tuition credits
Missed Lessons
I have a family of 2 boys that are giving me problems with missed lessons. In the early spring of this past year the mom didn’t want to pay for missed lessons while they went on vacation so had them quit for the summer rather…
Parent balking at tuition
I received a phone call from a mom whose daughter had her first lesson with me last week. She clearly wants to “try out” piano lessons for her daughter and she is not committed to continuing if it becomes a huge struggle to get her…
Tuition credits question
I have always charged students per school term, regardless of when they are away on holidays. If they are away, they still get charged. But I have LOTS of students who go away! I seem to have the conversation with them frequently. I have 5…
Handling spring break absences
Spring Break question: almost all school districts in my area have spring break on the same days every year, and at least half of my students are gone the entire week. In the past, I have just used this as one of my vacation weeks,…
Prorating tuition for partial months
I’m a new teacher in the process of getting some groups started. I have two beginning in the middle of May, so I’ll be prorating their tuition due this month. The first group will have three lessons in May, as opposed to the four they…