Balance for your life … Creativity for your studio.
My guess is that you LOVE teaching and the other parts of running a studio are … perhaps not your favourite. Admin for studios doesn’t have to be a series of tasks that takes away from the things your love.
While you may want to focus on just the music, the administrative part of running a studio is what pays the bills & keeps students enrolled.
But, it doesn’t have to take hours every week … or, involve a box full of receipts at tax time to be entered into a spreadsheet.
If you want to be paid what you are worth, making life easy for your clients (& yourself) is important.
These are the articles that will help you set up each aspect of your studio.
Whether you teach in a home studio, commercial space or in student’s homes, the registration season always brings its own unique juggling act. Yet how to handle studio registration online, when in-person interviews are not possible, does not need to be complicated.
One of the biggest worries for teachers when hosting a virtual studio recital is the technology. Add in all the regular tasks for a recital & this can quickly become overwhelming. But, don’t worry! Here are easy tech tips for your virtual recital. P.S. This is Part 3 in a series on virtual recitals that…
Hosting a virtual recital, much like an in-person recital, has many moving parts. The nice part is that many of these parts are the same regardless of the format! P.S. This is part 2 of a series covering virtual or online recitals. Be sure to read about choosing the right type of virtual recital &…
While it would be easy enough to cancel recitals when your studio is online, it’s important for students to have a goal to work towards. And, a virtual recital that knocks your clients’ socks off is just the thing to remind them once again why they love working with you so much. Marketing your virtual…
Perhaps you have been really lucky & not dealt with any “problem” clients. Everyone pays for lessons on time, arrive/pickup happen on time & the issues other teachers deal with have not happened to you. So, why do you need studio policies? Policies: The Start of a Beautiful Friendship Simply put, studio policies are the…
Here is the elephant in the room. Most of the problems that happen in any studio stem from policies that are not clear to clients. Even when they’ve signed them. It could be a client that pays tuition late or makeup lesson requests. Whatever drives you a little crazy when your client asks is a…
Do you ever get the sense that your studio repertoire is taking over the bookshelves? You know the song you’re looking for is there. But, is it on this shelf? Or, perhaps in this area? Knowing how to organize your studio repertoire is crucial in managing time in lessons & minimizing prep time. When I…
Gone are the days when we could keep our information in file cabinets & bookshelves. In today’s studio, we need digital information that can be accessed immediately. Today’s students & their parents are used to finding information with a quick search online. As a studio owner, if you have to search your shelves or file…
A curriculum plan gives guidance to your teaching. But, when you individualize programming that is when the magic happens in your studio. This is when students & parents rave about how your studio fits them exactly. And, when students feel like they have a part in their piano lessons.
One of the hardest parts of being an independent instrument teacher is creating a curriculum plan. When you know what to teach, it is so easier to guide students throughout the year so they make consistent progress. Unlike teaching in a school system, there is no governing board that determines what you will teach each…