Students
Issue with Child & Mother
I was wondering if anyone can offer any suggestions about a situation I have with a student please? This is a long email but I will start with the immediate issue and will post the details at the bottom in case you find you need…
Supportive parent but student wants to quit
I have a very nice boy in one of my 4 person group lessons all about age 7-8. We just started foundation 3. His mom is very supportive although she doesn’t play herself and has 5 other kids so she doesn’t spend much time with…
Life Coach – Death of a Parent
I am a newly licensed teacher and will start my first lesson this Friday. I am teaching my close friend’s daughter and her classmate. Both of them are 11 years old. My friend will be in class with her daughter for sure, but the other girl’s…
Student Retention & Parental Involvement
I’m noticing that when the parents are learning the materials at the same time, as partners or on their own, it seems to naturally support the parent / child relationship that we want. I think it has additional benefits as it leads to possible duets…
Parents Who Don’t Participate
In both my shared lessons and private lessons (child student) the parents are present and usually sit and watch. However, this week one mother brought her lap top to use during the class and in another class the parents knew each other and carried on…
How Much Parental Support Is Really Needed?
The following is a series of responses to a question that, in one way or another, comes up for us all. I have included some different perspectives, all from different teachers, so that you can get a sense of how challenging it can be to…
Parent disappointment Issues – Discontinuing Lessons
Sometimes I want to vent all over Facebook or wherever else how disappointing some parents/students can be, but I dare not say anything, because it seems likely to only work against success in cultivating business. Here, though, seems a safe place for me to vent…
Frustrated Parent
I have a student (female, age 10) who is about to start FL3. She plays well and beautifully. However, for a while now, her parents have been struggling to get her to practice. Actually, it has been so bad that her mom emailed me that she wasn’t…
Teaching Simply Music Full Time
I have been teaching for just a couple of months now (and having a great time at it). I currently have seven students, with another two families signed up for a FIS this week. I am considering expanding my studio in order to teach fulltime…
Parents Concerned the Reading Hasn’t Been Introduced
I’ve noticed sort of a trend, or maybe just a tendency, crop up around level 4 – 5. Parents start getting really antsy about reading, and worried about all the money they have invested in piano lessons. It’s been over a year, and their kid…