Once you get to a certain size, around say 100 to 150 students, it’s no longer feasible to teach more students on your own.

I know, I used to teach 100s & 1000s of kids and it got to be quite unsustainable!

That’s actually why I started Genki English,  I figured I can’t help that many more kids directly,  but if I could help teachers then that way I could help more kids!

Now I don’t recommend you start Genki English – that’s been 27 years of very hard work! 🙂

Instead I’d recommend one of two choices:

One is to stay where you are as a solo boutique English teacher.   You can earn a fantastic income, have amazing work life balance and be very fulfilled doing this.  It is one of the best options out there.

Or the next option is to think about hiring more teachers!

Now this is the big league – because you’re no longer a teacher but now also a manager.     And my biggest advice for this is …. don’t hire 1, 2, 3 or even 4 new teachers.   Because you’ll end up being a full time teacher & a full time manager!   The former is fun,  the latter not so much!

Instead, in business we have the “Rule of 7s”,  in that many teachers try and find one other teacher who is as good as them and inevitably ends up feeling disappointed because they can’t find anyone as good!   Which is not surprising because you are awesome!

And it will usually take 7 people to do as much as you do!

(Yes, you really are that awesome.)

And luckily 7 people is also the right number of people that allow you to also hire someone to manage them.    So you have 7 teachers with one manager.  And then you are the CEO – your job isn’t to work in the engine room (although you can teach if you want), your job is to guide ship to its new destination!

Then you move to 7 x 7 teachers with 7 managers and a school director.   But that’s maybe a little further along!

So if finding 1 or 2 new teachers is hard,  how can you possible hire 7 amazing teachers?

Well, the solution is not to hire teachers at all!

Plus you need 4 different types of interview for the people you do hire.

And that’s what we cover in Module 5 of the Genki Business Course.  

So yes, the course can work wonders for solo teachers.   But it’s also a game changer if you hire other people to teach in your school.

Even up to that 7 x 7 model, you’re going to find this incredible useful – and save you a lot of stress!

Current course enrollment finishes this week – so I look forward to seeing you in there!

And of course, ask away if you have any questions!

Be genki,

Richard