benefits of shared lessons
Webinar Series: 07/12/2017 – Piano – Teaching Shared Lessons
In this webinar Neil talks about teaching Shared Lessons, including some teachers’ perceived challenges, as well as the many benefits. Topics include: Students Progressing at Different Rates in Shared Lessons (00:16) Understanding & Communicating Benefits of Shared Lessons (02:24) Parental Involvement in Lessons (10:49) Ideal…
Pace of private vs. shared lesson students
Greetings – I have 30 students, of which 5 are private, for various reasons. I have heard and read repeatedly about the advantages of shared lessons, particularly the pace of progress – that shared lessons actually progress more quickly. I am finding that my private…
More Benefits of Learning with Others
I teach mainly adults, and I teach them all in groups. I have two small groups of only 5 adults, but most of my groups have between 8 – 12 students in them. Having a background in teaching personal and professional development courses in groups,…
Teaching Shared Lessons
I have 45 students mostly in shared lessons of 2-3 and the rest are private lessons. I do 15 hours contact teaching time. I also homeschool 2 kids, so time wise it works very well for me. In the very last teacher training that Neil…
Other Benefits of Shared Lessons
I am a new teacher, and about to have a conversation with the head of a primary school, to ask for permission to do shared lessons (with only 2-3 students). The school does not allow shared lessons (for guitar groups etc, which would be larger…
Objections to Keypads & Shared Lessons
During the Q&A section of a recent FIS, I was asked how lessons are conducted in groups with only one piano? I explained how we first process the information by getting the patterns into our hands on the keypad, and then taking turns at the…