We Don't Need No Stinkin' Responses (or Equipment)

On more than one occasion and by more than one instructor, emails were sent to the coordinator with questions or ideas trying to keep the lines of communication open and everyone on the same page. However, more often than not, responses were not given. I believe someone said, "At least she ignores all of us equally!"

Anyway, at one point I wanted to be sure I understood her explanation of a particular cycling class that I had never taught before. It was explained by the coordinator that during this class, she made everyone count their foot revolutions for a particular time to ensure they were at the proper RPM. I thought it would be more efficient to use the BPM of the music to help guide a class rather than constantly breaking up the class with this counting method. I created an Excel spreadsheet to illustrate my idea to ensure that I understood her explanation. After the original email and at least two follow ups asking if this made sense and was correct, I received absolutely no response. It wasn't until I had another face-to-face meeting with her that she basically said I could teach class using that idea if I wanted. When asked why she didn't respond, she said it would be easier to tell me verbally. All she had to do was send an email saying so. How can I learn and improve if I get no feedback at all?

Various equipment from the aerobics room began to disappear. At one point, several steps were missing and about half the body bars were gone too. Why was this happening? It was so frustrating to come to teach class with lots of members just to find out that they couldn't use the equipment that used to be available. A couple of us went running all over the facility to find that most of the equipment had been taken to the gym and never returned. Maybe I'm a bit anal but couldn't that stuff be returned to where it was needed the most? Frustration continues to rise!