About The Method
Does our license allow the use of outside reading materials?
If the agreement that we (as teachers) signed says we can’t teach other methods in addition to Simply Music, does that mean we can’t use other music books (not Simply Music) to teach the same method? I have a student who is almost ready to…
- Last updated 9 years ago
- Laurie Richards, license, Neil Moore, outside materials, reading
Student having difficulty with reference clues
One of my new students is progressing quite well but she says she doesn’t find all the reference clues helpful although I take time to explain them. Some she gets but not others. Tonight when I was teaching Chester Chills Out, she said she needed…
- Last updated 9 years ago
- claiming territory, diagrams, Laurie Richards, reference clues, trusting the process
Teaching creativity – the role of teachers in the future
I’ve been batting around an idea that occurred to me since watching the SMD video announcements earlier this week. Neil says this at one point near the end (thanks to Sue Lopez for the transcription!): “We have the opportunity to play a contributing role…
- Last updated 9 years ago
- composition, creativity, Gordon Harvey, improvisation, Laurie Richards, STEM
Waiting Lists
My studio is full and I’ve got four potential students coming to an introductory session next week. They are all very different from each other, so they probably wouldn’t form a new class, even if I had a time slot for them. How do other…
- Last updated 10 years ago
- Laurie Richards, recruiting, scheduling, wait list
Waldorf Students and using SHM videos
My daughter is in a Steiner (“Waldorf”) school here in Southern California, and I’m starting to get inquiries from families at her school. Here’s my question to you, and to any Simply Music teachers who may have come across this — the majority of Waldorf/Steiner…
- Last updated 11 years ago
- anti-screen, learning without video, video, waldorf
Wait list
We are at the point at our studio that we aren’t going to take any more piano students till February due to my maternity leave and the level of capacity we have right now at the studio. How do you all handle waiting lists? I’m…
- Last updated 11 years ago
- deposit, tuition deposit, wait list, waiting list
Credibility wih the Long Term Relationship
My daughter had been doodling on the piano for years, and at some point she expressed interest in the traditional lesson materials I’d been using prior to teaching SM. When I started SM, she seemed interested, and so she started taking lessons along with a…
- Last updated 1 year ago
- long-term relationship conversation, should piano be mandatory, teaching family members, teaching your own children
Discussing Fees Initially
I started doing quite a bit of work on Facebook to advertise myself and have had a great response from people who have taken my early childhood classes. However, they always want to immediately know what my fees are; I have run into the same…
- Last updated 11 years ago
- answering questions about fees, inquiries, SIS
Help with Advertising, Need Ideas
It seems that I am in a very low class area and I’m finding it truly difficult to find students that are committed to lessons. What are some things that you all have done to find your students and keep them. I need consistency and…
- Last updated 11 years ago
- advertising ideas, core conversations
Communication Systems
Over the years I’ve attempted to send emails to prospective new students after initial contact. I send an email confirming an FIS. I include videos of interest. I send an email after thief first lesson asking how they are going. It seems ad hoc and…
- Last updated 11 years ago
- communication system, e-mail, FIS followup