Student Management

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Keeping students focused in group lesson

I am regularly frustrated after my group lesson with 3 boys ages 7-8 years old and one 9-year-old girl. The boys’ attention span just doesn’t seem to last through the lesson. They are so fidgety and eyes are always looking everywhere except where they should…

Parents taking extra notes

I discovered a parent taking extra notes in her own notebook. I have two of her kids. One is older and takes his own notes, so in her notebook she took notes on the arrangement for herself only. She promised it was only for her…

Students learning from music book

I have an 11-year-old that has been learning with me and I have just learned that she is teaching herself from the music book and NOT looking at the videos or listening to the audio files. I couldn’t quite work out what was going on;…

Students want to move faster

I’m having some issues with some students that want to move ‘faster’. There’s a lot we’re trying to fit in during a lesson, but for some students it doesn’t feel like enough, at least according to them. Usually with these students, the playlist suffers. Just…

Student refuses to play

I had this experience in class this week and I don’t know how to tackle it. My student (9 years old) announced he wasn’t going to play anything. His exact words were” I don’t want to and I don’t have to and you can’t make…

The power of the relationship conversation

Something I’m continually learning as a teacher is to not shy away from having the relationship conversation. When a student walks in and says, “I am really in a valley”, my goal is to not freak out and worry that she is going to immediately…

Keeping the long-term relationship conversation alive

Question for today: What do you do in your studios to keep the Long-term Relationship conversation alive? Plan it in at every set up conversation. I just ask where are they in this relationship. If the answer is in some sort of deep valley then…

How do we get students to answer truthfully about their relationship to piano?

I was wondering about a couple of things and if anyone has any advice or thoughts, or can direct me to anything in the library section of the SM intranet for guidance. Here are my questions: How to go about determining and addressing the gap…

Keeping students practicing during break

Due to personal reasons, I will be taking a month off of teaching. Any tips I can pass along to parents, so students don’t lose ground during the break? Perhaps a 30-day challenge. Play every day for 30 days. A composition a week…and each class…

Combining students in different levels

I have three teenagers taking private lessons because I have no age appropriate groups to put them in. One is in mid level 5, another is just starting level 6, and the other has just completed the first song of level 7. I’m wondering if…