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09 Jun

Setting the Stage: Educating Students To Stay With it for the Long Haul.

by cconrad
in Marketing, Policies and Procedures, Program Development, teacher resourses, Teaching
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A student signs up for lessons. He and his family are super enthused.

“He’s so naturally musical,” his proud parents tell you at his first lesson.

“He practices all the time. We don’t even have to ask him!” his parents marvel two months in.

And then…maybe in 6 months, maybe in a few years, there’s the all too familiar…

“Getting him to practice is such a fight.”

“He’s so busy with sports and school work, it’s hard to find time to practice.”

“I’m tired of battling him to practice. We’re going to take a few years off from piano and see where things go.”

How do we, as teachers and studio owners, stop this from happening? While certainly there will be counsel and encouragement needed throughout the students years of instruction, I believe that setting the stage before a student even begins lessons can be the most effective in combating the above scenario from playing out.

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08 Jun

Software Updates – June 8th

by cconrad
in Announcements
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If you have been experiencing any issues recently with the below list of features, we have addressed and fixed them: Solved a bug where the cancelled email template was not triggered by cancelling an event. Corrected an issue with balance due amount calculation. If you have any questions about using Studio Helper, please email support@studiohelper.com....

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02 Jun

How To Hire a Teacher

by michellep
in Hiring Staff, Staff Management
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If you run a studio, one of your biggest tasks is keeping a staff of good teachers. That can be one of the hardest parts of your job. I’ve managed music lesson studios and hired teachers and I can honestly say this was one of the more stressful parts of the job. Here are some of the things I learned. Please feel free to add your own input. I’m sure many studio owners would love to know how others handle this task!

1. Have them teach you a lesson.

Whenever I interviewed for teaching jobs as a teacher, the best schools had me teach a mock lesson. The ones that just interviewed me like any business would have, ended up being disorganized programs with lots of unhappy teachers and badly behaved children. When a school has you do a mock lesson, it shows the candidate that this is a serious institution and we only hire quality teachers. The lesson doesn’t have to be long. You can have your candidate teach you a specific type of lesson, perhaps a beginner piano lesson or maybe a lesson on reading 8th notes. If your school caters to more advanced students, have them critique a performance of an intermediate/advanced student.

 

2. Take the mock lesson with a grain of salt.

I know this sounds contradictory, but it’s not. The mock lesson IS important. It shows you how organized the candidate is,

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01 Jun

Software Updates – June 1st

by cconrad
in Announcements
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If you have been experiencing any issues recently with the below list of features, we have addressed and fixed them: Solved a bug with the "Who Should Be Able To Upload Documents" permission settings. Fixed a permissions bug with staff profile viewing permissions. If you have any questions about using Studio Helper, please email support@studiohelper.com....

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01 Jun

Vocal Development and the Virtue of Patience

by csmusic
in Performance, Program Development, teacher resourses, Teaching
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My college vocal instructor often commented: “The voice is a slow moving instrument.” What he meant was that in terms of development, students are often unaware of the changes that are taking place. I often have students ask me if they’re doing well in voice lessons because they don’t hear the difference between the singing they did at the onset of their lessons and the...

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