Please help me - I need kind thoughts!

[ticklemychicken]

So here's the deal: I teach private voice and piano at a studio in La Crosse. I have taken piano lessons since I was 3, taken voice since I was 13, and I'm teaching all ages of both piano and voice. But...I'm not majoring in piano or voice - I'm majoring in vocal music education and general music education. I know all the theory and the

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[emilissima]

Hi Gina - check out the MAPTA (Madison Area Piano Teachers, Associated) website - www.mapta.freeservers.com. I'm on the board. :)

I'm sure you're a GREAT teacher to these kids--maybe you just need to crack down on these parents a bit more. Do you have all your studio policies written out for them, plain as day? Do you require a 30-day notice of discontinuation of lessons? Those are just a few things I can think of. I'm sure it's not your teaching--but you have to lay down the law with parents early, or they will walk all over you. Sometimes they don't understand that you're not doing this just for your own enjoyment.

[ticklemychicken]

HA HA - thanks, Em! I should have a policy about that, but the studio unfortunately won't let me.