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Scaffolding Creativity
CourseWe've all tried to introduce creative or expressive drills or exercises to our classes...but without scaffolding, those attempts are hit-and-miss in unpredictable ways.
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Talking about Uncomfortable Things
CourseTalking about things like body shape, food, money, and power can be SO uncomfortable. Movement coaches should develop their social skills to interrupt the feedback loop of shame and stigma around uncomfortable topics!
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Switching to Self-Directed Conditioning
CourseIf you want your students to get stronger without risking them feeling weak or inadequate, or if you're bored with the old "here's how you make it easier, here's how you make it harder" approach--this is the workshop for you!
⬇️ Start here ⬇️
I recommend starting with one of my workshops. These are 60min recordings of live presentations...just hit play!
🤯 Then try a Master class 🤯
These are longer, interactive self-paced classes that go into more depth than the workshops.
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Beyond the Basics: Centering Consent
Course"Can I spot you?" is where most people start, but movement teaching is in dire need of some deeper thought on consent. This course is a 201-level deep dive into consent practice for movement teachers.
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Innovative Alternatives to Traditional Movement Teaching
CourseWant to take your understanding of teaching to the next level? This course gives you the language, history, theory and practical tools that you need to transform your teaching practice.
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Unlocking Student Motivation
CourseThis mini-course reviews the psychology of motivation and suggests specific ways teachers can create a class culture that has motivational effects.
Excellent, informative, engaging
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
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"
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
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.
"Relevant and essential"
Adam's courses are amazing and eye-opening for any movement teacher who is serious about their practice and about providing a truly inclusive experience for their students. He is one of the only practitioners I'm aware of who’s bringing concepts from some of the most important and current research (in physical literacy, non-linear pedagogy and other educational contexts) and making it relevant and essential to circus teaching today. Whether you teach in a recreational, pre-vocational, vocational, professional or therapeutic context, these concepts not only apply universally (yes, really) but could fundamentally change the way you think about education and the concepts/practices we traditionally ‘inherit’ which can potentially be harmful if we don’t question them. You should be prepared to be challenged and fundamentally changed by this important work.
"World class"
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"
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
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
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"
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
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.
"Relevant and essential"
Adam's courses are amazing and eye-opening for any movement teacher who is serious about their practice and about providing a truly inclusive experience for their students. He is one of the only practitioners I'm aware of who’s bringing concepts from some of the most important and current research (in physical literacy, non-linear pedagogy and other educational contexts) and making it relevant and essential to circus teaching today. Whether you teach in a recreational, pre-vocational, vocational, professional or therapeutic context, these concepts not only apply universally (yes, really) but could fundamentally change the way you think about education and the concepts/practices we traditionally ‘inherit’ which can potentially be harmful if we don’t question them. You should be prepared to be challenged and fundamentally changed by this important work.
"World class"
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"
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
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.
😱 Or go right for a bundle 😱
These are just a fast way to get a group of classes or workshops. Since everything is pay what you can, there's no discount built into the bundles...you just select your price point.
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FULL DOWNLOAD
BundleEvery course, every workshop, and my essays. Just get it all in one swoop, total birds eye view of my entire teaching philosophy.
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Master Class Bundle
BundleFour master classes + one live meet-up. This is the most comprehensive way to get all my DIY classes in one swoop.
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Workshops Bundle
BundleAll four of my live workshop recordings + a live consult! The quickest way to get access to each of my workshops.
Excellent, informative, engaging
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.
Excellent, informative, engaging
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.
Excellent, informative, engaging
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.
Excellent, informative, engaging
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.
Excellent, informative, engaging
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.
Last option...
You can go for a 6-week, asynchronous learning experience.
You get one assignment each week that takes a master class and brings it into the real world.
These aren't always available, so when you seem one you should nab it!
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The Playground: All About Risk
BundleThis 6-week course is based on the master class "All About Risk." You get a weekly assignment, a 90-min online learning module, and 2 one-on-one sessions to chat about applying the assignments and materials!
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Next Steps: Innovative Alternatives to Traditional Movement Teaching
BundleThis 6-week, asynchronous course is based on the master class "Innovative Alternatives to Traditional Movement Teaching." You get weekly assignments, two one-on-one sessions, and the full online master class on non-linear pedagogy!
Monthly Essay
I also write a monthly essay which you can get via email, or access here. Each month is also narrated for you, and no one gets to pay me for this one.
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About me
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.
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