policies
Late Fees
Do you have written in your policies, fees that are late incur extra charges? If so, how much extra do you charge? $20 late fee, no exceptions. My invoice says no places held without payment. I charge $25 if an invoice is more than 5…
- Last updated 4 years ago
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Standing by studio policies in difficult situations
A family told me this past week that they are discontinuing, because their only remaining lesson mate recently decided to discontinue, and this family did not want to continue in a private situation. My policy is 30 days’ written notice, and they’d prepaid for this…
- Last updated 7 years ago
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Lengthy FIS/Intro Session
I did an Intro Session last night and I notice they seem to be a little long (an hour to an hour and a half). This may be due to discussing specifics of my policy, practicing, etc. Maybe most or all of this should wait…
- Last updated 7 years ago
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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…
- Last updated 7 years ago
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Sticking with Your Policies
I have a question – am I mean, or am I being taken advantage of, or is this simply ok? Group of 3 = mum and two girls, and a group of 1 = nana. Big sister broke away from group of 3, now takes…
- Last updated 10 years ago
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Request vs Requirement Based Studios
December 2006 Neil came over to Australia for a series of workshops and spoke about the difference between Require and Request. This was a rather large insight for me. Although I knew where Neil was coming from and could appreciate it, I did wonder how…
- Last updated 6 years ago
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Studio Growth and Wait List
First part, some reason to give encouragement to others looking to grow their studios. For most of the nearly two years I’ve taught SM, my student body has fluctuated between 15 -20 students. At the beginning of October, I started seven students in two groups,…
- Last updated 7 years ago
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Changing Studio Policies
I’d love some help with how any of you have approached changing your policies, and how to bring in the new policies with the least amount of chaos. Here’s what’s happening. This past year, my first as a piano teacher and as a Simply Music…
- Last updated 10 years ago
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