summer lessons
Students Missing and Getting Behind
This was my first summer teaching groups, and it has been frustrating to say the least. With vacations and such, it just doesn’t work. It’s not even about the money because I can convince the parents to pay no matter what, but then the students/parents…
Lessons After Summer Camp
I received an inquiry from a Mom (referred by a mom of a current student) regarding lessons for her two sons, ages 6 and 8. She asked for evening times because the boys are in camp during the day. My experience with kids in camp…
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…
Summer Lessons
I’m working on summer plans and imagine that many of you are also. I hate for us all to spend time inventing similar stuff. Has anyone developed a letter you might send to your students emphasizing the importance of continuing lessons over the summer? OF…
I Hate Piano – parent support email
Dear Teachers, I was reading recent emails on the Forums about struggling students, people needing breaks, etc. and wanted to share my own experience. I have always noticed that many parents feel worn down in May and June, and this year was no exception. In…
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…
Summer Schedule- Weekly Lessons
I’m a newly licensed Simply Music teacher in CO and am working through how best to launch my studio. I’ve been reading the forum conversation entitled “Summer Dropouts” and am now feeling perplexed as to how to start teaching when it seems that there’s so…
Summer Lessons
What do most of you do in the summer regarding lessons? For my first two Summers, I pretty much just let my general policies hold. Originally, I had a policy of letting people get tuition credit for any absences they told me about in advance,…
Attendance and Time Off
“…I anticipate being asked by more than one parent about stopping lessons in the summer. Would that be the best way to handle it…?” About a year ago I responded to a similar question, and so for the benefit of newer teachers and trainees, I…