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1. Number of Classes
A. How much time does each class take?

1. Pre-class preparation
2. Transportation
3. Clean-up
4. Actual class time

B. How much time do you have to give to this endeavor?

2. Number of Students Per Class
A. Take into consideration the amount of time it takes to prepare the material for a class. The larger the class, the more hands you must pre-deal. (E-Z Deal Cards can be used, but consider the initial cost.)

B. How many students do you need to make the amount of money you want to earn?

3. Hourly Rate of Pay
A. All of the time you will spend on each class, as identified in question #1, must be considered.

B. What expenses will you have?

1. Advertising
2. Site Rental Fee
3. Books
4. Refreshments
5. Mailing Costs
6. Graduation Party
7. Transportation

4. Age Range of Students
A. Have you had any experience teaching the age group you are interested in?

B. Are you free at the time of day best suited for the age group you are interested in? (For example, Senior classes are generally offered during the day.)

5. Bridge Knowledge of Students
A. Consider that some students may never have played any card games.

B. Consider that the language of bridge may be a foreign language to beginning students.

C. What do you expect?

6. Time Your Students Are Expected to Spend on Bridge Between Classes
A. How much time do you expect them to spend?

B. How much available time do they have?

C. Are they willing to spend more time than class time on bridge?

7. Team-Teaching or Alone
A. If you teach with a partner-

1. Division of responsibilities?
2. Sharing of Profits?

B. If you should teach alone-

1. How will you arrange for a substitute if an emergency keeps you from teaching a class?
2. How will you handle make-up lessons for students?