Fees Rates & Cost
Teaching Level 8
I believe someone was mentioning Level 8 in some prior comments, so I thought I would add my 2 cents about teaching this level. Level 8 is always very interesting to teach! I had a student just this week tell me that she was going…
New Teachers and Relationship Conversation
I’ve been having more attrition than I’m used to among students. Two, I think, are a temporary hiatus, and two others were over-committed in their lives and needed to rearrange something. I know I can’t take it personally when a student decides to leave, but…
Territory & Teaching Experience
I had an interesting conversation with a student today and I wonder if anyone has any thoughts. It started because I had a comment on an evaluation form that Simply Music lessons are overpriced. I realized that the student hadn’t attended an FIS and thus…
30 Day Notice & Trends
I’m curious to know how many teachers require a 30 day notice in their policies if a student (parent) decides to stop lessons and also how many teachers require the last month’s payment up front before starting lessons? I’m thinking maybe I should begin doing…
What To Charge For Shared Lessons
I have struggled with this alot. Half of my students are in Private Lessons but paying Shared Lesson rates, as I don’t have someone to partner them with. What I need to do is cut down the lesson time by 5 minutes as I resent…
Every Other Week Lessons?
Does anyone offer every other week lessons? I am a new SM teacher and in the process of switching my traditional students over to SM but one of my students parents is asking if they could do every other week because of the expense. I…
Student Update – Neil Moore
Hi all, Recently I forwarded you a copy of a weekly update that I received from one of our teachers, Diana A.. Her most recent update is also valuable, and as such, I have included an edited transcript. I have left out the students’ names.…
Parents Opposed to Shared Lessons
Today I received an email from the parent of a student who has had approximately 54 lessons & is about to enter Level 4. I love the student & the family, but the parents have, from the beginning, been trying to claim territory. I’ve unwisely,…
Cost To Teach In Students Home
Greetings – I have a couple of families who would like me to come and teach in their homes, which would require a 20-25 minute drive each way. Any ideas re: how to calculate extra fees to charge for compensation of my time to drive…
Learn-at-Home program, Lesson fees
One of my prospective families (a home schooling family) decided to purchase the learn-at-home materials. Their son – who seems to have a bit of an attention problem, loves the materials. They are reluctant to pay for any lessons since they already have Neil Moore…