The complete idiot's guide to teaching music on your own
By: by Karen Berger
Publisher: Alpha Books
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9781592579617
Other titles: Complete idiot's guide; Teaching music on your own
Description: Offers prospective teachers--and existing ones--all of the tools they need to start and run a profitable, respected studio. The comprehensive guide covers every aspect of running a studio, including: setting up a studio; lessons in the home versus traveling to students; advertising and marketing; fee schedules and basic pricing principles; student relations; using computer games and programs in the studio.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-272) and index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started. What it takes to teach ; The home studio ; The traveling teacher ; Group lessons; title: The business of running a successful studio. How much to charge ; Business and legal issues and expenses ; Studio polices ; Scheduling and time management ; Marketing yourself to find students; title: The teacher-student relationship. Interviewing prospective students ; Teaching preschoolers ; Teaching school-age students ; Teaching adult students ; Solving common studio problems; title: A career that grows and changes. Modern pedagogy ; Teaching in the digital age ; Performance in the twenty-first-century studio; title: A career to last a lifetime.