Studio Management
What to Give Beginning Students
What types of things do you give a new student? Or expect of them the first week? I’m going to revamp some things for my studio and I’m thinking of all the things that are important at first. Business card Studio policies Testimonial sheet Shared…
Handling Paperwork
Hi all, I have struggled with the business side of my business for some time now and was wondering if people could give me some insight as to how you run your business? How they split their time with paper work, finances, studying etc. I…
Student Home Materials For Multiple Family Members
If multiple family members are taking lessons, does each person need their own set of Student Home Materials, or can one set suffice? It would seem like duplication perhaps and unnecessary expense to have three sets of the same thing? Thanks for any thoughts from…
Providing Students With Music
I would welcome feedback. During the Accompaniment program, how do you approach teaching music pieces outside of the Simply Music curriculum. 1. Do you provide the music pieces or do they bring one of their own? 2. Is this a licensing issue? If I purchase…
Staying Organized
So, I thought I was pretty organized until lately. I find myself all over the place. So, my question… How do you keep organized? I did have everyone’s things in a file folder…but now it’s not working. Any other ideas, or what you have done/still…
Pacing Your Teaching Day
I’m moving into larger shared lessons (up to five) from two’s and this summer I’ve got a collection of two-three’s, a couple five’s, and a few privates. I’m finding it a little bit of a challenge to shift from two’s to five’s energy-level wise and…
Teaching on Mondays
When my policy is that I teach weekly throughout the year, and that lessons are by default to be considered to take place even on national holidays and other days the local school districts might take off, Mondays have been a particular and consistent source…
Tracking Lessons
I’m new! I’m finding that the Teachers List Overview along with the shared/private lesson record sheets doesn’t seem to give me what I need to track what was done in each lesson – and plan for the next. Is there something else that I have…
Lesson Planner- Ideas
Do you use a particular lesson planner notebook that works well for you as a teacher to keep track of lessons, projects and follow-ups, etc? I use to be a Montessori teacher and was thinking about purchasing a notebook to keep track of my students…
Addressing The Problem of Students Who Never Leave on Time
I have a group of two adults who loves chatting. One of them loves to ask questions about the old songs that they have learnt which also take up part of the lesson time. They never finish their lesson on time. They don’t leave until…