Professional Coaches

Montana Grabowsky

Email: mgrabowsky13@gmail.com

Rate: $30/hr    $7.50/15 min

Montana has passed Senior Moves In the Field, Juvenile Free Skate, Gold Dance, Canadian Gold Dance, Juvenile Pairs, and has 2 years of synchronized skating experience.  She has 8 years teaching basic skills/Learn to Skate and 3 years of coaching experience.  She is a professional coach/choreographer and is CER program certified.

Lea Beckman

Email: beckmanlea@gmail.com

Rate: $22/hr    $5.50/15 min

Lea has been teaching basic skills for the last 9 years. 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

Kayleigh Oestreicher

Email:  kayleighoest@gmail.com

$20/hour $5.00/15 min

Kayleigh has passed Intermediate MIF, Preliminary Free Skate and Silver Dance. She has 3 years teaching basic skills/Learn to Skate and 5 years experience competing, including 2 times at Upper Great Lakes Regionals. She is is a professional coach/choreographer and is CER program certified.

Intern/Crossover Coaches

Nicole Doering

Intern 5:30 Basic Skills

Taylor Zastrow

Intern 6:30 Basic Skills

Kayleigh Oestriecher

Crossover Coach (Sundays 5:00-5:50 p.m.)

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.a

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.