Attendance

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Parents, Participation and Part-time Attendance

I have a prime, after-school lesson time, and I’m considering filling it with a group of 8 and 9 year old girls who have been on my waiting list for a few months. I’m hoping for a Shared Lesson of at least 3, but it…

Tardiness

How do you deal with lateness & tardiness ? I have a student who will show up 5, 10, sometimes even 15 minutes late. This last Friday he did a “no show”. So, I decided to write out a separate “policy” for this… due to…

Tips & Tricks for Bringing Closure to Piano Lessons

I would love to know if anyone has any special ways they end their lessons. This could obviously be different from kids to adults. High 5’s, goodbye song? stickers? I find that the end of my lessons just kind of dribble out, rather than having…

Saying Class is Over

I was hoping I could get some ideas on how to politely end class (mainly private lessons) at the proper time. It works great when my next student is already there and waiting, but when I don’t have a class following I sometimes have trouble…

Regaining Momentum After A Break

I have a bit of scheduling dilemma and would welcome some input. I have some students who are anxious to start lessons, but because of vacations they’ll be away in August and I’ll be away in September. If they were to start now they would…

Parent Only Lesson

Hey, a few months ago I started contemplating the idea of having the first lesson be only the parents. This week I started that practice and to be honest, I LOVED IT. I rewrote some of the stuff and how it was said. I added…

First Lesson for Parents Only?

I have contemplated having the first lesson be for parents only. I have several parts that I would repeat the following week when the kids are there but I think there could be value in the first lesson being only parents. I believe one of…

Managing Forms and Students Moving

Students often move around from one Shared Lesson to another, or from a Private Lesson to a Shared. How do you keep your Attendance Sheet to reflect these attendances. Sometimes you start a new group and then people move around for some reason so do…

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…

Parent Attendance Required?

I’m new here. I just received the status of licensed teacher. I’ll be having my first introductory session this Saturday. I already have 12 people signed up and all I did was advertise at a few spots online. My question to you all is: I…