Well, it’s about time for my annual Music Teacher’s Helper sales spiel. 🙂 But instead of writing another review, I’ll let you watch the video that I produced for their recent testimonial contest. Plus, I’m super excited that they are getting ready to launch a completely revamped website! I love new things like this! Read […]
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Music History Timeline
Several of my student’s moms commented on how much they liked the timeline that I used for our listening activity last week. This is one of the best timelines I’ve found! I love that it incorporates not only music history, but also little glimpses into other things going on in the world. Surprisingly, the timeline […]
Monday Mailbag – Taking Time Off
How do you schedule the right to take a week off each semester? This is the exact wording from my studio policy: The schedule for each semester, including weeks that there will be no lessons, is posted on the website (here) and included in the September newsletter each year. The schedule is structured to allow […]
Monday Mailbag – Student Interviews
What do you do in your first interview with a student? Check out this Student Interviews post for an overview of what I include in Student Interviews and for free interview questionnaires that you can download and use in your studio. In a nutshell, though, here are the main things that I aim to accomplish […]
Monday Mailbag – Students Taking Time Off
Do you ever have issues with students taking off the month of December? For example, do they ever take off because they don’t want to pay for the whole month when they will only get 2 or 3 lessons? In years past, when I was still making the transition to a monthly flat rate for […]
Organizing with Storage Pockets
One thing that I highly value is organization. I don’t function very well when things are cluttered, so I am always looking for better and more efficient systems that will help maintain order with minimal effort. An area where I have not developed a good system is with the variety of flashcards and small paper […]
