Studio Policies
Students asking for water in class
I have quite a few students who come in (say 7-10 year olds) and after a minute or two say, “Mrs. B, may I have a glass of water?” Sometimes I’ll say, “Class is only a half hour long, I think you can wait that…
Prorating tuition for partial months
I’m a new teacher in the process of getting some groups started. I have two beginning in the middle of May, so I’ll be prorating their tuition due this month. The first group will have three lessons in May, as opposed to the four they…
Billing question
Does anyone else have any issues with parents asking to amend bills (after you’ve just spent hours doing them)? I have three parents who are leaving Perth mid-term – one has told me to amend the bill, the other has asked me to amend the…
Make-up lesson policy
Ideas for makeup policy? I’m considering doing a no makeup policy next fall but I see there being a lot of upset about that. I’m teaching an extra 3 to 4 hours a month just in makeups. I do one per quarter for illnesses or…
Inclement weather studio policies
Okay teachers, talk to me about inclement weather policies! We’ve got an ice storm underway here in Ontario, Canada…or did anyway, when I decided to cancel lessons today. Sure enough, by now the rain has stopped and things have warmed up enough that the roads…
Accounting for holidays in setting fees
I’ve recently re-listened to the training audios for Setting Fees and I’m eager to change my payment structure to a monthly flat fee instead of per lesson, that includes an increase. But I’m wondering if anyone has any advice on how to answer the questions…
Discussing studio requirements with new students
Before I create my own, does anyone have a checklist of all the studio requirements that they inform the parents, either before they start lessons or at a FIS? Here is what I say during my FIS. At the end, I let them know that…
Vacation and Sick Day Policies
I am new to Simply Music, and I’m just getting my policies and fees in order for my studio. What suggestions do you have in regards to scheduling any vacation or sick days? One week in December and one week in June or what happens…
Summer Scheduling Strategies
Dear Friends, This is going to be my first summer teaching SM. I would like to see if any of you could share with us your strategies on handling summer scheduling. It would be very big help to those of us who are still puzzling what…
Bullying Parent
This past week I had a horrid encounter. A parent, during class, was very rude, arrogant, and aggressive in his manner towards me and and SM program. He is usually in a group with other parents/kids, but this week he and his child were on…