountability of the live meetings is a big part of the value of the course.

I think that covers it...

but maybe you have a question?

Email me

"World class"

Jaine Mirka, @strayful

Adam presents beautiful, thoughtful learning materials that challenge our preconceived ideas around teaching a movement-based practice and empower us to do better. I can't overstate the positive impact this work has on the circus sector as it supports teachers in their work and creates consent-focused, inclusive spaces where more students can engage in a circus practice. We include Adam's modules as a mandatory part of our circus teacher training course as we feel his resources are world-class.

"Cannot recommend enough"

Ashley, @railroadaerialarts

I took a few of Adam's courses and they were absolutely amazing! I learned so much and it definitely changed how I think about movement, coaching, and lesson planning. I cannot recommend Adam or his courses enough.

Excellent, informative, engaging

Jesse Kitzen-Abelson, @jkitzenabelson

This course is excellent, informative, and engaging. Adam has put together a user friendly course that left me intrigued on the concepts of non-linear pedagogy. I now find myself thinking about linear and non-linear each day that I'm teaching. I believe this is a way to rejuvenate teaching and learning methods for us and our students.

Best material never taught

Seebie, @glamseebie

Alternative Teaching Methodologies is a MUST SEE set of tried-and-true practices to improve your lesson plans. There isn't a single movement educator or leader who couldn't benefit from incorporating these ideas to expand students' engagement, autonomy, and creativity! I was generating new lesson plan ideas and modifying my old ones with every section, and spent far longer mulling over each suggestion than I expected because they were each rife with opportunity.

"A revelation"

Elisa Format

Adam again makes a course another incredible source of tools for revolutionary teaching. And with revolution, I mean more effective, culture-changing, respectful of bodies and levels, and dynamic. I enjoyed it so much. I think for me it has been a revelation. NLP is a new way of living, not only teaching, I think. The principle of inquiry, be active, start with questioning and exploring. It's a revolutionary approach. as teachers and as learners (we can also be both at the same time). I found it difficult the first part of the course, then with the lesson planning I kind of found a place for all the concepts (it's the proof that NLP work this way! less information first!!)

Thoughtful and challenging

Kel, @melbinmotion

Adam has so much thoughtful and challenging content, delivered with genuine care for all the coaches he's teaching and their communities. All movement coaches should be doing these courses.

Adam Woolley

Adam has been coaching acrobatic and circus arts around the US since 2009. He served on the Board of Directors of the American Circus Educators Association from 2013-2018 as the chair of the safety committee. He joined the Philadelphia School of Circus Arts in 2015 as the Head Coach/Programs Director and worked over five years to double the size of the youth program. From 2017-2020 he worked as the Aerial Department Head for Circadium School of Contemporary Circus, the first professional training program in the US to be recognized by both a state-board-of-education and the FEDEC (Federation of European professional circus schools). Adam is committed to the idea that elite-level achievement does not require harmful or exclusionary teaching practices. He received his MSC at the University of Manitoba, where he researched physical literacy, movement creativity, pedagogy, and the effects of circus arts in public school PE on students' emotions and self-esteem.