If you are a private music teacher, you probably have a bag full of things you have to carry around daily. Your teaching bag doubles as your mobile office and you use absolutely everything in it on a regular basis. Modern technology has changed the game. Apps are available for almost anything you could imagine. …
I love teaching beginners! Young music students are eager to learn and haven’t had the time to develop bad habits that need to be undone. Beginners are a blank slate ready to be filled with knowledge. New teacher often don’t know where to start and frequently ask: What repertoire do you use? How do you …
The private lesson contract is one of the most important documents you will use in your studio and to my dismay I see so many teachers out there who fail to outline their studio policies or use a lesson contract. If you have been teaching lessons very long, a client has failed to pay at …
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Maybe you just moved to a new city and want to start a private studio or maybe you have a few private music students and want to learn how to grow your existing studio. My studio started out with a handful of students and over time, grew to more than 50 regular students each week, …
Back-to-school scheduling is the biggest source of stress for me. Every fall I have to schedule approximately 60 students and it often feels like I am putting together a complex jigsaw puzzle. I have tried many different methods of scheduling students. Paper and Pencil Spreadsheets Whiteboards Word documents The problem was, that they were, time-consuming, …
January has arrived, students have returned from winter break, and it is time to start thinking about the upcoming year. I always dedicate the first lesson after winter break to goal setting…because let’s face it, they usually have nothing prepared for the first lesson back anyway! I ask each student to set three big goals …
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