How many classes per week should I be teaching? What times should I be working? Should I accept any teaching offer? Pay rates. If you are working full time teaching two or three classes per week is a nice start. When I first started teaching Pilates I was also working as a professional dancer and going to rehearsals and touring. I remember when I was in New York on a grant to study dance film at the New York Film Academy, I got a call from a gym to cover a Pilates class. Pila