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Word of mouth. Talk to people who have taken lessons from different pros.
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Good idea
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go to a site like Last Minute Tee Times that has a message board on local courses and teaching pros.
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This is like looking for a dentist in the phone book, no wait, its worse, you have no idea what you are getting, you are getting a call canter that is based in Chicago and they have a fact sheet about the course and have never met these people(usually anyway), can you tell, I used to work at a place like that?
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Even better, is to "overhear" a guy teaching at the range and see if you like his style.
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Pretty good, idea, keep in mind, you may not understand exactly what he is telling the student and your "homework" will be almost definitely different, but not a bad idea.
http://www.pga.com/home/pgaofamerica/
scroll down on the left, you can get a list of PGA members in your area, you probably want to still check out some sort of reference from them.
Where do you live?
Tobdog