Hi all
I need some advice please. I have recently finished my teacher training (500 hours over 1 year), and have now started teaching at the school where I trained. My teacher has asked me and my other colleague, who trained with me, to start paying for our Mysore practice in the morning. The teacher wants to charge me the exact same as “joe public” who comes 5 days a week, even though I will only be there 3-4 days a week given my teaching schedule. I also help around the studio, clean the floor, and bring in my own candles etc. I have always been more than happy to do these things but I now feel a little taken advantage of.
Is this the done thing? I assumed rightly or wrongly that as a teacher working for the studio I wouldn’t be expected to pay for my continued Mysore practice. And thought it would be encouraged as I can only be as good a teacher as I am a student.
I would be grateful for any thoughts to help get my head around this.
J