Comments on: Piano Lessons http://rohrfam.com/2007/08/piano-lessons/ Blessed Beyond Measure Thu, 17 May 2012 20:55:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Julie http://rohrfam.com/2007/08/piano-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Julie Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:03:32 +0000 http://outeast.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/piano-lessons/#comment-22 Mat, One more thing, If you want to see my brochure, you can go to the blogroll and click on Davidic Design. (It's my husband's site and he designed it.) I have all my policies and stuff in there if you are interested. You click on the navigate bar and go to August. Thanks for the comment! Mat,

One more thing,

If you want to see my brochure, you can go to the blogroll and click on Davidic Design. (It’s my husband’s site and he designed it.) I have all my policies and stuff in there if you are interested. You click on the navigate bar and go to August.

Thanks for the comment!

]]> By: Julie http://rohrfam.com/2007/08/piano-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Julie Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:01:24 +0000 http://outeast.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/piano-lessons/#comment-21 Well, I have to be a lot more organized! I made up policies that I wanted to have in place before I started teaching. For one thing, I wanted to get paid on time and not by each lesson. So I said lessons will be paid for at the beginning of each month. I also wanted to avoid the missed lessons--I had a family last year that would come when they could--and that was a pain. So I made it a policy that they could have one missed lesson a month, and I scheduled make up days in my calendar, so they could make the lesson up. That way, I still get paid for the lessons they miss and they will be less likely to miss a lesson. My schedule is 36 lessons over 10 months for $55.00 a month. I scheduled it according to the public school's calendar, so they don't have lessons when there is no school, or spring break. I teach both children and adults, but prefer children. (I only have a few adults.) I am also a little biased, since I was a second grade teacher before I decided to quit. A lot of people prefer evening lessons, if you want to do that--It would be a lot of work, and you would have to consider having your home open to everyone during the evening, if you do it out of your home. My evening lessons were the first to be filled. (I only do evenings two nights a week, because I do it out of our home and I don't want my home space invaded every night of the week! :) Well, I have to be a lot more organized! I made up policies that I wanted to have in place before I started teaching. For one thing, I wanted to get paid on time and not by each lesson. So I said lessons will be paid for at the beginning of each month. I also wanted to avoid the missed lessons–I had a family last year that would come when they could–and that was a pain. So I made it a policy that they could have one missed lesson a month, and I scheduled make up days in my calendar, so they could make the lesson up. That way, I still get paid for the lessons they miss and they will be less likely to miss a lesson. My schedule is 36 lessons over 10 months for $55.00 a month. I scheduled it according to the public school’s calendar, so they don’t have lessons when there is no school, or spring break.
I teach both children and adults, but prefer children. (I only have a few adults.) I am also a little biased, since I was a second grade teacher before I decided to quit.
A lot of people prefer evening lessons, if you want to do that–It would be a lot of work, and you would have to consider having your home open to everyone during the evening, if you do it out of your home. My evening lessons were the first to be filled. (I only do evenings two nights a week, because I do it out of our home and I don’t want my home space invaded every night of the week! :)

]]> By: Mat http://rohrfam.com/2007/08/piano-lessons/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mat Mon, 03 Sep 2007 21:23:11 +0000 http://outeast.wordpress.com/2007/08/26/piano-lessons/#comment-20 I'm beginning to think about giving piano lessons, but my full-time job takes out all of my daytime. I do a lot of musical theatre work in my little spare time, teaching songs to kids and adults, but I like the idea of teaching in a more formal capacity. What do you think have been the main differences between giving lessons informally as before, and your now more formal "serious year"? Do you only teach children, or adults as well. Do you have a preference? Thanks, Mat I’m beginning to think about giving piano lessons, but my full-time job takes out all of my daytime. I do a lot of musical theatre work in my little spare time, teaching songs to kids and adults, but I like the idea of teaching in a more formal capacity. What do you think have been the main differences between giving lessons informally as before, and your now more formal “serious year”? Do you only teach children, or adults as well. Do you have a preference? Thanks, Mat

]]>