Scheduling

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Following School Calendar in Studio

Does anyone follow a local school calendar as their schedule in their studio? I am thinking of adopting ours and then charging a “summer program” for those who continue in summer. But Im afraid it may open a huge can of worms. My students have…

Piano Summer Camp

Hi, I’m a Simply Music teacher for 1 1/2 years, and last summer I did not teach. I noticed how in September my students had forgotten their piano pieces. I was pleasantly surprised at how fast they could remember their play list (short one for sure,…

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…

Group Lessons

Hi, fellow teachers! We have about 50 students and expect to have around 80 at the end of the year. We think that we need to consolidate our private lessons and small groups to free slots for new students. We’ve drawn up some preliminary plans…

Teaching at the Student’s Home

I have been asked to teach a student at their own unit which is very close by and would not be any difficulty for me to walk there. As yet I have not had the FIS so will discuss it more then. Have other teachers…

Summer Teaching in Students’ Home

I was approached by a parent of 2 students that would like me to consider teaching at her home in the summer. She said that her sub has many children that may have interest in piano lessons and she’d round them up for a FIS…

Shared lesson, different learners

I was wondering if there might be any quick solutions for this:  Two girls, same age, been together in shared lesson for couple of years are about to start level 4. Girl 1 is ready, girl 2 is not. Girl 1 does arrangements, composition, improvising, accompaniment.…

Scheduling Groups

I know from my experience as a traditional piano teacher that (at least for me) scheduling more than 3 or max 4 hours of lessons straight with no major break is very draining (physically & mentally). I do much better with a 1/2 hour break…

Putting Private Students Together

I’m full only because I have 5 private lessons that are probably too far from each other to catch up and pair together. Any thoughts on this? For example I have one student at the beginning of Book 4 and one finishing Book 4, one…

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…