Forms & Organization

I have been teaching for a year and a half now very part time with 12
students and I am just preparing for the new year with learning level
5 etc. I am wondering if it is normal at this stage to feel a little
swamped about how…

• Last updated 6 months ago
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I also work in 3 different locations and found myself searching for the right materials. Sometimes I would leave one book at home or misplace one. (I always carry a copy of SHM notes and music books wherever I teach.) So, I have come up…

• Last updated 8 months ago
• managing materials, materials, multiple teaching locations, organizing materials, student home material, Student Home Materials, teacher materials

I was just wondering if anyone had any tips or insight on getting evaluations back in a complete and timely matter. For multiple reasons I have struggled with this, and while I know at the core is the fact that they are not doing what…

• Last updated 8 months ago
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In response to a recent post asking for suggestions on spreadsheets and studio organization, I mentioned a free database software app I have used the past few years called “Airtable.” Airtable is a cloud-based database creator with really exciting possibilities, and the FREE version is…

• Last updated 9 months ago
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Do you keep a video and/or audio portfolio for your students? Thoughts on how to organize one? Storage is becoming an issue for me. I use Dropbox. I store all my files on this. Video, audio, and paper. As it’s cloud storage, you can access…

• Last updated 9 months ago
• digital storage, dropbox, google cloud, organization

What sort of system do you use for tracking your contact with prospective students? I’ve been playing around with some free CRM (customer relationship management), but it’s incredibly confusing for someone like me who has no prior experience with something like this. I’d like to…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• FIS, marketing, prospective students, SIS

I am looking for ideas on how your students organize their printed SHMs and what you ask them to bring to the lesson. When I started teaching in SMD, I had each student bring in a binder with dividers to create sections for each level/program.…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• binders, organization, SHMs, SHMs in class, SHMs in lesson

I am a quite new teacher, with three students who have just finished Foundation 1 and a few others still working in F1. I’m trying to include Comp & Improv, Arrangements, and Accompaniment. How do I remember what to do in each lesson or class?…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• Gordon Harvey, lesson notes, Notes app, organization, organizing teacher notes, private lesson record, shared lesson record, technology

I’m interested in hearing how everyone is dealing with the digital materials in class. My hard copy books are falling apart, and I’m debating on going the pricey route of buying an iPad Pro for the piano or printing out all the materials. For those…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• digital materials, hard copies, iBooks, iPad, organization, organizing materials, organizing SHMs, printed materials, using iPad in lessons

Greetings all – thinking about the time I spend writing weekly lessons on whiteboards, and also documenting lesson content on my computer files – wondering if anybody has transitioned to use something other than a whiteboard for lesson content/notes? I am thinking it would be…

• Last updated 4 years ago
• iPad, notes, tv, whiteboard