Free Introductory Session
Workshop – Overlapping Music & Intro Session
I’m just filling out paperwork now to hold a free Intro program to Simply Music at our community house. Here’s my question. If people sign up for a 4- or 6-week workshop and receive the four songs in the materials, won’t they feel like the Foundation 1 materials overlaps…
Help for First Workshop
I am thinking of running some workshops to grow my studio and wonder if anyone can share their experience. I noted in Simpedia that Mark M. had posted detailed 8-week lesson plan which is very useful. I wonder if anyone else ran their workshops over…
Transitioning Traditional Students
For those of you who transitioned your previous students from traditional lessons to Simply Music, do these families attend the same FIS as new families? I will be giving my previous students a price break for the first year since I had already posted their…
Moving Existing Traditional Students to SM
I have just come on board. I have taught private piano lessons for 25 years. I found out about Simply Music through an article in the paper about a new teacher in Des Moines. I got on the web site, gave her a call, sat…
When students don’t want to play piano anymore
I’d like to get some feedback regarding when students might be in a “valley” or even worse when they are on the verge of quitting. I lost another student today, sadly. His mom said he lost interest and didn’t want to play anymore. He had…
Organizing Shared Lesson Times
I have been gradually changing my studio over from Private to Shared Lessons. I need some suggestions from those of you who teach in small groups of up to 5. I have a lot of trouble timetabling. I have 10 new students at the moment all…
Justifying the Benefits of Learning with Others
For the teachers who do mostly groups: Is group lessons mentioned in your advertising or not? How do you handle objections from parents who only want private? Do you take these students or not? Would you mind saying what you tell the parents are the…
Getting My Groups Started
Well, I went and did it! I started two groups two weeks ago! and it’s just as Neil said: Energizing. Here’s how I did it: There is a local private school in my area. I asked if I could send out 800 flyers to their…
Scheduling, Fees and No Coach
I received a call about teaching Simply Music at a school that’s 45 minutes away, and had a few questions if this would even work. Two of the students moved here from Australia and loved learning piano through the Simply Music method. Their traditional piano teacher is no…
Help with Foundation Session
I just finished my first Foundation session today. I guess I made the mistake of not telling every one that this was going to be all talking for the most part. When I said at the beginning of the session that we would NOT be…