Does Anyone use a rotating curriculam? And if so how do you set it up?

Im Thinking of starting a Rotating Curriculam. I just Dont know to much on how to set it up I was wondering if anyone had one in Place. And how it works

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Permalink Reply by Sensei Nick on January 6, 2010 at 7:36am

Rotating curriculum is pretty simple.

a. You teach the same curriculum to an entire class regardless of rank.
b. After the month or period that you do your testing cycyle is over, rotate the curriuculum

Pros

a. Good for a one person show
b. Easy lesson planning

Cons

a. Students can become bored (the more advanced student)
b. Less personal attention

Hope this helps

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Permalink Reply by Michael Iannone on January 6, 2010 at 12:40pm

Thank you
Sensei Nick It does help

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Permalink Reply by Heather Potter on January 7, 2010 at 6:58pm

We have our set up in three different levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced) and four rotations for each level. This equals 3 years to black belt. It works out great because all beginners are doing the same form at the same time. By the time they reach intermediate they know all 4 beginner forms. In order to set it up, start with your last form in each cycle (i.e. last form beginner would do before moving to intermediate) and then work backwards from there. You then can assign different techniques (hand, kicks, self defense or whatever) to go with each form. Here is what ours looks like;

My husband and I teach about 160 students by ourselves and this helped us give better classes with less help. we have been doing it now for 2.5 years and our students who had been on traditional curriculum love rotation better.

If you want more examples, I would be happy to provide them. instructors@bhammartialarts.com