Professional Coaches

Montana Grabowsky

Email: mgrabowsky13@gmail.com

Rate: $39/hr    $9.75/15 min

Montana has passed Senior Moves In the Field, Preliminary Figures, Juvenile Free Skate, Gold Dance, 6 International Dances, Canadian Gold Dance, Senior Solo Free Dance, Senior Partnered Free Dance, Intermediate Pairs, and has coached synchronized skating.  She has 12+ years of teaching basic skills/Learn to Skate and 6+ years of private lesson coaching experience.  She is a professional coach/choreographer and is CER program certified.

Lea Beckman

Email: beckmanlea@gmail.com

Rate: $28/hr    $7.00/15 min

Lea has been teaching basic skills for the last 12+ years and 6+ years private coaching. Her credentials include Novice Moves in the Field, Pre-Juvenile Free Skate, and Silver Dance. Lea is a professional coach/choreographer and is CER program certified. She also has her Learn to Skate Instructor Card.

Junior Coaches

Madison Altman-Wendt

Email: madiroe19@gmail.com

$20/hour $5.00/15 min

Madison has passed Intermediate Moves in the Field, Preliminary Freeskate, and Bronze Dance. She has been teaching Learn to Skate for 5+ years. Madison is a USFSA certified coach, CER certified, and Learn to Skate certified.

Basic Skill Interns

Professional Coach Criteria

• 18 years old and graduated from high school.
• Coached and choreographed.
• Minimum credentials: Silver Dance, Novice Moves in the Field, Pre-Juvenile to Juvenile Free Skate.
• Must be USFSA certified and insured.

Junior Coach Criteria

• 16+ years old
• Must be a USFSA compliant coach.
• Must have been an Intern or Crossover Coach with our club for a minimum of one year.
• Must have been a member of MIRFSC for a minimum of three years.
• Will be required to volunteer 1 hour during Basic Skills.
• Can coach private lessons during Advanced Ice for a maximum of 3.5 hours per week. (If Junior Coach is still in high school is required to purchase advanced ice for themselves for 1 hour per week.)
• If still in high school, they can be a part of the show in their normal advanced numbers.
• Will not be paid if they choreograph their own number for the show.
• Will not choreograph numbers for the same age peers unless the Pro directs this.
• Will not be allowed to coach private lessons during the show practice weeks unless one of their skaters has a solo in the show.
• Will be eligible for the scholarship if graduating from high school.
• Minimum credentials: Preliminary Free Skate, Pre-Bronze Dance, and Juvenile Moves in the Field.

Intern Coach Criteria

• 16 years old
• Active member of MIRFSC for three years.
• Basic Skill volunteer coach for three years and will continue to volunteer one hour per week.
• Passed Preliminary Moves and Pre-preliminary Freestyle test.
• If there are more qualified applicants than open position(s) then the position will be made available to the oldest grade applicant(s).
• Job Duties include: testing levels through Free Skate 2, assisting the Pro Coach, and fill in for Pro Coach in case of absence.

Crossover Coach Criteria

• 16 years old
• Active member of MIRFSC for three years.
• Basic Skill volunteer coach for three years (Seniority is given to the instructors that have been in the Club the longest.)
• Passed Preliminary Moves and Pre-Preliminary Freestyle.
• Must be at least two levels above the highest Crossover Skater.