FAQs
- What should the customer know about your pricing (e.g., discounts, fees)?
Payment and prices Prices for swim lessons are weekday/weekend are 75/80 solos. And 40/45 for shared lessons weekday/weekend this is for 30 minutes. if you want a longer lesson—- boom. do the math. If you are enrolling 2 kids even from different families—- (your child and say their very good family friend with a kid your child’s age) they get the “brother sister discount which is 5 dollars off every lesson. Solos are not always guaranteed to be available. Trials no matter what day- are 50 dollars paid to on the day of or before the trial. Trials are sometimes with other kids as well. If you noticed my prices went up, it is because the prices for the permits went up. FOR shared- that means two or more students is 40/45 PER student on weekdays/weekend. * ¥ Payment is received for 4 lessons at a time at the very beginning of the month by venmo, apple pay, cash app or zelle. If you are going to be out of town one of the days, you say—- “3 lessons for John Smith month of April —-absent 4/16 lessons for John Smith” and send payment for 3. Snap a photo of payment and send to me in a text message so I can check you off my list * Prices for title one kids and single moms are different. Talk to me on the side about that. Snap a photo and send to me. Send payment, snap a photo, and then send me a pic of the photo. When lessons begin for however many lessons until the end of the month. At the beginning of start of lessons or at the beginning of the month.
- What is your typical process for working with a new customer?
Before I accept a new student, I have to have at least one trial lesson with them. The trial is not always private-it is usually shared and is a way to see where I could place them in my classes. Trial Lesson: Each new student must have a trial lesson before I accept you as a student and you accept me as your teacher. After I have a trial lesson, I can share my notes about your swimming and what I recommend for lessons in the future and what kinds of goals I think you can make for swimming. Trials are sometimes with other students and are 30 minutes. lessons however have mostly booked up. Sometimes after a few solos- a child can and usually will do much better in a shared lesson. I will make that recommendation myself…. There is nothing better than competitive motivation.
- What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
All the training and education you can imagine baby! First off—- you’re gonna wanna teacher that isn’t just trial and error in different pools without a permit teachers have to be licensed and have permits to teach and whatever pool they are going to be teaching —— they also need insurance. I have insurance that covers up to $2 million in coverage , I have all of my coaching certificates that are updated to December 2023, I have my water safety instructor license. Although I’ve never been a lifeguard I have a lifeguarding license and CPR training and AED training— as for the technical things.…. ************************************** There is a blog entry that talks about my background in teaching k-6 elementary schools in DMV area and swimming. I am a teacher in every sense of living. I currently coach high school swimming at Holton Arms for the Capitol Sea Devils and I teach private lessons for my own company “Go Fish Swim School”. I teach music lessons (violin, piano, dolcemer), paint and sips, Farsi lessons to children, and swim lessons…. I coach high school swimming at holton arms in Bethesda, am on the water wizards swim team in dc, and swimming is MY LllLllLyYyYFE. I have taught swimming for 4 years, have been an educated in MCPS, DCPS, FCPS for 15 years. I teach alllll of the things- musical instruments, paint and sips, Farsi school…. Throughout my whole life. So teaching is my passion.